Samsung Galaxy Fame stuck on Contact list is being updated. How to fix?

[AC Question]

My Samsung Galary Fame is 2 year old and has Android 4.1. I have tried to save my contact to Google account by syncing but nothing appears there. Also there is no Android Memory cache. The device memory has 256Mb available. Also Back up and restore do not appear to do what it suggests.

Would welcome solution without reverting to Factory reset.