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How to Backup and Restore iPhone 7 Contacts and Messages Easily

Guide before Backing up and Restoring Contacts and Messages

iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus are popular among Apple fans. Thus, we've received many emails asking help for iPhone 7/iPhone 7 Plus. Contacts and messages are one of the most important parts of phone data, so many users would like to know how to back up and restore them simply. Technology makes life easier and makes people 'lazy'. We don't want to or even need to waste time on somethings if we can get help from a comprehensive tool. We are going to talk about how to back up and restore contacts and messages with two professional mobile tools.

iPhone 7 Free Phone Manager

Free Syncios Mobile Manager is an easy-to-use and powerful iOS & Android Mobile manager, which is well-designed for users who want to manage device contents on PC. It allows you to export contacts, apps, photos, music, ringtone, videos, SMS messages, eBooks and more for free.

  • Support to transfer, edit, backup, manage, view mobile data.
  • Download videos from 100+ video sharing sites.
  • Handy tools: Audio converter, video converter, ringtone maker, etc.
  • Fully compatible with latest iPhone and Android devices.

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In following guide, we will introduce you two methods to back up iPhone 7/iPhone 7 Plus contacts and messages and restore them easily.

Solution 1: Backup and Restore iPhone 7/7 Plus Contacts and Messages using Free Mobile Manager

We recommend a free phone manager for you to back up and restore iPhone 7 data for free. This professional iOS & Android Manager is well loved for its sleek and user-friendly interface, by which you are able to preview, edit or delete files on your mobile more straightforward.

Step 1 Download and install Syncios Mobile Manager and then connect your iPhone 7 to computer after starting the program.

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Step 2 Five contents will be listed on the left panel: Media ( including music and videos ), Photos, Ebook, Apps, and Information ( including contacts, notes, bookmarks, call history, messages, WhatsApp, bookmark history).

Step 3 Go to Information and find Contacts. Then select some of contacts or select all at once then click on Backup. Choose a backup path and save the contacts to computer.

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Step 4 Restore the saved contacts by finding Recover option and Syncios will detect your backups automatically. Choose the backup and recover them to your iPhone 7.

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Step 5 Go to Information and find Messages. Then select some of messages or select all at once then click on Backup. Choose a backup path and save the messages to computer. Every message will show its details on the right panel if you needs to preview them before backing up.

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Step 6 Restore the saved messages by finding Recover option and Syncios will detect your backups automatically. Choose the backup and recover them to your iPhone 7.

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Notes: Please don't move the backups to other places after transferring in case Syncios can't detect these backups when restoring.


Solution 2: Backup iPhone 7/7 Plus Contacts and Messages via One-click Data Transfer

Syncios Data Transfer allows you to backup or restore contacts and messages with one click. Contacts and messages are significant as we always back up all at once and restore them all after resetting phones. Here we guide you to simply save contacts and messages to computer and restore them when you need.

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Step 1 Download Syncios Data Transfer and install it on your PC or Mac. Open it and connect your iPhone 7 to computer. You will see Phone to Phone Transfer, Restore Phone from iCloud, Backup to PC and Restore from PC, and Restore Phone from iTunes on the homepage. Choose Backup to PC under Backup to PC and Restore from PC module.

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Step 2 Connect your iPhone 7 to computer and select Contacts and Messages after data loading. Then tap on Start Copy. Wait a moment for data transferring.

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Step 3 To restore iPhone 7 contacts and messages, choose Restore from PC under Backup to PC and Restore from PC module on the homepage.

Step 4 Connect your iPhone 7 to computer and the previous backups will be displayed on the left panel. Choose one backup you've made and select Contacts and Messages after data loading. Then tap on Start Copy. Wait a moment for data transferring.

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