ICloud not synching contacts

My phone is a 4S 5.1.1
It does not show my contacts, specifically it shows as having no contacts, however there are contacts in iCloud. My calendars and notes sync. If I add a contact in the cloud it will not show on the phone and if I add a contact on the phone it will not show on the cloud.
I imported my contacts to another apple ID and synched that ID to my phone. Those contacts show up and changes made on either cloud or phone reflect with one another.
Can anyone help me with this- things I have tried that do not work - toggle on/off contacts, hard reset, reset via settings.

Hi everybody,
For a few months now, I do go through the same kind of problems. Some of my contacts regurlarly dissapear from my lists without me erasing them! .... Even more, some of the entries into calendar do sync, other don't!
As ffunzo suggest, it might be a problem with apple products ... not the customers that we are. And remember that the customers already paid a price for Apple products that are supposed to work unlimited years! The more we feel statisfied, the more we'll keep buying those Apple products!
But, also, it might be possible that some other apps might create conflicts. I think, for example of "Pocket Lists". Since I started using that app, I noticed the problems ... ffunzo, are you using it, or other apps that are supposed to sync your data through different accounts ?
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