3GS + OS4.0: Contact fileds missing and contacts missing

Since I upgraded to OS4.0 on my iPhone 3GS, two things have gone wrong:
1. Many of my contacts have disapeeared from the Contacts list. I can only find the missing contacts if I search for them in Spotlight Search. The other thing that has changed is that now all contacts that have not disappeared from the Contacts list appear as as belonging to a group called "All Contacts". What can I do to recover all the contacts that Spotlight Search can find somewhere in the phone but that do not appear in the Contacts list? There is no use in recovering a previous backup in Itunes, because I didn't do a backup before this issue. All the contacts are in the phone, except that maybe 75% of them are lost somewhere and only available through Spotlight Searck.
2. Since the update to 4.0, everytime I want to add a new contact, I only have two fields available: Mobile (phone) and Home (email). All the other fields (such as Home phone, Work phone, etc.) are missing. Is there any way to solve this?
Thanks a lot in advance,
Daniel

Yes, I've tried all that.
And I was already thinking of restoring as new, but I was afraid I would lose something on the way. Is there a way to restore as new and then go back to any OS version previous to 4.0? Will all my apps, music and contacts be available after restoring?
Thanks,
Daniel
The basics from the manual are reboot, reset, and restore.
Have you rebooted the device?
Have you tried resetting all settings?
If neither of those works, the next step would be to restore as new and then re-sync your contacts, media, and apps.

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