My family shares an account. How do I switch my iphone to my new Apple ID without loosing all of my contacts and contents from the phone?

I just purchased an ipad and created a new Apple ID. My phone currently shares an apple ID that the whole family uses. What is the best/easiest way to switch my iphone 4S to my new ID without loosing everything in my phone? I want to streamline my own stuff...

I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish. Are you trying to change your Apple ID for all services (iCloud, iMessage, store purchases, etc.)? You can safely use a different Apple ID for all these things without jeopardizing your contacts/photos etc. If you want to change your iCloud account you would need to turn off syncing for contacts and calendars and when prompted, choose to keep your data on your phone (rather than delete it). Then you can go to Settings>iCloud, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. Then you can set up a new iCloud account with a new Apple ID and turn on syncing for contacts, calendars, etc. again. To change your iMessage Apple ID, go to Settings>Messages>Receive At, tap the Apple ID at the top, sign out, then sign back in with your alternate ID.
Where you will run into problems, however, is if you sync to a new iTunes library. If you have already synced to one library and try to sync to a new one, iTunes will erase all iTunes content and replace it with the content in the new iTunes library. Let me know if that's what you are trying to do.

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