Moving contacts between groups

I have about 5 groups set up in contacts. Actually were set up in address book and came over to the iphone. How can I move contacts between groups on the iphone. Any contact I add ends up in the all catagory. Once I had one end up in the wrong group. Besides the favorites the only way I have found so far to move contacts between groups is to sync to macbook, fix them in address book, and re sync.

You are doing this the only way possible.
You can't move contacts between available groups on the iPhone.
Keep in mind Apple's Address Book database is similar to the iTunes database in this regard. No contact can be available in an Address Book Group unless it is available in the primary Address Book database or "All" Group. You can place a contact in a single Group or multiple Groups but if removed from the primary database or "All" Group, it will be removed from any and all Groups also.
Just like an iTunes Playlist.

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