My contacts on my iphone 5 do not match what is in my icloud contacts. The contacts on my iphone 5 are the most current. Anything I add on my iphone 5 contacts does not show in my icloud account.

You are probably adding the new contacts to a non-iCloud account. Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Default Account (in the Contacts section) and set this to iCloud. Then add a new contact and see if it syncs properly now. If it does, you'll have to recreate the missing contacts again now that your default account is set properly. (If you have lots of them, I can give you a process that will copy them from the account they are in to your iCloud account if you would rather do that.)

If your default account was set to iCloud in settings, it should be created in the iCloud account regardless of how you create it on the phone.

Try adding a new test contact using the contacts app, then go to icloud.com from your computer and see if it appears there now.

Also, what accounts were listed in the Default Account setting on your phone besides iCloud? (Don't post your email addresses, just tell me what providers were listed there, such as On My iPhone, Gmail, Yahoo, Exchange, etc.)

Randers4...

I have run into the same problem with a 5s that will not update all of my contacts. I followed your instructions on the previous post and found that when I add a contact in the 'contact' app it adds it to the iCloud, yet I have many other contacts that are not on the cloud. Is there a way of adding these contacts without manually adding them one by one?

Thanks for the help...

(If you have lots of them, I can give you a process that will copy them from the account they are in to your iCloud account if you would rather do that.)

Hey there, Bozzy -

Did you by chance happen to post your process for copying contacts between accounts? I am definitely interested because I'm in the same boat as BritishFire was. My issues began when I hastily added contacts to my iPhone while not bothering to realize what was happening. I think I compounded the issue when I used an app that merge/purged my duplicate contacts most of which were from the Facebook group. Thanks in advance for the assistance.

Would you be willing to share this process please? I just ran into this issue and I'm attempting to get all my contact lists the same. My Default was set to an old email address and I don't feel like jacking with Yahoo! Much appreciated.

Assuming you are still syncing contacts with your Yahoo account (if not, turn on contacts syncing with your Yahoo account again so the contacts appear on your device), then to the following:

1. Go to Settings>iCloud, turn Contacts to Off, choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (any iCloud contacts will still be in iCloud and will sync back later).
2. Download the app My Contacts Backup. (If you have more than 500 contacts to transfer you will need the “Pro” version.) Use the app to back up the remaining contacts on your phone (from the other accounts) as a vCard attachment to an email that you send to yourself. Confirm that you have received the email.
3. Go to Settings>iCloud and turn Contacts back to On.
4. Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Default Account (in the Contacts section) and set this to iCloud.
5. Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars…tap each of the other accounts you are syncing contacts with (such as your Yahoo account) and turn off contacts syncing with these accounts (otherwise you will see duplicate contacts on your device).
6. Open the My Contacts Backup email and tap the attachment to import the contacts from the other accounts back to your device, and to iCloud.