Recover Lost Contacts on iPhone After iOS 10.3/10 Update

Summary: iCloud contacts gone after an iOS 10, iOS 10.2, iOS 10.3 update?Contacts disappear after iOS 10/9.3 update?This article teaches you three ways on retrieving lost contacts from your iPhone 7/SE/6S/6S Plus/5S/5/4S, etc after iOS 10 update. according to the guide below.

After Updating to iOS 10, Contacts have Disappeared

“I got my iPhone 6s upgraded to iOS 10.2.1. I didn’t realize that it may erase all iPhone data after iOS update, I never back iPhone to iTunes or computer. Whether I can get disappeared contacts back from my iPhone 6s iOS 10? Anyone who can help, please?”

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Contacts are extremely important for us to keep in touch with others. You may find contact loss after updating iPhone iPad device to the newest iOS 10.3 (iOS 10.1, iOS 9.3/9.3.5 is included). In fact, each time when you update to a new iOS version (including the iOS 10/9/8/7), you run risks, such as the precious contacts are missing after iOS update, or contacts don’t work in iOS 10,iOS 9, iOS 8, iOS 7. If you have encountered the same situation, how can you recover deleted contacts from iPhone after upgrading to iOS 10?

If you want to recover missing contacts after iOS 10 upgrade, all you need to do is just download and install iPhone Data Recovery program on your computer,then scan your iPhone for lost contacts data. That the iOS 10 update deleted iPhone contacts will never bother you a lot. Because this iPhone contact recovery software is used for recovering deleted or lost contacts from iOS 10 devices and iTunes or iCloud backups, as well as photos, videos, iMessages, message attachments, WhatsApp messages, call history, reminders, notes, calendar, safari bookmarks, app documents, etc. Moreover, it works perfectly with the iOS version of iOS 10, iOS 9.3.2, iOS 9.3, iOS 9, iOS 8, iOS 7 for iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6S/6S Plus, iPhone 6/6 Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 5S , iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S/4 and the New iPad, iPad Pro, iPad Mini 4, iPad 4 & iPod Touch 5, etc, so you take advantage of it with no worries.

• Part 1: Recover Contacts from iPhone after iOS 10.1/10.2 Update (without Backups)
• Part 2: Retrieve Lost Contacts on iOS 10.1/10.2 with iTunes Backup
• Part 3: Restore Lost Contacts on iOS 10/10.1/10.2 with iCloud Backup
• Part 4: Back Up iPhone Contacts to Computer before installing iOS 10

Part 1: Recover Lost Contacts from iPhone after iOS 10 Upgrade

Step 1.Connect iPhone iPad Device to Your Computer

Connect your iPhone iPad device to computer and run the iPhone Data Recovery program on your computer. Then you will see the interface as follows, select “Recover from iOS Device” to enter the recovery mode.

Step 2.Start to Scan Your iPhone For Lost Contacts

After clicking “Recover from iOS Device”, and the software will scan your iPhone automatically. Then all the files include contacts, messages, call history, calendar , notes, Safari Bookmark stored on you iPhone iPad will displayed in the windows. Just select the “Contacts” and click “Start Scan” icon, and the software will automatically start to analyze and scan it.

Step 3.Preview and Recover Missing Contacts from iPhone iOS 10

To recover the contacts, check the box in front of the Contacts and click the “Recover to Computer” or “Recover to Device” button, then you are successfully save the content on your computer or directly restore on your iPhone.

Part 2: Retrieve Lost Contacts on iOS 10/10.1/10.2 with iTunes Backup

Step 1.Select the iTunes Recovery Mode

Choose “Recover from iTunes Backup” on the main interface after running the software on your computer. All the iTunes backup files of your iOS Device which has ever synced with iTunes on this computer will be automatically found and listed here. You can choose the one you want and click “Select” to access the data interface.

Step 2.Scan Lost Data from iTunes

Enter into the interface to show you all the data categories in your backup. Select the Contacts to preview and select “Start Scan”. The scanning time depends on the database in your iTunes Backup.

Step 3.Preview and Restore Your Deleted Contacts from iTunes

To recover the contacts, check the box in front of the Contacts and click the “Recover to Computer” or “Recover to Device” button, then you are successfully save the content on your computer or restore on your iPhone iPad iPod.

Part 3: iCloud Restore Missing Contacts iOS 10.1/10.2

If you have sync your iPhone to iCloud before,you can recover lost contacts on iOS 10/10.1/10.2 with iCloud backup.

Step 1.Sign in your iCloud account

Run iOS Data Recovery and choose “Recover from iCloud Backup” as the recovery mode. Then you’ll see the window below. Enter your iCloud account and password to login.

Step 2.Download and Scan Your iCloud Backup

When you logged into iCloud, the program can find all iCloud backup files in your account. Choose the one where you’re going to recover data and click on the “Download” button.

Step 3.Start Restoring Deleted Contacts from iCloud Backup Files

The scanning will be complete in a few minutes. Once it stops, you can either choose “Recover to Computer” or “Recover to Device” for transferring these recovered Contacts to your computer or your iOS device.

In additional, this professional program supports you to fix iOS to normal for iPhone iPad iPod Touch, when your iOS device is stuck in recovery mode, Apple logo, black screen and so forth. More details on: How to Fix iPhone Stuck in Recovery Mode.

Part 4: Back Up Contacts from iPhone to Computer before installing iOS 10

As we all know that ios 10.3/10.2/10.1 upgrade can delete contacts,to avoiding lost contacts after iOS upgrade,it’s a good idea to make sure you’ve make a full backup of your iPhone before installing iOS 10.3/10.2/10.1, just in case something goes wrong,you can restore them easily.We can backup iPhone with iTunes or iCloud before upgrading to iOS 10.But,in this part,we recommend you a powerful and easy-to-used iPhone Data Manager tool to back up your contacts, SMS, photos, videos, WhatsApp messages,etc. from iPhone to Windows computer or Mac easily. Here’s a quick refresher on manually backing up your contacts or other data.

Step 1.Download and launch iOS Data Manager & Tranfer.

Step 2.Connect your iPhone to PC or Mac.
Step 3.Select Contacts to backup.
Once your iPhone device were connected, the program would check all of items automatically on the middle panel. To backup your contacts from iPhone to computer,please click “Information” at the top of the the main interface,and then click on “Contacts” >>”Local” to backup all contacts from iPhone to the computer. After a while, all of your contacts would be backed up on your computer.

After your have backed up your iPhone data by this iOS Manager tool.Of course,you can restore all backed up contents to your iPhone after iOS 10.2/10.1 update complete.To import thos backed up contacts to your iPhone,please “Open Folder” to reach the target folder to check the saved contacts file,and then Restore them to your iPhone.

Tips:You can also use Phone Transfer to backup and restore contacts from iPhone,or transfer contacts between iPhone and other phones.

How to Prevent Data Loss from iOS Updates

Although it is easy to recover contacts, SMS messages/ iMessages, photos, videos, WhatsApp chats, notes from iPhone iPad device after iOS 10.3/10.2/10.1 update(iOS 9.3/iOS 9) with iOS Data Recovery, you’d better backup your iPhone contacts before installing this new update. This will help to prevent data loss forever, especially when you put more new data to overwrite the space and make the lost contacts unrecoverable.

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