Why don't the contacts in my phone appear in my GMail contacts?

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Contacts in phone doesn't appear in Gmail contact

Currently using a Samsung S5. A new Gmail account was set up for this phone in order to sync the contacts to this new Gmail account. Previously it was synced to another Gmail account. Even though the phone said all has been synced (to the new Gmail), nothing appeared when I login to the new Gmail account contacts. What should I do?

 

[Crashdamage]

Re: Contacts in phone doesn't appear in Gmail contact

OK, you:
Added another Google account just to sync a contact list
Enabled contacts sync and when checked sync and it completed successfully - little circle of arrows.
But...when you open the contacts app, the contacts are not there.
Correct so far?

Save you checked in the contact app under Menu > Contacts to display and selected the new account?
Have you logged into the account online and checked the contacts there?

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