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My brother and I shared the same apple ID, so all of my contacts from icloud are under his apple ID.I got a new Iphone using my OWN apple id. How do I get my contacts from his icloud onto my iphone?

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  • Log into your brother's iCloud account on your iPhone
  • Wait for the contacts to sync
  • Disable Contacts syncing in Settings and choose to keep the data
  • Re-login into your own iCloud account
  • Merge existing contacts (the ones on your phone) into the account
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Thanks! That worked perfect. – user44217 Mar 4 at 3:31
The way to say "thank you" is to up vote/accept answers. – patrix♦ Mar 4 at 4:35

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