Cant Sync Contacts or Mail IOS4

having major issues with contacts, done a restore after upgrade to IOS4 but had no cellular data so now trying to sync with itunes and it just gets stuck on Sync in Progress ???

If you have not backed up yet, do that first.......
then
You need to restore your phone and set it up as a new phone first. Then you need to either restore from previous backup or simply re sync your I phone with i tunes.
This is especially true with phones that were jail broken or unlocked since the directory structure is somewhat modified.
So plug your phone in, hit restore in i tunes form the info tab, when it asks from a previous back up or set up as new phone, set it up as new phone, then when that is complete, either restore from previous backup by secondary clicking on your device in itunes, then you will see the restore from previous backups option. I was not able to restore from previous version but my itunes syncs my phone back to its original data any way.
Finally if you sync, make sure the sync mail and contacts is checked. It will re import your settings for you email. then when you connect, you should receive all your emails again.
Its more of a pain to do it this way, but it will give you a clean start. I had the same issue as you and this fixed it perfectly.

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