I activated iCloud and it asks if i want to sync my contacts.... I'm assuming this means to have a back-up with iCloud. Sike! This action decided to delete my contacts. I logged into iCloud.com and in the contacts section - still nothing. Any suggestions on how to retrieve my contacts?
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1
Restore it, and then Restore from Backup
How do I go about restoring it? Prior to activating iCloud, i never hooked my iPhone up to my computer. May you please go into detail so I can attempt something 🙂 very much appreciated.
Plug in your phone to the computer. Click on your device. There should be a button to Restore. You may want to sync first to ensure that no data is lost by going to Settings > iCloud > Storage and Backup > Back up now. Let your phone do its thing until it has rebooted. It will then ask to Set up as New Phone or Restore from Backup, you will want to select Restore from iCloud backup.
nvm got it 🙂
contacts did not restore.... hmm... 😟
Same here. "Restore from backup" restored my contacts for about thirty seconds, but then they disappeared again.
Apple seems oblivious to this problem or hasn't become fully aware of it yet. There are a few threads for it here, but none of them have answers.
Have you figured it out?
if so, please help!!!
ICloud is a piece of crap! I've tried all of these suggestions and still no contacts!
I also had nothing but problems with iCloud since day one. Every attempt to work with it caused more disasters.
Same thing happened to me. I activated iCloud on my iPhone and it deleted all my contacts on the phone. No warning message or anything.
I tried restoring backup from my PC but that didn't work. I will have to manually enter them all again. oh joy
Stay away from iCloud!
At least it was just your phone contacts. iCloud was downloaded to my Mac yesterday and wiped out my Address Book with all of my addresses, medical and financial information, and everything for 15 years worth gone.
My computer is now at a tech store having them see if they can somehow restore a contacts file off of the hard drive, but not looking good.
What is even more frustrating is seeing all of these issues that go back to 2011 with the same complaints and apparently Apple doesn't care enough to fix it.
Activated iCloud and Contacts Disappeared
