IPhone not syncing correctly after restore.

I have an iPhone 4. I'm having storage issues, and I've been told that I should back up and then do a factory restore of the phone to delete the stored history on my apps. I've done that once with success. I tried again last night and everything seemed fine until I went to listen to music. There was nothing there. No big deal, I'll just add songs to my iPhone and sync it. It will not work. I've tried restarting my computer and iPhone. Nothing is working. Also, the status bar at the bottom of my iPhone screen on the computer, where it shows the space that is being used on my phone, is all yellow. There is nothing indicated for my music or apps. I've attempted to do some research on the issues, but I am not finding anything. Suggestions? Thoughts? Thanks so much for your help!

Somehow mine seems to be working now. If you haven't yet...try shutting the phone completely down (holding the wake/sleep button on top and the home button at the same time) then restarting, then sync again. You might find something in this thread helpful too.:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5397140
Good luck!

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
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Plug the device's USB cable into your computer only.
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I have to say that is a completely stupid thing Apple has done - they have solved a problem that didn't exist.
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