Double Contacts from MobileMe syncing

I have an original iPhone running iPhone software 3.0.1.
Whenever I sync my contacts via MobileMe (not just syncing through iTunes) I get double contacts on my phone.
Things that I have already tried...
1) Checked for duplicates in Address Book and merged any duplicates
2) MobileMe advanced setting to replace MobileMe data from Computer data
3) Checked MobileMe settings on iPhone and turned off and back on the "Contacts" setting (deleted all existing contacts from phone and did not merge phone with address book.)
4) Restored iPhone as New Phone and synced from MobileMe again
I've seen two other posts on the forum that address this, but none of it has worked.

I had the same "double contacts" issue and followed the steps on the support article referenced above by Jason L. It took care of the problem for me!
This is what you need to do:
1) On iTunes, plug the iphone and allow it to sync, then make sure the "Sync Address Book Contacts" under the "info" Tab is disabled. (If it was enabled, un-check that option and sink again manually, so that the new setting takes place).
2) On iphone, Choose Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, then tap your MobileMe account, and slide Contacts to Off.
3)Select "Delete from My iPhone/iPod touch."
This will clear one of the duplicate lists, and now you will only have one set of contacts, which for the time being will be stored only in your iphone. It might take more than a few seconds depending on the size of your contact list.
Now you need to re-enable syncing and allow your iphone contacts to merge with those on your MobileMe account. Merging is the command that will allow you to have a single set on contacts in sync between the iphone and address book. I saw on your earlier post that you were reluctant to do this, but there is no way around it:
4) On the iPhone, Choose Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, then tap your account to slide the Contacts Sync option back on.
5) When prompted, select Merge with MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange.
Done!
The whole thing is described in more detail here (reposting Jason L.'s link): http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3677

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