ICloud not syncing Contacts or Calendar to iPhone 4S.

On Saturday, I noticed my Contacts were blank on my 4S...the screen had the blue gray bar at the top with the "+" in the upper right and then where the contacts should be was white.  My calendar looked correct; however, my appointments were gone.  I verified my information on icloud.com and everything was backed up.  I contacted Tech Support and after three hours with a level 2 senior rep, I was directed to get a new phone from the Apple store.
It turns out that it wasn't my phone afterall...it's actually iCloud not pushing my contacts or calendar to my 4S.  The Genius bar, after over an hour, had to turn off iCloud on my 4S and my MacBook Air which is now causing me to sync with iTunes via a cable.  Has anyone else seen this issue?  Any fix?

Alright.  So...this worked for me too.  Finally...and no hlep from the apple store OR apple care!  Got a new phone from apple store...FAIL...no call back from Sr. Tech...FAIL.
So...I did the following:
On the phone first:
1) Switch to airplane mode
2) Reboot phone by holding top key and front button until apple logo appears (not red slider to turn off phone)
3) Settings - iCloud - Turn contacts OFF - Delete From Phone (make sure you get a check mark after completion)
Then on the Mac:
4) Open address book on mac
5) Command + A to select all contacts in address book...double tap trackpad and export as V card
6) Command + A to select all contacts in address book...goto Edit...drop down menu and choose delete cards
7) Verify all are deleted on iCloud because the address book is synced to my iCloud account
8) Drag and drop vcard backup back into all contacts in address book or choose import from File menu in address book
9) Verify all contacts were back on iCloud by visiting iCloud on my computer's browser
Back to the phone:
10) Turn Airplane mode off...make sure I connected to my WiFi network
11) Settings - iCloud - Turn contacts ON
Voila!  Got 483 of my 488 contacts...good enough for me...only had 99 to 149 for the past month!!!!
OH - This also fixed my calendar issue...all my appointments are back!
Hope this helps somebody!
- Beau

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