IPhone 3G + Vista +  itunes = Disaster ?

I got my iPhone two weeks ago by waiting in line for 3hours at an apple store. I was very excited to get it. I'm no longer excited, because my iPhone was put to restore mode four times already, because of the random disconnects during sync. Trying to sync is always a nightmare because itunes tries to remove my apps.. I even tried using Airplane mode but still disconnects from time to time.. The latest crash happened during the update to 2.01 software, in the middle it just disconnected for no reason (Used USB 2.0 : Don't tell about that). I use Vista, but then I had to use my XP laptop and restored everything. All my purchased music, all the apps that i downloaded GONE... I don't want to connect back to my vista system because it will put me back to bad state. There is no way for me to get all my stuff back from the XP computer, or at least I haven't figured it out. I don't care about the lost purchases, but my contacts are gone too.. That pissses me off... Come on people when you make software, test for bug in all systems. I am very angry. My iPhone is back in the original settings.. Time and money wasted. I will only use vista from now, I have to rebuild my contacts.. Redownload all the apps... Does anyone know how i can get my purchased songs and apps back through another computer ? Why do they make these things so hard, why can't i go in and get what i paid for.. instead i have to report these stuff and wait for response, that is usually a link or copy paste of FAQ. I'm MAD as HELLLL
Message was edited by: fusionx
Message was edited by: fusionx

Switching back and forth from one machine to another will just mess it up more. iPhone will only sync with one media library at a time, even if both computers are authorized on your iTunes account.
You could connect to your vista machine and restore from a backup, this should restore your contacts and such to the iPhone. I then recommend you sync and merge the contacts with outlook, this will now essentially give you 2 backups of your contacts (one for the iPhone and now they are in outlook).
Your purchases should all remain and be available to you, you can re-download apps for free, music is still on your computer HDD in the iTunes folder. Make sure your USB connection is secure and check with your computer manufacturer if there are any driver updates for your USB controller. Finally, try using another USB cable, it should not be disconnecting randomly during sync, this indicates either bad ports, bad cable, or buggy USB drivers.

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