How do I retrieve my contacts list without an iphone?

Chinwon wrote:

If you want to retrieve your contacts without your iPhone, you can retrieve them from iTunes backup.

No matter you just lost your iPhone or you still hold it in your hand, don't connect or sync it with iTunes after you lost your contacts, to prevent the backup file from being updated and replaced by the contacts on your iPhone now.

If you have synced different iDevices with iTunes before, there will be more than one backup files, after you click "Recover from iTunes Backup File" on the top of the primary window. Choose the one for your iPhone and click "Start Scan". Then move further.

Actually, recover deleted contacts from iPhone is not hard to do.

As I know, you have two kinds of recovery mode: to recover data directly from the iOS device and to retrieve previous data by extracting it from iTunes and iCloud backup with iPhone Data Recovery!

If you backup to cloud, this method will help you.

The difficulty in restoring iCloud data from a back up is that the back up is older than the current version on iCloud and anything that is restored gets removed again when an iCloud sync occurs.

1. Ensure the device is connected to your local network.

2. Start the restore from iCloud back up.

3. Allow the devices settings to restore (watch for the confirmation of completion).

4. As the apps begin to restore pull the connection to your router WAN port (the one that goes to the telephone point).

5. Wait for the time out confirmation.

6. Navigate to settings > iCloud and turn off contact syncing (keep contacts when prompted).

Reconnect the router to the internet and let the restore process complete.

7. Delete any iCloud contacts from iCloud.com on a computer.

Navigate to settings > iCloud and turn on contact syncing (merge contacts when prompted).

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Since you have no iPhone, you cannot restore with the iTunes backup, however, you can extract the contacts from iTunes backup using an iPhone backup extractor.

Besides extracting from iTunes backup, there are still other ways to recover iPhone contacts even if you have no iPhone.

1. Copy from old phone’s SIM card;
2. Extracting from iCloud backup;
3. Using other sync service that you used on your iPhone, e.g. Google Contacts, on your new phone.

Before a sync or restore, I believe that iTunes will create a backup of your contact's contents (unless you manually cancel this backup). The backup will contain the contacts and videos that were on the phone.

You can check if a backup was created by doing the following:

1. Launch iTunes
2. iTunes > Preferences > Devices
3. See if there is an entry with the date of the restore.

If a backup exists, you can recover your data with one of two methods:

• Restore your phone using that backup; or
• Use an application such as*******to extract the images out of the backup file.

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I am not aware of any way to do so. But was curious and Googled it.

Quickly it doesn't look an easy task without Unix knowledge (MacOS terminal).

http://code.google.com/p/iphone-backup-decoder/

http://geekyninja.com/archives/how-to-recover-data-contacts-sms-notes-from-the-i phone-backup-files/

If it's not jailbroken you can try backup the iPhone 4 contacts using iTunes. There should be a choice of contacts under the “info” tab when you plug your iphone.You can put your contacts back to itunes but not able to modify them.

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There are two ways to Recover deleted photos from iPhone 4S

1. Directly scan and recover photos from iPhone 4S

a) Connect your iPhone to the computer

b) Enter DFU mode and scan iPhone

c) Preview and recover iPhone photos

2. Scan and extract iTunes backup to recover iPhone photos

a) Scan your iTunes backup for iPhone 4S

b) Preview and recover iPhone photos

c) Do backup well

For details, watch tutorial online on how to recover Deleted Photos from iPhone 5/4S/4/3GS

Am I able to retrieve my contact list from my pc without an iphone?

Hi, i lost my iPhone and i desperately needed my data back. luckily, i had a backup saved on my pc. through google, i found these guys claiming to be able to view your lost contacts without iPhone. I couldn't get it working, but they have a live chat system, which helped me get through the process. so yeah, it is possible, and it was definately worth it in my case, even though it's not free though.

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Natasha

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Of course you can. If you use iTunes as your iPhone manager, you should know there is auto backup generated by iTunes when you sync iPhone with it. Yes, iTunes has done the backup for your iPhone indeed. You only need to restore contacts from the iPhone backup file (SQlitedb file) by iPhone Data Recovery.

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The difficulty in restoring iCloud data from a back up is that the back up is older than the current version on iCloud and anything that is restored gets removed again when an iCloud sync occurs.

1. Ensure the device is connected to your local network.

2. Start the restore from iCloud back up.

3. Allow the devices settings to restore (watch for the confirmation of completion).

4. As the apps begin to restore pull the connection to your router WAN port (the one that goes to the telephone point).

5. Wait for the time out confirmation.

6. Navigate to settings > iCloud and turn off contact syncing (keep contacts when prompted).

Reconnect the router to the internet and let the restore process complete.

7. Delete any iCloud contacts from iCloud.com on a computer.

Navigate to settings > iCloud and turn on contact syncing (merge contacts when prompted).

iStonsoft iPad/iPhone/iPod data recovery.

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Vibosoft iPhone backup extractor

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Coolmuster: iTunes data recovery:

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iPubsoft iOS data recoery:

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If you want to retrieve your contacts without your iPhone, you can retrieve them from iTunes backup.

No matter you just lost your iPhone or you still hold it in your hand, don't connect or sync it with iTunes after you lost your contacts, to prevent the backup file from being updated and replaced by the contacts on your iPhone now.

If you have synced different iDevices with iTunes before, there will be more than one backup files, after you click "Recover from iTunes Backup File" on the top of the primary window. Choose the one for your iPhone and click "Start Scan". Then move further.

Actually,recover your lost iPhone contacts is not hard to do.

hmmm this is what you're looking for, if I understand your question properly. If you lost your iPhone, you may have an iTunes backup somewhere...that program allows you to export your iTunes backup, including your contacts to your PC/MAC/Laptop.

Other than that, if you're phone is gone, your data is gone. I'm sorry to say, but: you CANNOT get it back.

hmmm this is what you're looking for, if I understand your question properly. If you lost your iPhone,

you may have an iTunes backup somewhere...that program allows you to export your iTunes backup, including your contacts to your PC/MAC/Laptop.

Other than that, if you're phone is gone, your data is gone. I'm sorry to say, but: you CANNOT get it back.

To be fair, someone posted spam to this thread, which brought it to the top of the listing. The spam is gone, but the thread remains at the top. This is a common problem. I do suggest looking at the posting date before replying, but I am not consistent about that either.