Contacts aren't syncing. Make sure your Google Account is connected to your iPhone or iPad using SSL, the recommended secure connection. Open your iPhone or iPad's Settings app. Tap Contacts Accounts. Tap your Google account. Switch "Contacts

Syncing Google Contacts with the iPad. Head into Settings -> Mail, Contacts, and Calendars. Click the Add Account button, then choose Other. Pick Add CardDAV Account. Under server, put google.com, add your full Gmail address as the user name, and then

On the next screen, under Accounts, tap Gmail, Google or whatever you nicknamed the mail account when you first set it up on the iPad. On the Gmail settings screen, go to the Contacts line and tap ...