A possible solution to lost iPhone contacts.

Recently I announced to the world that I had lost all of my iPhone contacts. This made me sad, but I was cheered up by the three people who saw fit to give me their numbers again. I could not immediately find a solution to the issue on the web so I started twisting dials and pressing random buttons until something happened, and I believe I found a fix for whatever happened in my case. I have an Iphone 4, am running IOS 7, and do not use iCloud. What worked for me was to go into settings. Scroll down to iCloud. Turn on contacts. Go back to the phone App. Be sad because it didn't work. Wait a couple of minutes because maybe its downloading information. Resign yourself to finding another solution. Go back to Settings/ iCloud/ Contacts and switch it back off. Go to your phone App and watch the contacts slowly re-appear.