IOS5 update problems with iphone and ipad

I first tried to update my iphone 4, with zero success. All software updated on my macbook pro, then when i began to update the iphone, i got stuck on "contacting iphone activation server". I can still manage my iphone and eject it, but no update. This was yesterday and 24 hours later whenver i turn on my ituens, it still says "contacting iphone activation server". iTunes is mostly functional still, but it won't connect to the iTunes store. Next I tried my iPad (1) which successfully updated, but even though I synced from a backup to iTunes, none of my apps or data is on the iPad other than my email. Now when I plug in my iPad I cannot manually manage it. The screen in iTunes when I click my iPad is just a grey screen that says iPad. No info, or buttons to choose manual or automatic update. And the iTunes bar at the top still says "accessing iTunes store", "contacting iphone activation server" and also "genius accessing iTunes store". I get that I'm obviously not connnecting to sites, but why is my ipad not responding in iTunes? I dont think that being connected to iTunes is that important to managing your iPad since I've done it several times with no internet connection.
Please help! I really dont want to have to email myself all of my documents that I want on my iPad, or try to sync them over my webdav.
Cheers

I found a bit of a work around that is working for me, strange but it works.
Adding the photo album sub folders 1 at a time and syncing. Then when it completes, add another one, confirm the pics are there and continue process. I now have over 35k photos and no gaps or empty albums but if I do more than 2 or 3 they show up empty.
If empty, unsync them, and add 1 at a time.

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