Apps and contacts will reload automatically if you have your phone synchronized to your account. Try menu>settings>accounts & sync. Add your gmail account if its not there. Everything should reload for you.

Get all your apps back first then copy/paste the SD files back to your phone. I would delete all of the update.zip files if it was me.

I rooted, went back to stock for 2.2, then used easyroot to reroot after trying 2.2 for a while. Its a paid app and worth the one click root. I hear z4root is good too. Good luck!

 

When i got my replacement droid 1 only the paid apps came back....

 

That's odd. At least you aren't out what you paid for them. A bit frustrating though I'm sure.

 

Use appbrain. It syncs ALL your apps, as well as letting you browse apps online, and simply Push them to your phone.

 

I've had a replacement I had to get my own apps back. Even the purchased ones didn't re download but those are saved to your gmail account so its in your "my apps" section of the market

 

How do you save them in your g mail account.....i have my to sync but it don't do my apps .....thats odd