Phone won't sync contacts to gmail

[ksig89]

My contacts aren't syncing from my phone to gmail...my phone is fully synced to gmail otherwise. Any help, is this a common problem? i need my contacts backed up. thanks for any help!

 

[Genetic_Bloom]

Go into Settings > Accounts > your Gmail account and make sure sync contacts is checked. If it is, hit the sync button and see if that does it.

 

[Frisco]

My contacts aren't syncing from my phone to gmail...my phone is fully synced to gmail otherwise. Any help, is this a common problem? i need my contacts backed up. thanks for any help!

Welcome to Android Forums, ksig89.

When setting up the contacts, are you being sure to select "Google" rather than "phone" as the contact type?