A friend of mine -- we'll call him Rich -- was complaining today that he can't edit the contacts on his iPhone. That ever since he upgraded to iOS 5, the Edit button in the top-right corner of the Phone or Contacts app went missing. After a quick search through Apple's forums, I found the cause.
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Turns out the problem has to do with iCloud. Rich didn't feel the need to enable any apps to use iCloud, including Contacts. And therein lies the problem. For whatever reason, the Edit button goes missing for some iOS 5 users because they didn't allow iCloud to access their Contacts.
If you have a missing Edit button, you simply need to go to Settings > iCloud and move the slider to On for Contacts.
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Next, tap Merge and the Edit button will return to its rightful place, in the upper-right corner of the Phone and Contacts apps. You can go back and turn Contacts off in iCloud, and the Edit button will remain.
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I tested the above method and can say with certainty it works. There is also a method that will let you edit your contacts, but I haven't tested it (because I had already reinstated the Edit button on Rich's phon... [Read more]
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