Signed up for iCloud, but now no contacts on my iPhone (3G)

My aging iPhone 3G has really gone bonkers since I signed up for iCloud.
The main problem is that my Address Book doesn't sync - in fact it's been completely deleted from the iPhone, though it's fully intact on the iMac.
After noting its erasure, I restored the iPhone to its factory settings, but to no avail. 
It doesn't make any difference whether I click the Contacts checkbox under Advanced or not - still no details.
Another bizarre observation - which may provide a clue - is that when opening iPhoto with the iPhone plugged in, it shows both the old (pre-restore) name and the new (post-restore) name, as if two iPhones were connected.  This does not happen in iTunes, which only shows the new name.
Given my hopeless memory for phone numbers now (due in no small part to total lack of use), this iPhone has now been rendered useless for its primary function as a phone, except to call home - the only number I can remember!  (What a chump I feel!)
Anyone have the same/similar problems, and have you managed to resolve them?  Any sane help appreciated.
Thanks... Tony

In the absence of any replies, I'd forgotten that I'd posted here, but I did manage to sort out the problem eventually.
I forget all the steps involved, and possibly some which may be pertinent, but in essence somewhere in the iCloud signup procedure I'd clicked something that told Address Book to upload to the Cloud, and otherwise remain invisible on the Mac.  Tinkering with the Address Book preference settings eventually restored the Contacts list to my iPhone.

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