My iPhone loses contacts after update

Question

My iPhone loses contacts after updates.  Also I noticed the My Phone option on main contacts screen is now Gone too.

Answer 1

I was finally able to get into Recovery mode using a different computer with iTunes -- one I had never sync'd with. That was after having logged into iCloud and removed the iPad from 'Find my iPad'. This seems to have enabled me to reset to factory settings. That isn't entirely certain, as I had not attempted to recover using the 'different computer' prior to having removed the device from 'Find My iPad'.
Anyway. I then restored from iCloud, (it does give the choice between restoring from Cloud or iTunes).
If one doesn't have one's Apple ID this will not work. Also, now with iOS 7, you need your Apple ID -- NOT your device passcode -- if you wish to disable 'Find My i[Device]' in Settings. And you need to NOT FORGET your device's passcode. Because I'm hearing that with iOS 7 this will cease to be recoverable/resettable if forgotten.
I actually do have 'Find my i[Device]' enabled, even though I am extremely skeeved by the fact that the iPad spuriously disabled itself while riding around in my bag. I also activated 'ask to join wifi networks', so that if it ever *is* disabled it should remain 'visible' to the net, since its basic background processes appear to still run, even when disabled. Not totally sure about this, but I was able to see the device in 'Find My iPad' while it was disabled.