Upgrade to iOS4 makes my 3GS think there are no songs.

hi,
I upgraded my 3GS last night and noticed when I go to the iPod -> Songs it is empty.
However if I go to Artists or select a playlist all my songs are there. I can actually play them but cannot view all or shuffle all songs etc.
And if I go to Settings and Usage, it tells me there are 0 songs as well.
Any way I can fix this?

I solved the problem by deleting my music library and re-syncing. Go to owner's iphone in itunes and click the summary tab. Under options click manually manage music to remove your library from the iphone. Then click sync only checked songs and re-sync. That worked for me. Very disappointing that Apple could not provide this information.

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