My iPad (original version) lost all its contacts. Most but not all remain on iCloud, where regular backups have been made. Syncing with iTunes did not help (in fact, iTunes sync info tells me that last sync was 15 months ago, which is nonsense). Any suggestions on how to restore missing contacts?
iPad, iOS 5.1.1
If your contacts are still saved on iCloud.com then just log into the same iCloud account on your ipad and make sure contacts is turned on under settings, iCloud. They should then sync to your ipad.
I tried that but it didn't solve the problem. More suggestions needed!
Are you sure you are logged into the same acct. on both?
Yes, same account on both. All syncs work. What puzzles me is that there seems to be no pattern to what contacts were lost when "Contacts on my iPad" went blank. As mentioned, most are still on "All Contacts", but I hope to retrieve the lost ones.
After a couple of telephone conversations with Apple Support and three visits to Apple Stores the conclusion is that, since I discovered the loss only after a couple of automatic syncs and iCloud backup is only as good as the last one, about half of my contact list (approx. 200 contacts) was lost. Of those remaining many had only parts deleted, e.g. telephone numbers or email addresses. iPad can be set up (on the PC) to back up Contacts to MS Outlook instead of iCloud (not both), which is one way to secure Contact list isn't lost completely. I don't use the MS Outlook on my PC, and only because of inadvertent syncs between my now useless Palm Zire device and MS Outlook about two years ago, I was able to recover the Contact list from Outlook. To prevent future Contacts loss I have now installed the My Contacts Backup Pro app, which backs up Contacts in an e-mail. I suspect the original Contacts loss is connected to a Skype program update.
How Do I restore Lost iPad Contacts?
