[Solved] iPhone Contacts Missing or Contacts Disappeared After Update?

By Spencer Mcfadden, on July 26, 2021, in iPhone Problems | SOLVED

I've Suddenly Lost a Bunch of Contacts After iOS 14.4.2 Update? I have a business that is reliant on my iPhone 12 Pro and I had no idea I was supposed to sync my contacts to my Mac? Anyway I've suddenly lost a bunch of contacts after I did the iOS 14.4.2 update and there's no way to retrieve my deleted contacts. These are critical one time, in-person cell phone contacts. Verizon had me toggle On and Off the Contacts settings and then told me to try using iPhone iCloud Backup off of my iTunes but it only gave me an option to back up from this morning, and I know that my iPhone contacts was missing last night. Help!

Making phone calls, sending emails to workmate, and texting friends and family, we just hardly live without the contacts book on our phones (How To Fix iPhone Contacts Not Backing Up To iCloud Issue). With the new round of iOS update, some iPhone users have reported that their contacts are missing or have mysteriously disappeared. If you find some of your contact's names and numbers are suddenly gone and can't be found in the Contacts app, here are quick fixes.

Most Common iPhone App Missing Issues and Best Fixes

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Since Apple keeps rolling out upcoming iOS update, users may constantly get abnormal iPhone problems and iOS software glitches. Some iPhone users have reported that their contacts have mysteriously disappeared. One moment you can see your contact's names and numbers and then suddenly, they are all gone and can't be found in the Contacts app. The main causes of iPhone contacts missing issue are listed here.

Common Reasons That May Cause iPhone Contacts Missing Issue:

• Reason 1 - iOS Update Failure: An ordinary iOS update won't affect the data content on your iPhone. But there will be a prompt asking if you want to sync your data with iCloud. If you previously have not or failed to sync contacts with iCloud, you might find iPhone contacts missing from the phone’s address book.
• Reason 2 - Faulty Jailbreaking: An iPhone jailbreaking is attended to allow iPhone users to modify and tweak their iOS devices. However, since every jailbreaking tool is potentially risky and may be harmful to the iPhone device and its data, it's also possible to cause the iPhone contacts missing or the lost of other iOS data.
• Reason 3 - Malfunctioned Restart: Hard restarting an iPhone should be one of the best practices that can ideally fix a frozen or unresponsive iPhone. But on an old iOS device, like an iPhone 8/8 Plus, iPhone 7/7 Plus, iPhone 6s/6/5, it is possible that a malfunctioned restart might unexpectedly reset your device and thus cause iPhone contacts to be lost.

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• Contacts
• Phone
• Find My
• App Store
• Videos
• Mail
• Camera
• Message
• Settings
• Safari

It's hardly to give a perfect solution on your iPhone contacts missing issue if you have not determine what exactly the cause is. So we prepared a set of multiple-layered troubleshooting method to help restore your missing or disappeared contacts on your iPhone. Give a try with the following full-scale and complex solutions.

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How-To Steps To Fix iPhone Contacts Missing/Disappeared Issue:

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   Fix 1

   Re-sync iPhone Contacts To iCloud: If the contact database on iCloud is more complete than on your iPhone device, you can simply re-sync to iCloud Contacts so that to get your missing / disappeared iPhone contacts. To do so: Open Settings app > iCloud and toggle the Contacts switch from ON to OFF and then back to ON.

   
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   Sign out of iCloud and Sign in back: If Apple detects an abnormal log in of your Apple ID occurs, then it may cause iPhone contacts missing or other iCloud data syncing issue. Have a try to sign out of iCloud and sign in back. To do so: Go to Settings > iCloud > Scroll to the bottom and tap on Sign Out > Now sign back into your iCloud account > Ensure that the toggle for Contacts is turned on.

   
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   Change Groups Settings: By changing the Group settings, you can unhide some of your missing / disappeared contacts on your iPhone. To do so: Open the Phone app > Go to the Contacts tab > Tap on Groups in the top left corner > Deselect the All iCloud option > Now tap on All [iPhone name] to select it > Save.

   

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• Contacts
• Phone
• Find My
• App Store
• Videos
• Mail
• Camera
• Message
• Settings
• Safari

Still cannot find your missing / disappeared iPhone contacts? Or just noticed you probably have permanently lost or deleted contacts on your iPhone? Don't panic! So it's better to try a tool that can easily recover your lost contacts regardless of the circumstances that lead to the loss. Omni Recover is the expert iPhone Contacts Recovery software that helps retrieve your missing / disappeared iPhone contacts.

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How-To Steps To Recover Missing/Disappeared Contacts On iPhone:

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   Step 1:

   Download and install Omni Recover on your Windows PC or Mac computer > Connect your iPhone to your computer > Open Omni Recover.

   
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   Choose to recover your missing contacts from iPhone/iPad/iPod touch/Backup > Click Next > Choose a device to continue:

   
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   After a short while, you can choose to preview your missing iPhone contacts or other iOS data.

   
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   Now Omni Recover will analyze your iPhone database to retrieve your missing contacts > After finding your desired iPhone contacts, click Export to get them back.

   

Now can you fix this iPhone Contacts Missing or Disappeared problem with our suggestions above? If you still have further iOS 14 software issues or bugs, feel free to contact us and we are happy to help. In addition, we will keep updating our iOS 14 Porblems list so that to cover all upcoming software/hardware glitches on your Apple devices.

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