Cannot sync my iPhone 4S after I restored my old phone's content

I purchaced a new (slightly used) iPhone yesterday and I had a back up on my computer from about a month ago. My old iPhone broke so I had to buy a new one. I set it up and restored my old data onto my phone, I have all of the old notes, all of the old pictures but my iPhone will not let me sync my music because "it is not authorized on this computer" which it is. I cannot restore it again, because iTunes "Does not recognize the iPhone" What can I do to fix this?

I had the same problem, after a long discussion with Apple one of their engineers came up with the bright idea of restoring from the original backup via WiFi rather than connecting to iTunes by USB. This should give you a pretty good idea as to whether the photos are there in your backup file, as for instance it said uploading 22 of 863 photos for me, left it overnight to restore from backup via WiFi, restarted the iPhone in the morning and all of my photos had been restored. I have since backed up all photos to a very helpful Dropbox "Camera Uploads" update.
To restore from iCloud via WiFi, on your device:
Open Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings
Wait for the device to restart, input Time and Date Settings and Connect to WiFi.
Log in using your Apple ID and select Restore from iCloud Backup. (Ensure it is the iCloud backup with all relevant photos).
Leave device to Restore overnight and restart in the morning!

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