iPhone does not export new Contacts to iCloud

SiHancox wrote:

I might be wrong, but the first screen shot of Contacts Settings shows a Default Account section, which to me means you have the option of storing new contacts under either “On My iPhone” or “iCloud”.

No that's not the case. Under no conditions is there an "On My iPhone" option -- I think the only way that happens is if you have no email accounts active on your iPhone, or at least none with contacts turned on. Under these conditions I believe contacts will be saved locally on the iPhone, but there's no setting for that.

If you have more than one email account that has Contacts turned ON, then (and only then) will you see the setting for the Default Account to use for contacts. If only one account has contacts turned on then that is the default and you don't see this setting. But there never is an "On My iPhone" option.

Are you creating new contacts from within a non-Apple app? Maybe the app you're using has something to do with this?

So, in my case I have an ISP POP account that’s just for mail (no contacts) and iCloud account, and because iCloud includes contacts that means I have basically one choice so don’t see the Default Account option.

Thank you.

I might be wrong, but the first screen shot of Contacts Settings shows a Default Account section, which to me means you have the option of storing new contacts under either “On My iPhone” or “iCloud”.

I’ve only ever set up devices to use iCloud (ie. no On My iPhone, iPad or iMac) and when I look under Contacts Settings I don’t see the Default Account section on either my iPhone or iPad. When I create a new contact it therefore has only one place to go, namely under iCloud and subsequent available for syncing.

Could your setup even though you have set iCloud as the default still be putting newly created contacts under “On My iPhone”, if so it would be on your iPhone but never sync to iCloud and therefore not be seen by your Mac.

All guess work but might be worth investigating.

Daniel Stonek wrote:

I've created a new ficticious contact from Contacts and it was exported okay to iCloud.

Sometimes I use Add to Contacts from Whatsapp so I guess missing iCloud contacts were created adding them from Wsapp, don't remember just now.

How can I fix that?

If adding contacts via the native iOS Contacts app is doing what you want, it sounds like Whatsapp is the culprit. The only thing I can suggest is to check Whatsapp's settings (wherever they may reside) and/or contact the developer.

SiHancox wrote:

So, in my case I have an ISP POP account that’s just for mail (no contacts) and iCloud account, and because iCloud includes contacts that means I have basically one choice so don’t see the Default Account option.

Yes, that would be my understanding -- the iOS device will always use a cloud-service for contacts (if available) and if more than one is available then you see the option to designate a default service.

When you go to settings>contact - what is the default account? It should be iCloud. If you go to settings>Apple ID>iCloud - make sure contacts are on.