HT204150 how to I get my contacts from my iphone to icloud?

I have a lot of contacts on my phone, but only a few of them are on my icloud.  How do I get them to sync?

To do so, do the following:
Go to Settings>iCloud, turn Contacts to Off, choose Delete from My iPhone when prompted (any iCloud contacts will still be in iCloud).
Download the app My Contacts Backup.  (You will need the "pro" version if you have > 500 contacts to transfer).  Use the app to backup the remaining contacts on your phone (from Yahoo) as a vCard attachment to an email that you send to yourself.  Confirm that you have received the email.
Go to Settings>iCloud and turn Contacts back to On.
Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Default Account (in the Contacts section), and set this to iCloud.
Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars...tap your Yahoo account and turn off contacts syncing with Yahoo (otherwise you will see duplicate contacts on your device).
Open the My Contacts Backup email and tap the attachment to import the contacts from Yahoo back to your phone, and to iCloud.  All your contacts should now be in iCloud.

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