Lost my contacts

[doyle369]

My new iphone 4s has just decided that it needs restoring, so I have restored it, all my pics are still there, all my recent calls are still there, but all my contacts have gone!! all my recent calls are just numbers, no names, anyway of getting my contacts back?

 

[-aggie-]

What are you syncing your contacts with.

Edit your title. You'll get little "Help!!" from it.

 

[doyle369]

What are you syncing your contacts with.

Edit your title. You'll get little "Help!!" from it.

what do you mean by 'what am I syncing my contacts with?'

 

[PsstGreek]

Should we call 911....

Did you make a backup of your iPhone?

 

[doyle369]

Should we call 911....

Did you make a backup of your iPhone?

yeah... else it wouldnt of saved all my pics...

 

[Eddie Bombay]

This isn't 1999 try to sync your contacts with Google.

 

[doyle369]

This isn't 1999 try to sync your contacts with Google.

I dont have a google account..

 

[-aggie-]

I dont have a google account..

His response wasn't remotely helpful, if you hadn't synced your contacts to Google before you did the restore.

When you setup your phone, didn't you pick some some software to sync contacts with (like Address Book).....ANYTHING??

 

[Eddie Bombay]

Just go to your local carriers store they'll help you get your stuff back. I know AT&T and Verizon help out. Then once you get everything back create a google account and tell the rep to sync your contacts with google. If the rep is cool he'll do it for you.

 

[b24pgg]

Just go to your local carriers store they'll help you get your stuff back. I know AT&T and Verizon help out. Then once you get everything back create a google account and tell the rep to sync your contacts with google. If the rep is cool he'll do it for you.

OP, please don't do this.

Store reps are first and foremost salespeople, not customer service people. They usually know less about a device than someone who's spent 5 minutes Googling it.

Here is a very easy tutorial on how to sync your contacts with Google that you can perform yourself: http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138740

 

[posguy99]

My new iphone 4s has just decided that it needs restoring, so I have restored it, all my pics are still there, all my recent calls are still there, but all my contacts have gone!! all my recent calls are just numbers, no names, anyway of getting my contacts back?

If you were not sync-ing your contacts with anything outside the phone prior to the restoral, they are most likely gone.

 

[unlimitedx]

restore from icloud

 

[x-evil-x]

that is why you save your contacts on your computer or somewhere else...
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