Itunes 10.5 wont back up or sync iphone4

i did a clean install of my os and installed lion. I upgraded to ios 5 and itunes 10.5 and now my iphone wont sync or back up.. i tried manually .. i tried everything.. nothing works.. when trying to back up. it goes into this endless loop.. it looks like its gonna back up and then it doesnt.. it restarts.. and i cant get it to work. i would appriciate any help.. thank you.

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings      
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:                                 
iOS: How to back up                                                                
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.             

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