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Lost Contacts out of the blue

Hi,


I lost my contacts suddenly. I tried doing all recommended by Apple - toggling on/off; resetting Network Settings; restarting iPhone; recovering from iCloud (and yes, I have had my iCloud on) an older version (dated a month earlier from the day of loss of Contacts). All with no success. I have now completely lost hope. Need your help.

iPhone 7

Posted on May 24, 2021 6:21 AM

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Posted on May 24, 2021 6:26 AM

Add the email account that hosted contacts on your device. If that was your corporate email account which you can no longer access then all the contacts are lost.


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




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May 24, 2021 6:26 AM in response to MermaidB

Add the email account that hosted contacts on your device. If that was your corporate email account which you can no longer access then all the contacts are lost.


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




Lost Contacts out of the blue

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