ITunes playlists won't show on IPhone4s

I've got a new IPhone 4s.   But now when I sync with I Tunes on my MacPro....the play lists only show a few songs in each playlist.
Example I have 30 songs in one playlist in ITunes....everything is checked and everything plays just fine.
But after syncing via a cable...Only 4 songs show up on my IPhone4s.  I talked with someone at Apple and they said they know there has been an occasional complaint of this happening...  They said that the engineers are working on it..
Does anyone know of a work around to get my music onto my IPhone......maybe importing the ITunes music folder in some other form?
Thanks
Rich

What type of iPod do you have? Currently only the iPod classic and the new nanos support the folder structure on the iPod that will allow you to create playlists with a playlist.
Older iPods (and you are posting in the forum for older iPods, hence my question) do not support this and only show playlists as lists of songs even though iTunes allows you to create folders.

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