ITunes keep syncing contacts

I connect my iPhone to my Mac and iTunes start syncing. But it keeps syncing contacts and has been doing that for more than two hours now... I have not that many contacts and certainly I have not changed them all...
What could be wrong here?
Niklas

Disable auto-syncing. Here’s how:
1. Before you plug the iPhone or iPod into the computer, go to iTunes.
2. On a Mac, go to the iTunes menu -> Preferences -> Devices.
On a PC, go to Edit -> Settings -> Devices
3. In the pop up window, look for the icon or tab that says Devices. Choose it.
4. Just below the box, you’ll see a checkbox reading "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically."
5. Check it and click OK at the bottom of the window.
Now when you plug the phone in it won't automatically star syncing.

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I think I had this problem on my 3Gs as well.
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Partial Success ....
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Nexus_,
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