Personal contacts disappeared after synchronizing with iTunes

By Pranav Lal, 23 February, 2016

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi all,

I am using an iPhone 5 with IOS 9.2.1. The problem is that my personal contacts have disappeared after synchronizing with iTunes on my home desktop. My contacts are setup as follows.
1. I have a Microsoft Exchange account configured. This is a work account.
2. I do not have anything else configured.

The default account was set to store contacts on the iPhone.

How do I recover my personal contacts?

I have Microsoft Outlook installed and I suspect iTunes is synchronizing to it. If that is the case, then I have a situation where my personal contacts are not visible except those that I created in the last 2 weeks.

I am willing to restore this iPhone but cannot remember the restriction code.

Are there any other options for me to get my personal contacts back?

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