Music and Videos missing after sync

I recently upgraded my iTunes to 10.5 and my iPhone to iOS 5. after the upgrade my phone worked fine had its music and what not. then I connected it to my computer to charge it. iTunes synced with it which is fine but when I disconnected it after it finished my iPhone said it had no music or videos on it. I connect it to my computer again and iTunes. I browse my phone through iTunes and I see all my music and videos but when I double click them iTunes says it can't find it. I have iTunes setup to automatically sync all checked songs. I did a restore on my phone then restore from backup and the music and videos where back. I unplugged my iPhone and plugged it back in and after the sync they are gone. what's going on?

Same problem here. After the update, all my music was gone on my iphone. I have try to sync many time and nothing happen

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