Restore Lost Contacts, Photos from iPhone after iOS 16 Update

“So I'm running iOS 16 on my iPhone 11 and in my iMessages app it doesn't show the contact name or picture for some contacts even though I have a picture and the number saved as a name. It just shows up as a number, am I doing something wrong? It's been the same way since iOS 16. It does show pictures and names for some contacts but not all.How can I recover lost contacts and photos from my iPhone 5s after upgrading to iOS 16?”--Ask by Joker

Lost Contacts and Photos on iPhone After Update to iOS 16

Many iPhone users upgrading their iPhone 13, iPhone 12, iPhone 11, iPhone XS, iPhone XR, iPhone X to iOS 16 or iOS 15,but after iOS update,it may cause erase contacts and photos on your iPhone. So another important step to take before iOS 16 upgrade would be getting into the habit of saving your important files on iPhone and learning how to backup iPhone data to computer before upgrading to iOS 16,iOS 15. Once lost data on your iPhone,however,how to recover lost contacts, photos from iPhone after update to iOS 16?This article mainly teach you detailed guide to restore iPhone lost contacts,photos and other data after upgrading to iOS 16/iOS 15.

Scan and Restore Lost iPhone Contacts,Photos Data After iOS 16,iOS 15 Update

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How to Recover Lost Contacts, Photos from iPhone after iOS 16 Upgrade

Step 1. Connect iOS Device with Computer

Use the USB cable that comes with your iOS device to connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, to your computer. Then launch Dr.Fone on your computer and choose "Data Recovery".

Once the program detects your device, it will show you the window as follows.

Tips: Before running Dr.Fone, you're supposed to download the latest version of iTunes. To avoid the automatically sync, don't launch iTunes when running Dr.Fone. I suggest you to disable the automatical syncing in iTunes beforehand: launch iTunes > Preferences > Devices, check “Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically”.

Step 2. Scan Your Device for Lost Data on It

Simply click the "Start Scan" button to let this program scan your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to scan for deleted or lost data. The scanning g process may last a few minutes, depending on the amount of data on your device. During the scanning process, if you see that the data you're looking for is there, then you can click the "Pause" button to stop the process.

Step 3. Preview and Recover the Scanned Data

The scan will take you some time. Once it's completed, you can see a scan result generated by the program. Data both lost and existing on your device are displayed in categories. To filter out the deleted data on your iOS device, you can swipe the option "Only display the deleted items" to ON. By clicking the file type in the left side, you can preview the found data. And you can see there is a search box on the top right of the window. You can search for a specific file by typing a keyword in the search box. Then save the data to your computer or your device by clicking the recovery button.

Tips: About recovering data

When you find the data you need, just put the check mark in front of the box to select them. After then, click the "Recover" button at the bottom right of the window. By default, the recovered data will be saved to your computer. As for text messages, iMessage, contacts, or notes, when you click Recover, a pop-up will ask you to "Recover to Computer" or "Recover to Device". If you want to put these messages back to your iOS device, click "Recover to Device".

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