Need help restoring contacts from the cloud on my iPhone 4s.

Before I upgrade to IOS 6, I would like to restore my phone and start fresh. I've been backing up my iPhone with each upgrade I get every year and running off the same backup. I continue to get weird issues that I think could be solved by starting from scratch. The only data I want carried over are my contacts. Is it possible to get my contacts back on my phone without restoring from a backup? I wasn't quite sure how the Contacts work via the cloud, and I'm afraid to restore my phone without knowing this first. Thanks!

Sorry. Maybe I didnt explain my question properly. When I go under ICloud on my phone, I have an option to sync my contacts. Currently, I have the Contacts set to on. If I completely restore my phone and then sign in with my apple ID, will I be able to get my contacts back on my phone? From what I've been told in the past, the only way to get contacts back on your phone, is to restore from a backup via ITunes on your PC. I'm hoping that's changed.

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