When Updating to IOS4 Do Not Say Yes to Udpate Changes to Settings

I updated my iPhone 3g to IOS4 on release date. OK You can stop laughing at me know, I got screwed over but I was lucky.
I couldn't get the OS to install using the update so I did the work around and downloaded the OS into iTunes and did a backup and then a restore. I had read a couple of threads that said this would work a lot faster than doing the update. I had waited nearly three hours for the update to finish so I figured it was the combination of my creaky old PC, iTunes and one of the apps on my phone so I tried the restore instead of update trick. It actually worked and only took about 30 minutes start to finish.
BUT when it was done I got a dialog box telling me that I had changed my settings and did I want to apply this change to my phone <YES> or <NO>? Without thinking about it I clicked yes and my phone did another sync. I lost my address book, email and text messages all in one fell swoop. Can you spell panic and nausea? I thought you could.
I was all over the web looking for ways to restore my stuff. I tried another sync because the last one I did before installing the new OS should have still been there...No Luck.
I tried everything I could think of and nothing worked. I wasn't too worried about my email, because of course it was still out on the web (Gmail Rocks!!)
Then it occurred to me, I had been using Gmail and GSync. I set up a new G-Sync account on my phone and set it to running. It took about 24 hours total, but all of my email, contacts and text messages restored themselves to my phone wirelessly.
So I strongly recommend that you do not apply changes to your phone when you do the IOS4 update. At least not the first time around. I also do not recommend using the restore in place of update workaround. Just let the update run (and run and run and run and, well you get it)until it finishes. You should get a clean install and a total restore of your music, contacts, apps, email, etc. I have no idea why an update on an 8 Gb iPhone needs to take hours, but apparently it just does.
So to sum up:
If updating to IOS4 use the update in iTunes not restore
At the end of the update DO NOT apply changes to settings
DO use gmail and G-Sync or another email that backs up your address book to the web.

Fixed it......
The problem was my Apps library in iTunes was not populated with the apps on my phone after the update of iTunes and iOS4. Therefore, that is why I "lost" them visually. Now, had I gone and hit "Apply" I would have been screwed, since nothing was in my iTunes App library.....Sneaky.....
In iTunes, File>"Transfer Purchases from iPhone"
This populates the iTunes App library with the apps on your device. It will take a few minutes, but all of the apps will now show up when you go back and try to sync the iPhone.
Screenshot of Success!
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g134/leonardrock/Screenshot3.png
Nice, I'm not stupid.
Thanks for the chime-ins everybody!

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