How to Recover Contacts from iPhone after iOS 15/14 Update

Home >

Recover Contacts from iPhone iOS 15

By Selena KomezUpdated on September 28, 2021


Problem:”Yesterday,I have upgraded my iPhone 12 to iOS 15 and now my contacts data are gone,is it possible to recover lost contacts on my iPhone 12 in iOS 15? Thank you!” –Asked by Lula in Apple discussions

Answer: To avoid data loss during to iOS 15 upgrade failure or data erased after the OS system installation,we strongly recommended that you should back up your iPhone to computer at first,and then restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup after the latest iOS system upgrade is complete.

More and more iPhone users upgrading their iPhone to 15, but after iOS 15update, it may cause erase all contacts (phone numbers) stored in iPhone, many iPhone users may ask is it possible to restore lost contacts on iPhone after iOS 15update? Any way to retrieve deleted contacts from iPhone in iOS 10? Actually,those lost or deleted contacts on iPhone iOS 15 still stored in the device, you still have chance to retrieve iPhone lost contacts back after upgrading to iOS 9.3 or iOS 10. However,how to recover iPhone lost contacts after update to iOS 15? This article mainly teach you a easy way to retrieve contacts from iPhone in iOS 15.

Recover Lost Contacts after iOS 15 Update

Today,we recommend your use this iPhone Contacts RecoveryiOS 15 Data Recovery,which allows you restore lost contacts from iPhone after upgrading to iOS 15.What’s more, the iOS 15 Data Recovery allows you restore other lost data on iPhone after iOS 15 jailbrak,such as contacts, notes, photo, apps, videos, whatsapp messages or imessages, text messages. Let’s show you the use guide to recover lost contact and sms back from iPhone with iOS 15.

d_win d_mac

Part 1:Directly Retrieve Lost Contacts from iPhone after iOS 15 Update

Let’s take recover lost contacts from iPhone 6 as example after upgrading to iOS 15.

Step 1: Run iOS Data Recovery and Connect iPhone 6

iphone contacts recovery

After downloading and installing the program, then run it on your computer. Connect your iPhone to the computer.

Step 2: Analyze and Scan Contacts from iPhone 6
Once your iPhone is recognized, you can see the information of your device on the primary window, now you can click on “Next” to let the program analyze and scan the lost data from your iPhone.

scan contacts for iphone

Step 3: Preview and Recover Lost Contacts from iPhone 6
You can preview all found data before recovery after the scanning. Choose “Contacts” to preview, then mark the ones you wanted and click “Recover” butto to save them on your computer easily.

restore iphone contacts after ios 10 update

Free download the iOS Data Recovery to restore iPhone lost contacts:

d_win d_mac

Part 2:Retrieve iPhone Lost Contacts from iTunes Backup after iOS 15 Update

Precondition: You need to have your iPhone synced with iTunes before you deleted the contacts.
What you need: iTunes
You can restore your iPhone contacts from iTunes backup in two ways: directly restore the entire backup via iTunes, or selectively recover contacts from the backup via iPhone Contacts Recovery. You can choose one the most suitable for you.

Restore the whole iTunes backup file
Disable auto synchronization first, preventing your iPhone from syncing automatically:
For Windows users: Run iTunes, go to < Edit < Preferences… < Devices.
For Mac users: Run iTunes, go to < iTunes < Preferences… < Devices
Then connect your iPhone to the computer. Go to the “Devices” again, choose the backup file of your iPhone and click on the “Restore” button.

restore iphone data with itunes backup

When the restore is complete, your iPhone will restart and all the contacts in the backup is on your iPhone now.

Part 3:Recover Contacts from iTunes Backup via iPhone Contacts Recovery

Step 1.Run iPhone Contacts Recovery and Scan the Backup File
Run iPhone Contacts Recovery,then connect iPhone with computer.There will be a list of backup files displayed, after you click “Recover from iTunes Backup” on the top of the program window. Choose the one for your iPhone and click “Scan”.

extract itunes file

Step 2.Preview Contacts and Select to Recover from iTunes Bakcup
The scan only takes you a few seconds. All the contents from the backup file will be displayed in details. You can read them all. Then check the box in front of any item you want, and click the “Recover ” button.

restore contacts from itunes backup

d_win d_mac

This iOS Data Recovery software is used for recovering deleted or lost files from iOS devices and iTunes backups, and the software also helps users backup iPhone, iPad and iPod touch files to computer. The software works perfectly with the latest iOS 15, so you no worries about lost data after upgrading iPhone to iOS 15. With the help of iOS Data Recovery,you can restore sms,contacts,photos,videos from iPhone after iOS 15 update.

Related Articles:

Transfer Contacts from Samsung Galaxy to iPhone 6S/6

Recover iPhone Lost Data after Upgrading to iOS 9

How to Recover iPhone Lost Data after iOS 10 Update

How to Recover Text Messages from iPhone 6S/6

Comments

  1. No comment yet. Say something...

 

Prompt: you need to log in before you can comment.
No account yet. Please click here to register.

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...

iPhone Data Recovery

Fix iOS System

Related Article

Social & Share

Stay tuned for the upcoming events & news