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Iphone os4 update - lost contacts and messages solution

I´ve read a lot of posts from people who have lost their contacts and messages when updating to os4. I did too and paniced but the solution is pretty simple. Turn the phone off and then turn it back on. A progress bar will indicate the restore process and when finished all will be as before with the new os. Hope it works for some of the suffering.

Lilybank

pc, iOS 4

Posted on Jun 22, 2010 10:14 AM

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Jul 2, 2010 4:44 PM in response to lilybank

Can someone please give me advice on how to recover lost contacts from Microsoft Outlook.

Two days ago I tried to upgrade to os 4.0. It was running very slow and took several hours. Instead of upgrading to 4, it upgraded to 3.1.3. That's a whole other issue which I do not care to address. When I checked my phone the next morning, my contacts were gone except the one since my last sync which was about 2 months ago. Please note that I had not actually backed up my phone since November of 2009. I did not realize that the phone does not automatically back up the phone with each sync. In any case, I have nothing on the SIM card, therefore there are no contacts there. I would rather not restore to November because I will lose everything from November until approximately May. My Outlook only has the 15 new contacts, and I am not sure if anyone has any idea of how I can recover my old contacts. Thank you.

Jul 14, 2010 7:03 AM in response to bisleybullet

THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! I have been lost and worried for 2 days trying to find my lost contacts. I've literally been all over the internet, but then found your simple solution. Perfect. All of my contacts are back - and my notes files mysterily reappeared too.
I can't thank you enough for this most simple solution. I wish Apple would notify people before they perform the upgrade.

Iphone os4 update - lost contacts and messages solution

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