I would like to do a factory reset on my phone in hopes that it will correct some minor bugs (facebook contacts are not synchronized but for some reason one of my friends from facebook popped up mysteriously on my favorites linked to my friends profile, I unlinked her and she is now in my favorites and I can not remove her. She is not on my contacts list.) but I do not want to loose my paid apps. How can I protect my paid apps?
they're tied to the marketplace account. after a wipe hit menu and downloads in the marketplace and you'll see your apps. you can download them again from there