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on the latest update all my contacts and now they are lost. As I manually rebuilt list. I then made a call off of the new contact list . The call was made made to another number that was lost on the update And was not on the rebuilt list. Please help

Latest update lost all iPhone contacts with no back up to I cloud. I have manually rebuilt contact list. However, when I called contact . I got a contact from the original contact list that was lost. Strange. I have done the I cloud restore contacts. No Luck. Is the original contact list gone forever ? the

iPhone 7, iOS 14

Posted on Mar 21, 2022 11:01 AM

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Posted on Mar 21, 2022 11:03 AM

Unlike some Android devices, 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 ...


Else add the email account that stores your contacts.

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Mar 21, 2022 11:03 AM in response to 470Caprivi

Unlike some Android devices, 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 ...


Else add the email account that stores your contacts.

on the latest update all my contacts and now they are lost. As I manually rebuilt list. I then made a call off of the new contact list . The call was made made to another number that was lost on the update And was not on the rebuilt list. Please help

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