Smartphones blackBerry "BOLD" o/s updated, lost all Contacts

Hello

New here, but have had our "BOLD" for all the year. Love the phone, works very well.

Well, I did an update yesterday and when I woke up it all together again, all my contacts are gone. My photos were always there.

What can I do to prevent this from happening again and is it possible to recover?

Thanks in advance for any help.

I think that the o/s version is v5.0.0.822.

Bill

Hi there and welcome to the forums.

First of all, how you perform the update?  Was it through your computer, or was it via an update wireless?  If it's via your computer and Desktop software, then there is hope to recover contact information (and other data on your device).  You can do this by opening the Desktop software, plug in the unit and then select restore on the file menu (on Desktop Software 6.0).  You can then select the location of the automatic backup file that should have been created.  In General, the automatic backup file is located in your folder My Documents.  The file extension is .ipd (if you want to search your computer).

In the future, the best way to avoid this problem is to always make a backup of your device before an update of the OS.  It backs up all the application data stored on the device (note: it does not save your applications).

In any case, I hope it helps!

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