Contacts not syncing from iPhone to iCloud

[sk3pt1c]

Running iOS 7.0.6 and OS X 10.9.1.

When i add a contact on my phone, it doesn't sync to iCloud and therefore not the mac either.

When i add a contact on the mac or on iCloud's website, it syncs fine everywhere.

It's only from the iPhone to iCloud that the problem is.

Any ideas?

Do i just turn the contacts toggle on and off in iCloud settings or do i need to remove the iCloud account altogether and re-add it?

Thanks for any help!

 

[Bear]

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Do i just turn the contacts toggle on and off in iCloud settings or do i need to remove the iCloud account altogether and re-add it?
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On the iPhone, Turn off contacts in iCloud, Power off the phone and then power it back on. Turn contact syncing back on. This should fix the issue. The power cycle step may not be needed, but it can't hurt.

 

[sk3pt1c]

On the iPhone, Turn off contacts in iCloud, Power off the phone and then power it back on. Turn contact syncing back on. This should fix the issue. The power cycle step may not be needed, but it can't hurt.

tried that, no luck

i don't get it, it seems to be with contact only, everything else syncs from the phone to icloud properly.

also, the groups are duplicated for some reason.

i don't want to delete the contacts on my phone, since they're not backed up.

should i try a restore or something?

 

[Minnesotan]

This answer worked for me

I had the same problem. What worked for me is described in this post:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/100659/iphone-contacts-arent-syncing-to-icloud

 

[sk3pt1c]

I had the same problem. What worked for me is described in this post:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/100659/iphone-contacts-arent-syncing-to-icloud

i think that's pretty much what i did in the end thanks mate!

 

[dnpmoris]

I tried all the mentioned options still no luck and nothing is working out for me. I do not want to loose contacts also

 

[geopal]

I've messed with my contacts too somehow. Got an iCloud account, an O365, a Gmal and a Google Apps account in my phone. For some reason all the recent contacts (cant make out how recent) are not stored in iCloud and if i turn off the Google Apps sync, most of the contacts do not appear any more in the phone. I found out this problem when i tried to access my contacts from icloud.com and most were not there.
Is there some way to transfer all my contacts to one place without mistakes?

 

[sk3pt1c]

I've messed with my contacts too somehow. Got an iCloud account, an O365, a Gmal and a Google Apps account in my phone. For some reason all the recent contacts (cant make out how recent) are not stored in iCloud and if i turn off the Google Apps sync, most of the contacts do not appear any more in the phone. I found out this problem when i tried to access my contacts from icloud.com and most were not there.
Is there some way to transfer all my contacts to one place without mistakes?

Sorry mate, no idea :/

 

[loisd]

Hi everyone, I tried the latter solution but in my iPhone settings > Contacts > there is no "DEFAULT CONTACT". How can I solve for that? Thank you!

 

[kubajz896]

For me turning iCloud contacts off, restart and then on in both devices together with importing my contacts again from SIM to iCloud and Gmail or any other service worked for me. Also iCloud has to be set as default account for contacts in all devices.

 

[muneer]

On the iPhone, Turn off contacts in iCloud, Power off the phone and then power it back on. Turn contact syncing back on. This should fix the issue. The power cycle step may not be needed, but it can't hurt.

[doublepost=1494250681][/doublepost]Thanks mate
worked for me

 

[lyndonlarge]

[doublepost=1494250681][/doublepost]Thanks mate
worked for me

[doublepost=1502714860][/doublepost]Hello All. I just wanted to throw tuppence worth in here. I had the issue as described but it was affecting only my newest contacts added via my iPhone. Everything else worked (e.g. if I entered a contact on my MacBook). I had a Genius appointment in the end and, fair play to the guy, it was cracked v. quickly. It turns out, upon setting up a new work Exchange account, this had nabbed the default syncing option on my iPhone contacts; hence they were invisibly syncing with my Exchange contacts and not appearing on other iCloud devices. Said Genius changed the options in the menu and said it would eventually sync over again. That didn't happen. So, as an added step I found this natty contacts merge app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/contact-mover-account-sync/id582605968?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=8 and it's worked a bloomin' treat. Hopefully this assists someone with a similar issue / makes you think to check if that is your issue. L.

 

[Marcus Maedl]

Running iOS 7.0.6 and OS X 10.9.1.

When i add a contact on my phone, it doesn't sync to iCloud and therefore not the mac either.

When i add a contact on the mac or on iCloud's website, it syncs fine everywhere.

It's only from the iPhone to iCloud that the problem is.

Any ideas?

Do i just turn the contacts toggle on and off in iCloud settings or do i need to remove the iCloud account altogether and re-add it?

Thanks for any help!

[doublepost=1502714860][/doublepost]Hello All. I just wanted to throw tuppence worth in here. I had the issue as described but it was affecting only my newest contacts added via my iPhone. Everything else worked (e.g. if I entered a contact on my MacBook). I had a Genius appointment in the end and, fair play to the guy, it was cracked v. quickly. It turns out, upon setting up a new work Exchange account, this had nabbed the default syncing option on my iPhone contacts; hence they were invisibly syncing with my Exchange contacts and not appearing on other iCloud devices. Said Genius changed the options in the menu and said it would eventually sync over again. That didn't happen. So, as an added step I found this natty contacts merge app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/contact-mover-account-sync/id582605968?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=8 and it's worked a bloomin' treat. Hopefully this assists someone with a similar issue / makes you think to check if that is your issue. L.

I had the same issue. What appears to have been the problem in my case was that darn yahoo account I created on my iPhone. Somehow these clowns managed to set themselves as the primary account for contacts. So I did find all my newly created contacts on the yahoo platform and was able to export / import them into address book on my macbook pro. Quickly deleted yahoo account from iphone, reset the sync options and logged back in with my mac ID. Works like a charm, now...

 

[Sdtrent]

This answer worked for me

I had the same problem. What worked for me is described in this post:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/100659/iphone-contacts-arent-syncing-to-icloud

I hate to necro this thread but ive had this problem for the longest time and his finally solved it!