How I understand contacts on Iphone

If you want the contact to sync with Gmail, you need to create it in the "Exchange Contacts". I suspect your adding it to the iCloud contacts. They are separate and do not speak to each other.

If you want the contact to sync with Gmail, you need to create it in the "Exchange Contacts". I suspect your adding it to the iCloud contacts. They are separate and do not speak to each other.

I just experimented and find that the contact saved via the phone function goes to"all icloud" and hence "all contacts" but not to the exchange. I'm disappointed that I can't just have one database of contact info that syncs everywhere I need it. No workarounds to this, huh?

I just experimented and find that the contact saved via the phone function goes to"all icloud" and hence "all contacts" but not to the exchange. I'm disappointed that I can't just have one database of contact info that syncs everywhere I need it. No workarounds to this, huh?

Not really without creating a mess. Of course, it depends partially on why this matters. Did you set up and do you use a @me.com email address? If not, there is no reason to sync your contacts with iCloud at all instead of just sticking with Google. Your contacts are synced to/backed up in the cloud either way, so why does it matter where they are?

I guess I'm confused about what you need to accomplish. Where do you need the contacts to be?