How to Recover Contacts on Broken iPhone Effectively

Have your iPhone ever fallen to the ground and it didn't respond no matter how many times you tap it? At this time, you want to open contacts but it won't. Don't worry! This blog will show you how to recover contacts from a broken iPhone with three methods. Whether the iPhone can't be opened or it was damaged, you can get a lot of value from this to get your problem solved.

Way 1: Recover through iCloud

If you have backup your data on the iPhone to iCloud before the broken incident happened, then you try exporting the vCard to get all your contacts back. Please try the following steps.

Step 1: Visit the website iCloud.com and log in to your iCloud account as required.

Step 2: Find contacts and tap the "gear" icon on the upper-left corner.

Step 3: Tap on Select App Option and then click "Export vCard..." At this point, all the contacts stored on your broken iPhone will be back to your computer in the .vcf folder.

Way 2: Retrieve by using the third-party tool

The question of "Can you recover contacts from a broken iPhone?" is common from our website community. In fact, the problem is not difficult to fix as an efficient iOS data recovery tool -- TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery will satisfy your needs to recover lost data by providing 3 smart recovery modes. namely, Recover from iOS, Recover from iTunes Backup as well as Recover from iCloud Backup. In addition to contacts, it is also capable of retrieving other files such as call history, text messages, calendar, photos, notes, videos and others adding up to 20 kinds of data from your device. The functions of preview data and selectively recovery guarantee the flexibility and accuracy of the data retrieval. What's more, it supports both Windows and Mac operating system so that you can use the comprehensive tool to perform recovery according to your needs.

2.1  Recover Broken iPhone Contacts from iCloud Backup Selectively

As is known to us all, the official way Apple offers to complete the restoration using iCloud needs erasing all the current files on your device, which may bring other data loss issues inevitably. With TunesKit iPhone data recovery, you don't have to worry about this problem. Simply follow the step-by-step guides below to recover contacts from broken iPhone via iCloud backup selectively.

Step 1: Log in to the iCloud account

Launch the program and set the recovery mode as "Recover from iCloud Backup" from the window. Then enter your Apple ID and password to log into the iCloud account.

Step 2: Download iCloud backup file

The software will begin to find all your iCloud backups after you logging to the account. Then choose the specific iCloud backup file that contains the lost contacts of your iPhone. Click the Download button, then select Contacts and click on the Next button to download them from the iCloud backup.

Step 3: Recover contacts from iCloud backup

When the scan finishes, almost all lost and existing data will be shown in the main interface. Choose the contacts you want after previewing them, finally tap the Recover button to save them back to your computer as expected.

2.2. Restore Broken iPhone Contacts from iTunes Backup Selectively

This method is highly recommended if your iPhone can neither open normally nor detected by the computer, but you have synced your device to iTunes before it has broken. Now let's start taking a look at how to recover contacts from broken iPhone via iTunes Backup Selectively.

Step 1: Choose iTunes backup file 

Open TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery and select the second mode "Recover from iTunes Backup". Wait for a few minutes while the recovery software is detecting all iTunes backup files on your computer.

Step 2: Scan lost contacts from iTunes backup

Choose the correct iTunes backup file and tap the Scan button, then the program will extract all deleted or lost files from the backup. You can also select Contacts only by clicking the "gear" icon of the backup file.

Step 3: Recover contacts from iTunes backup

When it completes scanning, all recoverable data in the iTunes backup will be listed in different categories. You are allowed to preview them separately and choose the exact ones you want. Click the Recover button after selection to get them back to your computer instantly.

Conclusion

By using the professional data recovery tool, you can recover contacts from a broken iPhone via iTunes or iCloud backup easily and effectively. Moreover, this program can fix your problem without causing data loss. Lastly, it has full compatibility with almost all iOS devices including iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 11,iPhone 7 Plus, etc, all models of iPad and iPod Touch 5. Just give it a try now and you will receive a lot.