Address Book & Calendars not syncing to iPhone

here is yet another one.
I use the address book and iCal for contacts and calendering on my Mac and as the source for those services on my iPhone. Syncing has stopped after the last release of iTunes (8.1.1). I have tried all of the fixes suggested so far, like cleaning iSync cache, disabling and enabling syncing for contacts and calendars from within itunes with no success. There is no MobileMe services involved, and the host is a Mac.
The only solution that works is to select itunes>iPhone>info>advanced>replace info on this iphone.
Looks like there is a bug, or am I just missing something?

Have you tried resetting the sync history on your Mac, which is done with iSync preferences with the iSync application located in your Applications folder?

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Wendy G. : Welcome to MobileMe Devendra!
Wendy G. : I see that you had some issues with syncing after you obtained an iPhone 4?
Wendy G. : I apologize!
Wendy G. : Can you tell me a little more about what is happening please?
Devendra : Thanks, somewhat frustrated as all was working fine till I was on my iPhone 3GS. last week switched to iPhone 4 and since then have been having syncing problems with contacts as well as iCal
Wendy G. : OK, I apologize!
Wendy G. : Do you have a complete set of contacts and calendars on the Mac right now?
Wendy G. : What version of Mac OS X do you have please?
Devendra : 10.6.4. i have all the data on my Mac
Wendy G. : OK, thanks!
Wendy G. : Please make a quick backup. Please open Address book and iCal on your Mac. Please go here: File>Export>Archive iCal/Address Book. Please save to your desktop.
Devendra : ok, just a sec
Wendy G. : Thanks!
Devendra : its done
Wendy G. : OK, thank you Devendra!
Wendy G. : Click the Magnifying glass at the top right of your monitor and type in "iSync" - when it appears in the list of found items - click on it. After iSync opens - Select the Preferences from the iSync file menu and then Click the Reset Sync History button.
Devendra : done
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Devendra : yes I have 4.0.2
Wendy G. : OK, thank you.
Devendra : pl wait...its syncing
Wendy G. : OK, no problem
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Wendy G. : Once the syncing has completed, we will take the iPhone and go to Settings>Mail Contacts and Calendars.
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Wendy G. : Then we will go back to Settings>Mail Contacts and Calendars and switch only the contacts to "On" and "Do not Merge" data, but we will need to wait until the syncing is complete OK?
Devendra : ok..its done on the Mac. i am on the Mail, Contacts and Calendar page of the phone. from where do I switch the contacts off?
Wendy G. : Please tap your MobileMe account name and the sliders will appear.
Devendra : After selecting "Do Not Merge", should I select "Keep on My iPhone"?
Wendy G. : No, please delete, the data will merge fresh from www.me.com, which is what we want!
Devendra : done
Wendy G. : OK, very good!
Wendy G. : Please go to Settings>Mail Contacts and Calendars, tap your MobileMe account and then select "Calendars" only.
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Wendy G. : Once that is complete, then you will switch them to "On" using the same process, by selecting "Do not Merge" once again and "Delete" from the phone.
Devendra : Switched it off but after turning On again, it didnt ask me for anything, simply the switch turned to On
Wendy G. : OK, thank you.
Wendy G. : Please place a test contact and a test event on the iPhone, and also place on your Mac, to verify if the syncing has resolved OK.
Devendra : ok, pl hold on
Wendy G. : OK, take your time.
Devendra : my contacts list on the phone is empty
Wendy G. : Yes, that is expected.
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Devendra : yes, its that way only
Wendy G. : OK, thank you.
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