I can't sync my contacts from iCloud to my iPhone.

Question

I go to settings, contacts (which is green) I turn it off, it says "turning off contacts", I turn it back on but nothing happens. my contacts have not come back.  Please help!

Answer 1

To copy the contacts from your external accounts to iCloud, 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.  (If you have more than 500 contests to transfer you will need the “Pro” version.)  Use the app to backup the remaining contacts on your phone (from the external accounts) 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 each of your external accounts and turn off contacts syncing (otherwise you will see duplicate contacts on your phone).
Open the My Contacts Backup email and tap the attachment to import the contacts from the external accounts back to your phone, and to iCloud.  They should all be in iCloud now, and you will no longer be syncing them with your external accounts.