Contact Groups not updating

So I recently set up a few groups of contacts in my MobileMe account. The usual friends, family, businesses, etc. I had "push" set to on and the next day I checked my contact groups on my phone. I could see the groups listed, but when I opened any group, it was a blank list.
I double checked that I had properly set up the contact groups in my MobileMe account and found that they are still setup properly.
So my question is does anyone know why I'm getting the newly created groups pushed to my phone without any of the contacts that should be included listed?

There is an easier fix for this than creating a dummy contact. You just need to refresh the Mobile Me account on your iPhone. Follow these steps to do so and all of the contacts you put in the groups on MobileMe will show up on your phone.
1. On Iphone go to "Settings"
2. In settings, go to "Mail, Contacts, Calendars"
3. Under the Accounts, select your MobileMe Account
4. Turn the Contacts button to "Off". You will get a pop up stating "Synced Contacts will be removed from your iPhone". Click the "Stop Syncing" button. This will remove all your MobileMe Contact data from your iPhone. When you select the button you will see a window with a spinning icon stating "Turning of Syncing". Wait for this to finish.
5. Once Syncing has been turned off. Turn it back on again.
6. Hit the home button to exit the settings.
7. Open up the Contacts application. When you first open it, there will be no contact data, but the network activity indicator will be spinning. The phone is downloading all the MobileMe data again.
8. Once it is done, you will see all the contacts (but the group button will be missing). Hit the home button again to exit the app.
9. Open the Contacts app again. The Groups button will appear. Click on the group you created and you will see all the contacts you added on MobileMe for that group.
It looks like every time you add a new group you will need to do this. But if you only add a new contact to an existing group, it will update on the iPhone with no problem.

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