You're welcome, Jim! I'm glad the connections are better now.
You should be able to push your contacts to SYNC instead of downloading the phonebook, however, do you get an "Allow Access" message before it fails? If you are receiving it but not pressing "Accept," it'll stop trying to download your phonebook and give an error on MFT.
I looked in your phone's user guide for instructions on how to push a contact, but it doesn't have them. Try opening a contact, then the options menu, and see if there's an option that says push contact, share, or send contact info. If one of those options is there, you'll be able to send them to SYNC.
Rebecca