Restoring from Backup - will it save contacts?

[Noisemaker]

A friend of mine is having problems with her iPhone 3G. I know the problems will be fixed by a restore, but she has a LOT of contacts, and can't risk losing them.

With a restore from backup, will it restore her contacts as well?

And I realize that iCloud would solve this entirely for her, but being on a 3G, she can't get iOS 5.0, ruling iCloud out.

 

[Noisemaker]

Bump.

 

[DroidRules]

Yes it will save contacts if you restore from a backup. However remember that any issues in that backup will be transferred to the new "backup".

 

[Noisemaker]

What's the best method for her to back up her contacts so that she doesn't have to worry about them? I'd prefer to have her do a clean restore, as I know it will fix the issues she's having.