IOS – Random contacts not syncing with Google

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I have my iphone set up to sync contacts with Google. It works fine, for the most part. However, there are some contact cards that are not synced. I can find no rhyme or reason to why these are not synced yet others are.

Any ideas?

Best Answer

Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and check if your Google account is set as the default for contacts:

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For local contacts (not on Google) an option would be to export them from your phone, send them to yourself via mail, and import them to your Google account, as it appears that you cannot change a contact from one group / account to another directly on iOS.