Most iPhone users rely heavily on their phones to store important personal and business contact information. If it is mistakenly deleted, there can be disastrous effects, as the problem experienced by Rachelle from California.
"Please help! My iPhone 6S crash suddenly. I restart it. Everything works fine, but it is depressing that all my contacts on the phone disappear. What should I do to get back the lost contacts?"
Are you going through the same problem? Don't worry. If you have synced your iPhone with iTunes before, regardless of the situation, you can quickly bring your lost contacts back. In this article, we'll show you two methods to restore iPhone contacts from iTunes backup.
Method 1: Restore iPhone from iTunes Backup
Step 1: Lauch iTunes. Make sure you have installed the latest version of iTunes.
Step 2: Plug your iPhone into your computer with the USB cable that comes with it.
Step 3: Go to File > Device and click "Restore from Backup..." to restore your iPhone from iTunes backup.
Method 2: Extract Contacts from iPhone Backup
Restoring iPhone from iTunes would wipe the current data on your phone with those in the backup. Besides, you are not allowed to recover partial data or preview the data to be restored. Considering all these inconveniences, you'd better try Free iPhone Backup Extractor. It is a completely free software that helps you extract and recover contacts from iTunes backup. Below are the steps you need to do:
1. Download and install this free iPhone Backup Extractor on your computer.
2. Run it, and you will see a list of all iTunes backup files existing on this computer.
3. Choose the iPhone backup file containing your deleted contacts and click "Next".
4. Select Contacts from the listed file types and click "Next" to begin scanning.
5. After scanning, you can easily find and preview the scanned contacts in detail.
6. Finally, mark the contacts you need and click "Recover" to extract contacts from iTunes backup.
Note: No matter which way you take, please don't sync your iPhone to iTunes after you lost contacts on it. Or the iTunes backup file will be updated and your contacts saved in the backup file will be overwritten.
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