User blog:IMobie/How to Recover Deleted Contacts from iPhone

"Accidently lost all my contacts on iPhone after I updated my iPhone to iOS 7, and forgot to back them up with iTunes. What should I do to recover those deleted or lost contacts from my iPhone? Any advice will be appreciated." What a frustrated thing it is when you find you lose all contacts on your iPhone, especially when you realize that you haven't backed them up with iTunes before. Actually, it's a scary thing that you accidentally delete a contact that is needed, let alone deleted all contacts on iPhone. Lots of reasons may cause contacts on your iPhone lost or deleted, like iOS update, iPhone damaged, accidental deletion, factory resetting, jailbreak and so on. Unfortunately, if you come across any situation above and lose your contacts on your iPhone, you may ask, is there a way to recover deleted contacts from iPhone without iTunes backup? The answer is absolutely yes. Just follow our methods below to recover deleted contacts from iPhone. Method 1. Recover Deleted Contacts from iPhone with iCloud Backup Before restoring from iCloud, you'd better check if the deleted contacts are still visible. Firstly, login to icloud.com with your Apple ID and password. Then, click on the Contacts, and search your contacts to check if they are there. If "Yes", you can begin to recover now. Do you know what iCloud back up? You can't miss: What Does iCloud Back Up. Step 1. Go to Setting &gt; iCloud on the iPhone. Step 2. Turn off Contacts if it's turned on. Step 3. Select "Keep on My iPhone" in the popup message. 

Step 4. Then, turn on Contacts again and tap "Merge". Wait for a while, you'll see deleted contacts back on your iPhone. If you still can't find your deleted contacts on your iPhone, you can delete your iCloud account and re-login your iCloud account with Apple ID and password. Then redo above steps and those deleted contacts should be back. Moreover, you can make a .vcf contact copy so that you'll have a solid backup of your contacts. You can open it on your computer, or send this .vcf file as email and open it on your iPhone to get them back on your Contacts. After you login in icloud.com, click Contacts. On the bottom left, you will see the setting icon, click it and press "Export vCard". And the .vcf contacts file has already on your computer.   In order that you have a list of complete Contacts, we suggest you to do this once in a month. If Method 1 doesn't help you get back those deleted contacts on your iPhone, or you want to selectively recover some deleted contacts, you just need to continue reading the Method 2. Method 2. Recover Deleted Contacts from iPhone Directly Compared with first Method, Method 2 provides you an easier and quicker way to help you recover your deleted contacts by scanning and recovering your data on iPhone directly. Step 1. Download and install PhoneRescue , Launch it. Step 2. Connect your iPhone to the computer. Step 3. Click "Start Scan" &gt; Scan data on your iPhone quickly. Step 4. Preview and select contacts you need. Step 5. Click "Recover" to recover them. PhoneRescue not only can enable you to restore deleted contacts, but also recover deleted text messages, photos, videos, notes, reminders, calendar and so on. Wondering about how to recover deleted photos? You can read here, how to recover deleted photos. And if you have any problems or questions when recovering contacts from iPhone, please be free to let us know by Emailing us or leaving a comment in the Comments Section. We'll reply to you soon.