I plugged in my new iPhone4 and it thought it was my husband's so it made my phone mirror his and I lost everything! Can I undo and restore it back to mine??

I don't know what really happened but it said Restoring to Jeff's phone and now my stuff is all gone! Help!

No.
The first time you connect a new iPhone to iTunes that is used to sync with another iPhone, you are prompted to transfer the backup for the other iPhone to the new iPhone, or set up the new iPhone as a new iPhone. The former does exatly as provided - the backup for the other iPhone is transferred to the new iPhone replacing all data on the new iPhone with the data included with the backup for the other iPhone.

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Ipod syncing is not one way. You just have to know what to do...
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I you won't i can send you step by step guide...
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Did you Repair Permissions before & after each one?
The usual reason why updates fail or mess things up, or things don't load/run, is if Permissions are not fixed before & after every update, with a reboot... you may get a partial update when the installer finds it doesn't have Permissions to change one obscure little part of the OS, leaving you with a mix of OS versions.
Some people get away without Repairing Permissions for years, some for only days.
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The combo update for PowerPC-based Macs...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateppc.html
The combo update for Intel-based Macs...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateintel.html
Repair Permissions before & after re-install, then reboot again each time.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
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http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
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Mate, it's good to hear that you have gotten the iPhone 4 but sorry to burst your bubbles. Not all games can have the "saved" data ported over.
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just bought a new iphone4 and was loading os6 and now it won't turn on. the apple glows like it is starting up, then the screen goes black and then repeats the same process over and over. i have tried to reboot multiple times now

I am assuming the phone was working prior to you installing IOS 6? Did you use itunes to install IOS 6 or just run from the phone?
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If you bought them again, then you will be charged.
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Hi Vidbrent,
If you are having issues updating or restoring your iPhone, you may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: If you can't update or restore your iOS device
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes

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Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.

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