Upgrade to iOS4.2.1 has lost all my Contacts, Notes, Calendars!

Hi,
I sync'd my iPhone 3G with iTunes yesterday and was prompted to install the latest 4.2.1 phone update. I did this and now all my contacts and notes have not been restored!
During the update, the phone was backed up and, after the update, there were messages saying that Contacts, Notes etc were being restored but when I opened my Contacts, it was empty!
I've tried selecting the "Restore" button and it went through the restore process and again said it was restoring my contacts - but they are still empty!
Can't believe iTunes would not have backed up my Contacts before wiping the phone! This seems to have been a fairly major update as it took over an hour to do the update and return (minus my contacts!). I had literally hundreds of contacts and notes on the phone so this will be a nightmare if I don't get them back
Anybody know how I can recover my Contacts and Notes?

The software update process does not touch any user data or settings. Fact is, merely updating your software should not have deleted your contacts. Something else is going on here. First of all, the only signed firmware available for your phone is iOS 4.3. So, how were you able to update to iOS 4.2.1, since that is no longer available from Apple? First thing done when you update software is an iPhone backup. Included in that backup are your contacts. Connect your phone, iTunes running, DO NOT SYNC, right-click your phone in the left device pane & select "Restore from Backup". Select the backup made when you started to update your phone. Note: this will also install iOS 4.3 on your phone.

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