N85 Music track numbering problem

After installing the latest Nokia firmware (31.002) i can no longer properly copy music over to my N85. The mp3s will copy over but their track numbers are not copied over correctly, they end up being 16 or 49. I can no longer play albums in the correct order.
I have tried:
Soft reset,
Hard reset.
Copying using media mode, pc suite mode, Flash drive mode.
Winamp, MP, Songbird, Nokia Music Manager
Using different ID3 tags.
Is anybody else having these problems. Any suggestions appreciated.

Hi, seen a similar post, don't have a solution, but try opening an album in Windows Media player, right click on album icon and select Find album info, find the album select it and let WMP do its stuff, then transfer to phone by drag and drop, and refresh music.
Hope this helps.
Good Luck
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