- Part 1: Practical Solutions to Fix iCloud Contacts Not Syncing Open the application “settings” from the device. Choose the iCloud and then find the contacts section. If the contact is already turned on the turn off it for a few seconds. If the contact is Off in mode, then turn on.
- Synchronizing iCloud and Gmail are not very difficult, but before doing that let me clarify between using iCloud and Gmail for backing up contacts on both iPhone and Android. If you are using Android phone your contact and others will be back up to your Gmail account. This synchronize automatically base on the period you set or specified.
- Then turn on Contacts in iCloud on your iPhone by going to Settings your name iCloud. Then you can find the Google contact has been imported to your iPhone. In some instances, people need to do the reverse to import contacts from iPhone to their Gmail account.
Question: Q: Contacts being there but not showing up. This is a problem I have for about a year, since I upgraded to the iPhone X, and had all the way through all the iOS updates. All the contacts I enter don't show up on my contact list, or my whatsapp, but if I retype the number or they call me, they do.
It seems there are hundreds if not hundreds of thousands of people who cannot sync their iCloud data with Outlook. I just ran across this and spent 5 hours 20 minutes finding the correct solution for my client.
Here is the issue, icloud contacts and calendar and tasks are not syncing with Outlook. There are several error possibilities or in our case there were no errors, just no syncing.
In this case we had Windows 10 Professional x64 and Office Home and Business 2019 x64. The end user uses an iPhone and iCloud photos et al.
Searching the internet it seems the troubled systems are Windows 9 and 10, Office 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365.
The short answer is, the Windows Store iCloud APP does not work. You have to use the Windows Program file.
The short repair is:
In Outlook, disable the iCloud Add-in, and select remove if you can. I could not.
To do this, open Outlook, select “File / Options” in the new window.
On the left side, almost at the bottom, click on “add-ins”
At the bottom click on “Go” if the Manage COM Add-ins is selected
Deselect the checkbox next to iCloud Outlook Add-in and with it highlighted in blue, select remove. If it won’t remove, don’t worry.
Close Outlook, uninstall the iCloud APP (I use REVO uninstaller on “medium” to get rid of all the extras.)
Reboot the PC. Download and install the program, NOT the APP. Here is where I got it: https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/windows/061-91601-20200323-974a39d0-41fc-4761-b571-318b7d9205ed/iCloudSetup.exe
Or you can go here:
Reboot again.
Navigate to the iCloud.exe file “C:program files (x86) Common files Apple Internet Services”.
Right-click on the file, select the “Compatibility” tab. Run in Compatibility Mode for Windows 8 and select “Run the program as an administrator”.
Open iCloud, select what you want to sync:
Select Apply. Wait until the syncing profile goes away
Close iCloud.
Open Outlook. iCloud should be listed in the toolbar.
To make your contacts from iCloud as the primary address book click on “Address Book”.
If iCloud is not listed, in the new windows, click on “Tools and then Options from the dropdown menu.
Click on “Custom” and then select “iCloud”. If it is not here, click on “Add”.
Then select “iCloud” and click on “add”.
“OK” your way out to just the Outlook home screen.
Now when you click on your Address book it should be there.
Gmail Contacts Not Syncing With Icloud
I hope this saves someone hours of their life they cannot get back.
Until we meet again, have a virus free week.