MobileMe contacts over-riding contacts on the iPhone

For some reason, changes I make to contacts on the iPhone keep getting over-written by older contacts on MobileMe. And those changes aren't getting pushed down to iMac, and neither are Calendar items I put in on the iPhone even though I see them on MobileMe.
HEEELLP!

I've had some wierdness like this in the last 2 days too, I changed some contact info in Mobileme 2 days ago, my iPhone caught up today, my addressbook on my Macbook is still out of sync....
Glad it's not just me, but that doesn't help either of us, seems MobileMe is still suffering...

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    Hello,
    Initially, I had the same contacts database on MobileMe and on my iPhone.
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    Since then, many additional contacts have been added to the data on my iPhone - that's where I casually enter new contacts during the day, not my computer.
    Now I realize, I would need to sync my enlarged contacts data from my iPhone to MobileMe.
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    I want it just the other way around: MobileMe should be overwritten with the iPhone data!
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    Thankyou.

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    I had the same problem for one year now and it affected my contacts, then later my calendar.
    I followed the Apple troubleshooting guides and finally managed to make it work again.
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    Matthew Smith wrote:
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    Troubleshooting Sync Services on Windows with Microsoft Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, or Outlook 2010
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2776
    Regards,
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  • When i connect my iphone to the computer it gives me this message "ITunes could not sync contacts to the Iphone "my name" because the sync server failed to sync the iphone. whats the problem

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    What type of computer?
    Mac: Sync Services: Advanced troubleshooting for contact and calendar syncing
    Windows: Troubleshooting Sync Services on Windows with Microsoft Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, or Outlook 2010
    The following previous discussion may also help: Re: sync server failed to sync the iphone

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    I had same problem,,This link solved issue easily
    http://www.question-defense.com/2010/09/01/itunes-could-not-sync-calendars-to-th e-iphone-because-the-sync-server-failed
    I didn't lose any calendar since it was all on the computer in Outlook calendar

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    hello
    see here the procedure that worked for me:
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/16880485#16880485
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