Is there any way to recover iPhone contacts from iPhone 4 after update to ios6? I am lucky I’ve backed up my iPhone contacts on my computer with iTunes
SQLite, is a backup file of Apple devices generated by iTunes. Once you've synced your iDevice with iTunes, this backup file will be automatically generated on your computer, and continuously updated every time you sync later. It's really a great way to help you save your previous data, but it's a double-edged sword--you can't access this backup file or extract anything from it.
Therefore, to recover iPhone contacts, you need to extract the SQLite file first, and to extract SQLite file, you need an iPhone data extractor. iTunes Data Recovery can help to recover lost iPhone Photos, Video, Contacts, Messages, Call History, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, Voice Memos, Safari Bookmark and more from iTunes backup files.
Here are the steps of how to recover iPhone contacts from iTunes backup when lost iPhone contacts.
First Step: Choose and scan your iTunes backup.
Once finish installing and launching the software, you'll get a list of all the devices that are synced with your computer current copy of iTunes. Highlight a device by clicking it and then click Start Scan.
Second Step: Scan and preview iTunes Backup Files.
After you click "Start Scan", you’ll immediately be able to view thumbnails of all media files previously synced to iTunes from that device. Select one at a time by checking the individual box located under each thumbnail, or select all files in a category (Contacts, for example) by checking the box next to each category in the top left.
Third Step: Recover lost files.
After you’ve completed selecting all the files you want to recover, just click Recover in the menu bar next to the Back button (Actually recover is not allowed in the free trial version). At the Save prompt, you’ll be asked to name and select the destination folder for your recovered files (Desktop, for example). Your file will export immediately to the location you specified. To scan, view and recover files from another device, just click the Back button.
One more tip:
Want to directly scan and recover contacts from iPhone, you can try iPhone Data Recovery program.
