HT4910 when i back up my contacts from my iphone to icloud, any new contact that i added is not in icloud

Question

When i add new contacts to the phone, i go to setting - icloud - and then back up contacts. when i go in to my icloud accound via computer its not showing up, i have even tried backing up via wifi and cable connection. nothing.. any help please

Answer 1

I assume by "email", you mean an email account such as Gmail, Yahoo or and exchange account.  To get these contacts in iCloud do the following:
Go to Settings>iCloud, turn Contacts to Off, choose Delete from My iPhone when prompted (your iCloud contacts will still be in iCloud).
Download the app My Contacts Backup.  (If you have more than 500 contacts to transfer from your email account you will need the “Pro” version.)  Use the app to back up the remaining contacts on your phone (from your email account) 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 the email account you are syncing these contacts with and turn off contacts syncing with with this account.  Otherwise you will end up with duplicate contacts on your phone.
Open the My Contacts Backup email and tap the attachment to import the contacts from the email account back to your phone, and to iCloud.  All your contacts should now be in iCloud.