Ugh 3.0 has messed up my phone bigtime

[doubledave22]

After upgrading to 3.0 and restoring to factory settings then restoring from a backup, im missing like sooo many apps. I no longer have a phone app, a contacts app, a camera app, a map app. The list goes on... I did have poof and categories before i updated but i thought restoring to factory settings would just save me the effort of un poofing everything and messing w/ categories.

At this point what can i do? All i really need from my backed up phone is my contacts so is there a way to not restore from backup but still somehow get my contacts in without doing it manually?

[HayWire]

check all your pages my app store was like on the sixth home screen when i did the update

[doubledave22]

only like 5 apps showed up total lol theres not even a second page... this has to have something to do with categories/poof.

update: this only happens when i restore from backup. If i dont everything comes through fine. How can i get my contacts to be the only thing that restores?

[UnbornApple]

You should try restoring the iPhone. But this time set it up as a new phone. See if that works because then you know it was the backup.

Or honestly I would at this point call Apple about that issue.

I don't know how much their actually going to help but it will at the same at least help in solving this issue.

[Pcpro745]

enable and disable restrictions, Some have done this and it makes your icons come back

[doubledave22]

restrictions thing worked great... saves me a ton of work thanks guys

[Silverado87]

it looks like poof messed up your phone. restore your phone completely then upgrade then sync.
i did and im fine and still have everything and everyone

[eatjello]

restrictions thing worked great... saves me a ton of work thanks guys

how do i do that for my games and things?