3GS contacts sorted wrong

I have a 3GS and I don't know if this matters but it is running iOS 5.1.
A few months ago, I noticed that anytime I edited one of my contacts on my phone, they were sent to to top of my contact list completely out of order. This has also happened with my music library. When I buy a new song, it is put at the top of my library out of order. I have no idea how to fix this. So basically, my music and my contacts are completely our of order and it is driving me crazy! Anyone know how to fix this?

I had the same problem with my contacts on my iPhone 4S using the latest iOS. I have no idea what caused the issues but it was frustrating since using the alphabet quick jump wouldnt work if a new contact was on top with that letter. It would jump to the top rather than where the rest of the contacts were.
I tried Roberts method and it did not work. Erasing and restoring from iCloud restores it to the exact same state. You waste time doing this. Do not do it.
What worked for me is this:
1) Sync your contacts to iCloud.
2) Go to Settings>iCloud
3) For the Contacts setting, change the radio button to "off"
4) A prompt will ask you "What would you like to do with the previously synced iCloud contacts on your iPhone?" The options are "Keep on My iPhone," "Delete from My iPhone," or "Cancel"
5) Choose "Delete from My iPhone."
6) Check your contacts. They should all be gone now.
7) Go back to the iCloud contacts setting and change the radio button to "on"
8) Check your contacts. They should now all be in order now.
I believe this resets whatever was screwed up on the iPhone. New contacts now are sorted correctly when made.

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Dear friends,
This is probably a silly issue but still, I can't find a solution... I have upgraded my aging Nokia E66 RM-343 to 400.21.013 (this version was suggested by the Nokia Suite and it keeps telling me that this is the latest version). After the upgrade and restoring the phone settings, I am having problems with the contacts sort order when choosing recipients for an SMS message.
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