How to Recover Contacts from iPhone/iPad After iOS 15 Update

"Wow, iOS 15 is finally on the market! I'm so excited! So I upgraded my iPhone system to iOS 15 right away. But unfortunately, after upgrading to iOS 15, I found that my contacts were gone. How to Recover Lost Contacts from iPhone/iPad After iOS 15 Update?" Ben asked.

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Although there are plenty of new features you can enjoy in iOS 15, you may also face the issues and bugs after iOS 15 update. And one common issue is unexpected data loss.If you also unfortunately lost important iPhone data after updating to iOS 15, read this post to learn how to recover lost iPhone data with or without backup. 

Part 1. Recover Contacts on Your iPhone Settings App

Settings app is a fast and easy choice to restore contacts from iCloud backup. You can just finish the procedure in a few steps. All you need is your iPhone and log in the iCloud account which you have backed up before on.

Step 1 Tap Settings on the home screen.

Step 2 Choose your iCloud profile on the top and hit the iCloud if you are using iOS 10 and later. Elsewise, scroll down to find it.

Step 3 Slide the toggle switch to ON next to Contacts. You can repeat this step to recover contacts from all of the preferred accounts.

Part 2. Restore Lost/deleted Contacts from iPhone after iOS 15 Update

In fact, iPhone Data Recovery is a special data recovery software for iOS system, it can not only help us restore contacts, but also can restore the photos, video,audio, call logs, recording, notes, music and so on.At the same time, the iPhone Data Recovery can help you recover any lost data in any situation,such as careless deletion, jailbreak, root, system upgrades and so on.It works on all iPhones, including the latest iPhone 13.

If you need this kind of help, you can download iOS Data Recovery free of charge. There are two versions of win and MAC, which you can choose based on your computer's operating system.

Step 1. Run the Program and Connect iOS devices to PC

Download the ios data recovery and install it on your computer. Then connect the iPhone/iPad/iPod device to PC.

Step 2. Select the File to Recover

Connect your iOS device to computer. Enter scan mode following the instruction. After scanning, all the files in your device will be shown and classified into categories. Find the file you want to recover under specific category.
The iOS Data Recovery supports 20+ data types, including WhatsApp, WeChat, Kik, photos, messages, contacts, notes and more.

Step 3. Select Destination and start to Recover

Click "…" button and select the file folder to save the recovered data. All preparations been done, you can start the recovery immediately by clicking "Recover".

Recover Lost/Deleted Photos and Videos on iOS Devices

Click "Camera Roll", "Photo Stream" and "Picture Library" in the left column to preview found images. Check those items you want and click "Recover" to save them on your computer.

Recover Deleted/Lost Contacts from iPhone Directly

Select "Contacts" in the left panel and your contacts list will be displayed in the right panel. You can choose one item to see the detailed information. The lost/deleted contacts will be displayed in red. You can turn on toggle switch to only display the deleted item(s). Check the lost/deleted items you want to recover, select CSV, HTML or VCF format you want to save your contacts list as, and then click "Recover" button to start the process.

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After the scan process is finished. The scan result will list in the left sidebar grouped by file types. Click "Messages" item from the sidebar to preview details. Check those lost and deleted text messages you want to get back and click "Recover" button to save these lost messages on your computer as CSV, HTML format.

Tip: Check "Only display deleted item", only deleted or lost files will be displayed. This helps you quickly find the target file.