How to delete a corrupted contact entry on Centro

I have a duplicate contact in my Centro contacts. One of them is apparently corrupted, because I when I try to open it it reboots my device so I can't delete it. On my desktop, there is only one copy of this contact, so deleting it on the PC side doesn't seem like an option.
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well, I'm feeling pretty lame by this time. Now I can't get the contacts to sync at all. I've installed FileZ, deleted the contact database and recreated the empty shell. But when I sync, either OTA from the device or by USB cable, no joy. I still have a blank contacts database. What am I missing? I'm usually fairly tech savvy, so this is very weird.
Post relates to: Centro (Sprint)
Edited: I deleted my EAS account and set it up again, at which point it synced the Contacts and everything was fine. Momentarily. While the corrupted contact is gone out of Outlook and the conduit is set to Computer overwrites handheld, I synced and surprise-the corrupted contact is back on the handheld. but it's still not in Outlook. where the h**l can it come back from when it isn't there to sync?
Edited: In defense of Palm tech support, I used their live chat last night and finally got this resolved. I had to rename my backup file and my address file in the same directory as the Backup file. Then do a hard reset of the device and HotSync with the computer. I am happy to say the corrupted contact has not reappeared, and all is well.
Message Edited by kristikay on 02-20-2009 04:53 PM
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