Ios8 without iCloud Drive impacted iCloud syncing

I installed ios8 on an iPad Without iCloud Drive. It's now not fully syncing with my ios7 iPhone.
For troubleshooting I created test Note, Calendar, Contact and Reminder entries on my iPhone and only the Note entry synched from the iPhone to the iPad.
From my online research I didnt see any reference to where it would be an issue in synching between ios7 and ios8 if iCloud Drive hasnt been installed. I havent installed it but am having synch problems.
Any suggestions?
Much appreciated.
steve

It looks like my problem has been fixed and I've been able to synch bidirectionally between the ipad and the iphone for Notes, Reminders, Contacts and Calendar.
In ios7 and after the upgrade to ios8 but before doing the sign out I just did, when I went into Settings and looked at iCloud under the far left Settings column my Apple Id was displayed immed under Settings.
So I just signed out of the Settings>iCloud Apple Id. When I went to sign back in I 1st had to enter my iCloud Id. I went to iCloud.com Mail to figure out what that was, and signed in with it. There was also a field after that to enter my Apple Id but after it verified my iCloud ID it skipped that and I was done.
Now when I go into into Settings and look at iCloud under the far left Settings column my iCloud Id is displayed immed under Settings.
This set up changed from ios7 to ios8 - it's changed from the Apple Id to the iCloud id.
Thanks so much for your guidance; I couldn't have done this without your assistance.
Steve

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