iCloud not syncing Contacts or Calendar events on iOS 5 devices after MobileMe migration

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iCloud not syncing Contacts or Calendar events on iOS 5 devices after MobileMe migration

On either of my devices (iPhone 4 and iPad 2) I cannot get my contacts or calendar events to appear correctly, both devices crash the contacts or calendars apps when I access them.

I first upgraded to ios5 and iTunes 10.5 (Which bricked my iPhone 5 times in a row with error 3012)

I then migrated from MobileMe to iCloud and all of my Contacts/Calendars are appearing correctly online at iCloud.com. However my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 will simply refuse to sync with the contacts and calendars...

My iPhone and iPad literally freeze when I try disable the iCloud services, I have restored both devices numberous times and started the iCloud service in MANY different steps. I have even used both my mac and PC to restore my devices.

I have been trying to fix this for two days now, I am extremely disapointed with iCloud, and I sorely wished I had of stayed with my MobileMe service. I initally thought this would be server contact issues, but there HAS to be something wrong with my devices, or sync services.

Surely other users have encounted this error, I would love to know the strategies used to resolve this.

2.8GHz MacBook Pro (MB986LL/A), Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Oct 15, 2011 3:29 AM

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Oct 16, 2011 8:08 AM in response to iPod Coshy

I thought I might post here and update my solution thus far..

1. Restored my iPhone 4 and iPad 2, and did not select iCloud.

2. iCloud working fine on the macbook pro, so I exported my contacts from iCloud to the vCards.

3. Turned icloud contacts off on my macbook pro (iCloud calendars remained on)

4. Synced iPhone 4 and iPad 2 with my macbook pro

5. now my iOS 5 devices sync my contacts and calendar locally with my macbook pro

6. Turned on iCloud only for my email, notes and documents.

Word to the wise: Stay clear of iCloud, WAY too many issues, especially for MobileMe migration customers.

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Oct 26, 2011 7:47 AM in response to iPod Coshy

Thank you for posting this. I am a new Apple convert, starting small with iPhone a year ago, two months ago acquiring an iPad. Syncing has been a nightmare and though your post does not address my specific situation (I was not migrating from MobileMe), it offers me a solution.

So thank you again.

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Nov 16, 2012 9:08 PM in response to iPod Coshy

Do you know what the solution is if not syncing with pc? My pc died (iPhone 4 synced with) so my only option of saving all photos etc was iCloud. I upgraded my storage plan and when I sign into iCloud from a desktop none of my contacts and photos are there....

Recently bought the ipad. Added the same @me account used on iPhone 4. Contacts and photos have not synced from iPhone 4 to ipad.

I bought an iPhone 5 yesterday and added the same @me account used on iPhone 4 and ipad. iPhone 5 began to download all photos from iPhone 4 and had all contacts too. I thought the problem was fixed. I spoke too soon as when I went to use my phone several hours later all contacts had been deleted and photos had stopped downloading (300 from 1000 downloaded).

***!! I cannot find answers anywhere.

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