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My dad recently updated his phone and lost multiple contacts

my dad recently updated his phone and lost multiple contacts, how can he get those contacts back?



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Posted on Jan 30, 2020 4:40 PM

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Posted on Jan 30, 2020 4:45 PM

See this Apple support article—>Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


Of course, this assumes that the phone was backed up to iTunes, iCloud or both. Note that iCloud backup can be configured once and it will back up automatically every day when the phone is locked, connected to Wi-Fi and plugged in.

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Jan 30, 2020 4:45 PM in response to livryderr

See this Apple support article—>Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


Of course, this assumes that the phone was backed up to iTunes, iCloud or both. Note that iCloud backup can be configured once and it will back up automatically every day when the phone is locked, connected to Wi-Fi and plugged in.

My dad recently updated his phone and lost multiple contacts

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