Syncing of contacts

Hi,
Am facing this issue, wherein when I add or edit existing contact in iPhone 4, its not getting synced in my iPhone 5. Both the iPhones are using same Apple ID.
The contacts seems to sync well with iMac and iPad. Not sure, what could be the reason.
Any advise.

check whether you have 'contacts' turned on in your iPhone 5 at Settings - iCloud.
if it's on: turn off, keep data on iPhone and turn back on.
that should solve the issue, assuming you've got a working internet connection on the iPhone 5
also, you can always check www.icloud.com to see whether the contacts are there, to isolate where the issue is
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