IPhone 4 update 5.0.1 Repeated Restore

So I'm successfully updated to 5.0.1 had to restore my phone.
However after the restore, none of my apps or music or photo albums are on there.
Texts, mail, iCal etc have all the correct settings and data.
When I connect to the computer it doesn't give me any syncing options. Just some backups, I keep trying the oldest backup which is before I performed the update. 12pm is when the phone was after the phone had restored. I keep ending up in the same place.

I have been checking the "More Like This" box to my right, but none of the tips that work for others, such as disabling firewalls and anti-virus, work for me. I have been trying to update my phone for weeks now and this is very annoying.

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