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iPhone Problem
- Thread starter JetBlack7
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I double checked and I might have checked the contacts, synced and then checked again and synced. But does that mean that they erased my contacts?
If you sync contacts with icloud, go to 'iCloud' in 'settings' and turn on 'contacts'. You might have accidentally turned it off.
Otherwise, restoring your phone from a backup is your only hope as far as I know.
Otherwise, restoring your phone from a backup is your only hope as far as I know.
Did you ever do a backup to your computer/laptop? I do this once a month to be safe.
Before you do that, check the time and date of the backup. Since you mentioned you synced twice on iTunes...the auto backup is likely the one generated the last time you synced (ie. the one likely doesnt have any contact.)
Maybe try to go to icloud.com and see if there is any contacts, unless you are 100% sure you have never used icloud. (Ie. you turned it off yourself before) if there were some contacts there, you could simply get them on your phone via settings -> icloud -> turn on 'contacts'
Yes, turn it on as I said before, then turn it off once those contacts are downloaded to your phone (this will be done automatically). When you turn it off, it will ask you whether you wanna keep those contacts on your phone, click 'yes'.
Just keep in mind, sync contacts with icloud wouldn't waste a lot of battery or mobile data and it would be handy in situations like this, so I would recommend you to leave it on.
