Restore iPhone Contacts

How to Restore Deleted, Lost Contacts from iPhone (including iPhone 5, iOS 6)

Accidents happen every day. Sometimes, you happen to delete a contact or a group of contacts from your iPhone by mistakes. It could happen because you're trying to enter a new phone and accidently remove the previous one. Or even worse, your iPhone is lost, stolen or broken. You may think you lost your contacts permanently.

Don't be in despair. You can restore lost iPhone contacts by using a third-party application. Your contacts are not lost forever to the ether.

iPhone Contacts Restore software and iPhone Contacts Restore for Mac are two of the best programs I have tested. By extracting unreadable iTunes backup file, they respectively restore iPhone contacts from backup (works for iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS) on Windows and Mac computer as long as you synced your iPhone with iTunes before.

What if you have no backup file? The above two programs can't help you. When the Lord closes one door, somewhere else he opens a window. You can use another program named iPhone Contact Restore to restore contacts from iPhone without backup.

Follow this article to see how easy it is to restore iPhone contacts. Firstly choose the guide that's right for you.

​Part I: How to Restore iPhone Contacts by Extracting Backup File?

​Part II: How to Restore Contacts from iPhone Directly without Backup?

Part I: How to Restore iPhone Contacts with Backup File?

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Step 1: Select iTunes Backup to Restore iPhone Contacts (including iPhone 5, iPhone 4s)

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Step 2: Select iPhone Contacts to Restore

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Step 3: Save the Restored iPhone Backup Contacts

Part II: How to Restore Contacts from iPhone without iPhone Backup?

What about no backup file? Choose iPhone Contact Restore to restore iPhone contacts and other files like photos, text messages, etc. Firstly, connect your iPhone to computer.

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Step 1: Put iPhone in DFU Mode

After launching this software, click "Start" on the interface.
Then follow the steps on the interface to put your iPhone in DFU mode:
1. Press "Home" and "Power" button at the same time.
2. Hold them for about 10 seconds (the program will count it for you).
3. After 10 seconds passed, release "Power" and keep pressing "Home" for another 10 seconds.

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Step 2: Scan Deleted iPhone Files

You will get a message like: Your device is ready for scan. Then you can click "Start Scan" to scan lost files from iPhone.

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Step 3: Select and Restore Deleted iPhone Contacts

After sanning, you will see all the files are listed. Select "Contacts" and choose the contacts you need to restore after previewing. Click "Recover" to start to restore contacts from iPhone and specify a location on your computer to save the restored iPhone contacts. Hold "Home" and "Power" button again until the Apple logo appears to exsit DFU mode.

It is highly recommended that you have a regular backup plan for your iPhone. It would be a fire-sure solution to make sure you never lost your data on iPhone. If the tragedy indeed happened, use iPhone Contact Restore to restore iPhone contacts after update for your iPhone 5, iPhone 4s, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and more.

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