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P-ELarsson Author

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Lost contacts

I have suddenly lost my contacts in both the phone and iCloud. Can't currently sync contacts to iCloud either. I have been looking for different solutions but have not found one that works for me.

iPhone 8, iOS 14

Posted on Jan 5, 2021 12:11 AM

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SravanKrA

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Posted on Jan 5, 2021 2:22 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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