My contacts on my iPhone 4s just randomly disappeared. What do I do?

I need help... I went into messages and as soon as I got in, my contact names all disappered and now I only have numbers. Then I checked my "contacts" app and it said there were no contacts. How do I fix this?

Need to find out where the contacts may be. If if you have any email accounts on the phone, check the online version for contacts. If you find them there, there you can toggle them off and on in the phone:
Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>then tap on the account. The account settings whould be there. Tap to turn off Contacts, then tap again to turn them on.
If you don't find them there, then try going to icloud.com Log in there and then click on Contacts. If you find them there, then once again on the phone, tap on Settings>iCloud, then tap the contacts off and back on.
If that does not resolve it then double press on the home button. Then swipe out the phone and message apps. Then use the top power button and shut the phone down. Once the screen is black then count to 5 and turn it back on.
Once of those should bring your contacts back.

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