My newer iPhone 4s is now just a flickering Apple logo. How do I reboot or restore function?

If you backup with iTunes and you restored from the backup and the contacts were gone, then there is no where to retrieve them from unless you have another backup that contains those contacts.
Launch iTunes on the computer and go to iTunes>Preferences>Devices. You will see a window with all of your backups listed in it.
If you see a recent backup that you are certain contains the contacts that you need, recover deleted contacts from iPhone.
If your contacts is gone from iCloud.com there is only a few ways to possibly recover it.
The first things I would check is a iCloud Backup, a iTunes Backup, or a 3rd party email that may have contained the contacts. To restore from a iCloud or iTunes backup follow this link. This article explains how to restore a device from either back up.
Note if you have backed up since the contacts went missing, you will not have the note on the backup. Make sure you do not back up if trying to restore from a back up as this will back up the content without the note.
To get to the "Set up assistant" on an iOS device, you must go to Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content and Settings. Once the phone restarts, you will be at the "Set up Assistant"

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If you haven't already tried, see if you can force it into recovery mode to restore it:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808. If that doesn't work, the last thing you can try is to put it in DFU mode to restore it: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2648467?threadID=2648467&tstart=0.

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i now just have the apple logo on my screen after trying update and itunes cannot connect to my phone.

Connect to iTunes on the computer you usually Sync with and “ Restore “...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
If necessary Place the Device into Recovery mode...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

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My aTV2 just hanged.
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You see, 10.6.8 would have ran your iPhone 5 and ran your PPC based software, so whoever told you to upgrade to 10.8 was wrong and they need to fix your machine.
It can be reverted to 10.6.8 yourself.
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when you open the app store scroll down to the bottom it will display the apple id currently in use, change it to your normal apple id email

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no body?

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http://www.apple.com/support/products/iphone.html
Since you haven't yet taken delivery of the iPhones I'm not sure how Apple will handle it.
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Hello, Spedellen.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
When experiencing issues restoring an iPhone, here are the best articles to go through. If you received a specific error number when restoring, see the section labeled Get more help in the second article below.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
Resolve iOS update and restore errors in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1275
Cheers,
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