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Tom G.

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Original poster
Jun 16, 2009
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I'm setting up my new iPhone 4s and cannot find my Contacts app icon. It does not show up on any screen. Of course I have no contacts either.

I did a back up of my iPhone 4 both to the cloud and to my iMac, I've tried syncing to both but no icon. With no icon there is no contacts.

I've searched the forums to see if anyone has posted a similar problem and did not see anything listed.

Does anyone have a solution?

My iPhone 4 does have its icon and all the contacts.

Any help is appreciated.
 

SomeonePlzHelp

macrumors regular
Aug 31, 2011
164
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California
Did you set your phone up as a new phone, then restore from your backup?

Also, if you dial a number manually, does it then pop up with your contact info for that number?

If you still cannot figure it out, you should just go into your closest Apple Store and ask a specialist if he could troubleshoot the issue for you, or help you with a personal setup.

(I heard about the issue of losing contacts from your iCloud backup, try googling it to find out if anyone else with the same issue has resolved it.)
 

nwmtnbiker

macrumors 68000
Apr 5, 2011
1,617
23
Fidalgo Island
I remember when I was jailbroken some apps disappeared and I had to soft-reset the phone by holding power & home button till apple logo appears.
 

pilot1226

macrumors 6502a
Mar 18, 2010
601
15
USA
Can you access it through Phone? There should be a button on the bottom of the Phone app that lets you pull up your contacts.
 

RHA

macrumors member
Oct 31, 2011
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Chicagoland
Eureka

How bizarre - my contact icon disappeared. Who knew upon reset it would surface in the UTILITY folder. Great tip...I knew I would find a simple answer rather than reset my phone!
 

b166er

macrumors 68020
Apr 17, 2010
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18
Philly
just the other day my phone icon vanished. It didn't come back until a few resets and it was no where near where I usually keep it.
 

Agent OrangeZ

macrumors 68040
Mar 17, 2010
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3,014
Planet Earth
I LOATHE the Contacts icon. I hate app redundancy. I can access my contacts just fine from Phone.app. Whenever I jailbreak, first thing I do is hide Contacts.app with Poof!
 

DodgeV83

macrumors 6502a
Feb 8, 2012
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I'm setting up my new iPhone 4s and cannot find my Contacts app icon. It does not show up on any screen. Of course I have no contacts either.

I did a back up of my iPhone 4 both to the cloud and to my iMac, I've tried syncing to both but no icon. With no icon there is no contacts.

I've searched the forums to see if anyone has posted a similar problem and did not see anything listed.

Does anyone have a solution?

My iPhone 4 does have its icon and all the contacts.

Any help is appreciated.

It's not gone. Swipe all the way to the right and do a search for "Contacts". It'll find it :)
 
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