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Matus0818 Author

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Contacts transfer from old iPhone to new one

Hi Guys,

I set up a new iPhone from iCloud back up. however, when I checked the contacts I realised that the back up was several months old and I am missing a lot of contact details. I backed up an old iPhone once again, I opened iCloud back ups on a new iPhone, I see the new back up there but I do not know how to download that back to a new iPhone. Basically, I would need only contacts.

Any advice? Thank you.

iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 14

Posted on Jan 22, 2021 2:51 AM

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SravanKrA

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Posted on Jan 22, 2021 3:09 AM

Contacts are neither stored locally on an iPhone nor in SIM. They are synced to an email account that you had Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other

If Contacts on iCloud, try this --> Restore contacts, calendars, bookmarks and more using ...

How many Contacts account (email client server) you have?
What is your default Contacts Account?
Which email account you are using to store Contacts?

See the GIF below for Contacts and Default Account

Learn how to add an email account and make it default (Watch the GIF)
This example is for Gmail but the process remains same for all Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other

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