Reading backed up Contacts

My phone's contacts were decimated after updating my Curve2 and I need to restore everything asap! But when ever I try to restore the contacts nothing happens. How can I read the file at least to type each contact into my phone? Please help.

mcparent, congratulations on your upgrade to a new Samsung Galaxy S4! That's an awesome device. First, let's check your contacts online at the Backup Assistant website, http://vz.to/WNJMeV If your contacts are not saved at our website, then you will need to reactivate that Samsung Alias 2 to complete the Backup Assistant download again.
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