Only D-Z Contacts Synced To iCloud

I'm using iPhone 5 and have an iCloud account set to sync my contacts with iCloud. I jumped in a lake with the phone in my pocket so now it's dead and I'm looking at iCloud and only my D-Z contacts got synced. What's the deal with this? Do my contacts sync on my itunes backup at least?

Did you enable the syncing of Contacts on iTunes? Usually, if you have it set up on iCloud, it defaults to 'off' for iTunes.
Restore from your iTunes backup and see what happens.

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glap1922 wrote:
I believe he is refering to in the address book
Preference -> Accounts
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Check out the article below for more information on trying to import your contacts that are on your iPhone to your computer. I know you said you are not allowed to use iCloud for syncing contacts, but it might by synced with another service. To look for that, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and look at your mail accounts and if one of them says contacts, then those will be on that syncing service. You can also view them when you are in the Contacts App and tap Groups in the upper right hand corner. It will then display any groups as well as any other separation of Contacts through different accounts and locally stored contacts.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296
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http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iph3bf432fd
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Hello there janis143,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like after the recent iOS update, your Outlook content is no longer syncing properly to your phone.
I found this article named:
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Troubleshooting contact and calendar syncing via USB on Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1692
I recommend the troubleshooting steps therein.
All the very best,
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I have about 1000 contacts on my iPhone 4 after syncing with iCloud there are only about 120 contacts on iCloud How can I have the same info on both the iCloud and my iPhone

On the iPhone tap Settings > iCloud
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Download the free app My Contacts Backup. Go to Settings>iCloud, turn Contacts to Off, when prompted choose Delete from My iPhone. Check the contacts on your phone. If you have any left on your phone, launch My Contacts Backup, tap the gear shaped icon on the bottom right, scroll to the bottom and tap Remove All Contacts. When finished, go back to Settings>iCloud and turn Contacts back to On to sync the unduplicated contacts back to your phone from iCloud.
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