How to Retrieve Contacts from Broken iPhone

I have many contacts in my iPhone, but I accidentally dropped and broke it a couple of days ago. I’m wondering if it is possible for me to export the contacts out of my phone and then replace a new iPhone? I’ll appreciate your suggestions, thanks in advance.

The screen of iPhone is made of glass, and it is easy to get broken. If the iPhone is still in warranty, the user can go to the Apple Store to replace a new iPhone. But the data in the iPhone will be completely erased. So before replacing a new iPhone, the users will want to retrieve the data from iPhone, especially the contacts in their device. The contacts are very important for an iPhone user, and get these contacts back will not be an easy issue. If users want to retrieve contacts from broken iPhone, he/she will have to create an iPhone backup first. Then the user can restore the iPhone backup to his/her new iPhone.

If the users don’t have an iPhone backup in iTunes, they will want to try the third-party iPhone data recovery software to retrieve contacts from iPhone. Leawo iOS Data Recovery is highly recommended on this issue. This software works perfectly for recovering deleted and lost files from iOS devices and iTunes backups. Leawo iOS Data Recovery enables users to recover 6 kinds of deleted files from iOS devices, including contacts, text messages, call history, notes, reminders and calendar. If the users want to backup iPhone, iPad and iPod touch files to computer, this software can also be helpful. The following guidance will show you how to retrieve contacts from broken iPhone, and you can free download Leawo iOS Data Recovery to have a try. Note that the trial version will stop at the preview window.

1. Run the software and connect iPhone to computer with the USB cable. The software will recognize your iPhone and check it in the list, and shows a "Start" button in the middle of the window. Click the button to let the software analyze your iPhone.
2. After the analysis of your iPhone, the software will scan the contents in your iPhone. 12 categories will be listed in the left sidebar, and the names of the categories will turn white when the scan is finished. Check the square beside "Contacts" to choose all the contacts. Then click "Recover" at the right bottom of the window.
3. After clicking the recover button, you will see a pop-up dialog. Click "Open" in the dialog and choose a folder on your computer to save the exported contacts. Then click "Go" at the right bottom to start retrieving contacts from iPhone.

The software will export the contacts to the target folder in a CSV file, a VCF file and an HTML file, so that users are able to view and manage the files with ease. However, if the iPhone is totally dead and cannot be recognized by computer, Leawo iOS Data Recovery will not be helpful on recovering deleted contacts from broken iPhone. But you can still take advantage of the software to view the iPhone backup and check out whether the contacts are in that backup. The following guidance will show you how to do it.

1. Launch Leawo iOS Data Recovery, and you will see two recovery modes, one is "Recover fom iOS Devices", and the other is "Recover from iTunes Backup". You will see all the backups you have made in the main interface after choosing "Recover from iTunes Backup". Choose the iPhone backup and click "Scan" at the right bottom of the window.
2. The software will scan the contents in the backup, and list 12 categories in the left sidebar. When the scan is finished, the names of the categories will turn white. Choose "Contacts" and then you will see all the contacts in the backup.
3. If you want to extract notes from iPhone backup, you only need to check the contacts you need and click "Recover" at the right bottom of the window, and then choose a folder to save the exported contacts by clicking "Open" in the pop-up dialog. Then click "Go" to start extracting contacts from iPhone backup.

In a word, Leawo iOS Data Recovery helps users to recover deleted files from iOS devices and extracts files from iTunes backups, and it also helps to backup iPhone, iPad and iPod touch files to computer, for example, backing up iPhone notes to computer is easy to be done with this software. If you are interested, check it out.

Alex Pierce is an expert of iPhone data transfer as well as data recovery.