Recovering unbacked up iPhone photos

I was trying to back up my photos from my iPhone 4 to my Macbook Pro's iPhoto and when I tried it twice it gave me an error message saying "Error downloading image.iPhoto cannot import your photos because there was a problem downloading an image."
So then I went to iTunes to do my voice memos instead and I clicked on something like restoring the iPhone and now all my photos are gone! I tried downloading free versions of iphone data recovery programs to see if my photos would show up but nothing is coming up! I never backed them up anywhere so is there no way to get them back?

No, unfortunately whatever has been deleted from your iPhone's memory is gone. Do you by any chance remember backing up your photos to iPhoto in the past? Furthermore, do you see any of your old pictures in your iPhoto?
As for backing up in the future, it is extremely important that you back up your phone at least once a week if not everyday.
To back up the content on your iOS device to iTunes on your computer:
Make sure your computer has the latest version of iTunes.
Connect your iOS device to your computer.
Choose File > Devices > Back up.
If you're using iTunes 10.7 or earlier, right-click the device and choose Backup Now.
You can also back up by syncing your iOS device with your computer. When you use iTunes to sync, backing up is the first step.

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I think I am following -- I was able to upload to my iPhoto and all photos and videos are there that is a plus! I tried to create an Event in my iPhoto and put all of my photos in that event but for some reason, now my iTunes it not recognizing that Event in my iPhoto. It is not allowing me to import just that event at the moment but I may be doing something wrong. At least all of my pics and vids are in iPhoto so that is a plus and I know they are at least saved somewhere. Just for some reason, my iTunes it not locating the event that I created with only those photos.
Thank you for letting me know about my contacts! How do I know if I have the contacts app?
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How can I sync using USB? Right now when i click on the info tab for my iPhone in my iTunes this is the answer that I get -- I am a little unclear as to what it means.
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Your contacts are being synced with you iPhone over the air from iCloud. Over-the-air sync settings can be changed on you iPhone
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Your calendars are being synced with you iPhone over the air from iCloud. Over-the-air sync settings can be changed on you iPhone

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In short (from http://gyoo.com/blog/?p=48)
First, some figures:
iPhone camera resolution: 1600×1200 (72dpi)
iPhone screen resolution: 320×480 (160dpi)
iPhone contact picture display size: 64×64 (160dpi)
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