Synching contacts with iCloud problem

Im have set up my macbook pro with contacts and synching them to Icloud, also have my facebookcontacts added to contacts.
Everything looks fine and nice.
Though when im looking in my iPhone it not shown as is is in my computer, i got plenty of double contacts, different sorting aswell, some names are correct and others completely at the wrong place in the sorting,
I thought i would mirror everything to the iOs device?
Any hints how to solve this?
Thanks
Joar

If there's a problam with your ID you might need to contact Apple support for assistance. You might start with iTunes store support: https://ssl.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html. They frequently deal with Apple ID issues (your iCloud ID is also an Apple ID). They should be able to help you reset your security questions and explain any potential issues with your ID that are preventing access to iCloud.

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