How to prevent duplicate contacts show in my iPhone4S after sync with iTune?

Please help! Can't see any result on the previous posted messages

Is Sync Contacts with a supported address book app on your computer now deselected under the Info tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes? If not, deselect this followed by selecting Apply.
If all contacts are available in your iCloud online address book, on your iPhone go to Settings > iCloud. Turn Contacts off for over the air syncing. A warning message will be provided indicating this will remove all iCloud online contacts.
This will not remove the contacts on your iPhone that were synced direct with the address book app on your computer via the iTunes sync process.
Turn Contacts back on for over the air syncing with your iCloud account. You should be provided a merge prompt which you want to select.
This will eliminate the duplicates.

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Hi
I have about 1000 contacts on my iPhone 4 after syncing with iCloud there are only about 120 contacts on iCloud How can I have the same info on both the iCloud and my iPhone

On the iPhone tap Settings > iCloud
Switch Contacts off then back on then reset the device.
Hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home button down at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

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On a PC, go to Edit -> Settings -> Devices
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I was wondering if anybody know of a free calander and contact program that can sync with iTunes and my iPod touch. I do not have Microsoft Office, I currently use Open Office for my word and Excel documents. But I do not have a clalander or contact program that will sync with iTunes.
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-Jason

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Is Sync Contacts with a supported address book app on your computer now deselected under the Info tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes? If not, deselect this followed by selecting Apply.
If all contacts are available in your iCloud online address book, on your iPhone go to Settings > iCloud. Turn Contacts off for over the air syncing. A warning message will be provided indicating this will remove all iCloud online contacts.
This will not remove the contacts on your iPhone that were synced direct with the address book app on your computer via the iTunes sync process.
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I was having the same issue too. I was hoping that apple will address this issue with a SW update or at least someone from apple would be kind enough to answer this thread.
After researching for a couple days I found a solution. It's not the most efficient, but it works. You'll need a CD-R or CD-RW with this method. The trick is you need to convert m4p file format to mpa or mp3 file format.
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Janandbruce wrote:
I have deleted off the computer contacts as everything is under I cloud anyway.
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I found this solution in another discussion. It's from this website: http://iphonewriter.blogspot.co.nz/2008/05/how-to-fixing-ical-iphone-sync-issues .html)
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