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PortlandKJ Author

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some contacts names disappeared when i switched to a new iphone. Some contacts showed up, others were just their phone numbers.

I solved this after reading countless useless articles about shuttting down and toggling...

here's how:

some contacts disappeared when i switched to a new iphone. even those I had in my phone for two years. I searched for hours on how to make them come back and finally found it WASN'T JUST my apple id contacts that needed to be synched. I had a separate ICLOUD email that showed up as ***@icloud.com; once I added that to settings: mail: add account and synched those contacts with toggle i got everything back.

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iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 16

Posted on Jul 17, 2023 10:49 AM

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PortlandKJ Author

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4 points

Posted on Jul 17, 2023 10:50 AM

it's not just apple id that brings back your contacts. you MUST add your@icloud.com account that's not your hotmail or gmail or whatever your normal apple id sign on is; once I added the (never used for me) icloud login info to settings: mail: add account and synched those contacts with toggle i got everything back.

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