[midniteslice]

you do have outlook on your desktop right? cause without it all you can do is browse the phone and install progs.
the only other thing i can think of offhand is that after you flashed the rom and hard reset active sync has to go through the phone setup again. if you jsut go through the setup screens without making sure the checkboxes are checked it will prevent you from syncing the contacts and whatnot. i would say remove the device from activesync, reconnect the phone and go through the setup again. worth a shot if you haven't tried it already.