HELP!!!!! Contacts wiped out by OS4 upgrade.

I upgraded to OS4 yesterday and now my contacts are completely empty. I tried to "import SIM Contacts" and there is no longer anything there. I also tried then a "Reset all settings" as suggested, and that did not help. I REALLY need those contacts back. Is there another way to retrieve them that someone can help me with?!?! Please?!?!?!?!

Ok I still need more info from you.
Are the contacts that were lost synced to address book or some other program on your mac? if so, are these contacts still in address book or some other program?
Or were the contacts only made on the phone and never synced to any mac?
Importing SIM contacts is no good to you as the contacts on the phone are not stored on the SIM card.

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