Icloud off, but iphone 4s deleted some contacts

Hi all,
Had this problem months ago and thought I rectified it by completely abandoning iCloud. And yes, I read through a number of threads looking for a solution. Yesterday I was texting back and forth with a friend and then all of the sudden noticed that his name was no longer listed at the top of the screen, just his phone number. Took a quick look at previous text message conversations with friends and saw that I lost contact names with many others, but not everyone. On my phone the only iCloud function set to the "on" setting is the "find my iPhone". Automatic downloads are set to the off position. I did not sync my phone in any way during the conversation, it was just laying on the table. I did try the "import SIM contacts" without any luck. I also connected to iTunes and tried the restore backup. The box is not checked in iTunes to sync contacts with anything. I guess I'm confused as to why this happend and how to get the contact info back. I can enter the names back in with the corresponding phone numbers in my text converations, but I lost their home addresses, email address, etc. Does anyone know 1)how to get them back by any other no-cost method and 2)why this might still be happening? My carrier is ATT, if that matters. All of my software is update as well.

An update: I just sent a text message to a co-worker, as I started to type his name in as my recipient his name popped up for me to choose. I selected it and sent my message. When he replied, it only showed his phone number at the top of the screen. Somewhat confused, I looked at my contact list and he was one of the people who had disappeared.
I typed in 2 more names of missing contacts and they appear as names for me to choose as text message recipients. However, they are still gone from my contact list and, when I select their names to send a message to, it just shows up as the phone number again.
So, my phone obviously still has this information stored on it and associated with the correct number, but for some reason will not display the contact. Grrr!

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bechosken wrote:
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Hi there,
I have iphone 4 and want to delete some contacts while connected to itunes?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1296
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