“My husband and I wanted to set our devices up for family sharing and I was under his apple id. I changed my apple id then I had almost nothing in my contact list. All of my contacts are lost. I am now trying to restore the phone from my backup on the computer but keep getting iTunes message that there is not enough free space despite having plenty. Help! how can i get back my lost contact list on my iPhone 5 after change apple ID and restore from backup failed?”
iPhone contacts list disappear after change apple ID? Don’t worry, you still have chance to recover them. iFonebox provides you two ways to recover lost iphone contacts after change apple ID. One is access to iTunes backup and extact contacts (parcial restore conatcts from iTunes ); the other one is directly scan your iPhone and retrieve the hidden contacts.
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Two ways to Recover lost iPhone Contacts after change apple ID
Method 1: Access to iTunes backup and extact contacts (when iPhone have no enough space)
This methods enable you to only restore contacts from itunes without the whole backup
Step1 Install and run iFonebox on your computer, choose “Recover from iTunes backup”
Step2 Select the backup file for your iPhone to restore by clicking “Start Scan” button
Step3 After scanning finished, all files in backup are extracted and displayed here, click “Contacts” to preview and recover these contacts to your computer or directly restore contacts back to your iPhone
Method 2: Directly scan iPhone to retrieve lost contacts afte change apple ID
step1 Connect your iPhone to the computer, The software will detect your device on the interface, just select “Recover from iOS device”
step2 After scanning finished, click “contacts” option and check them one by one. Select those you want and click “Recover” button to save them all on your computer or directly transfer thes contacts back to your iPhone
That’s all. You have successfully get back your lost conatcts on your iPhone after change apple ID
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