Restore to (original) Back Up

In preparing myself for an iOS upgrade from 3.1.3 to 4, I backed up my iPhone and then restored it, planning on restoring to back up. The reason I did this was because every time I tried to upgrade to OS 4, iTunes would say your version of iTunes (9.1.1) is up to date. I went to Apple's site and realized iTunes was outdated and I installed 9.2. In doing so, I understood I couldn't upgrade to iOS 4 because of iTunes 9.1.1, so I selected restore to back up. I checked my phone afterward just to be sure, and all my information was gone. I'm guessing in upgrading iTunes to 9.2, it automatically did a back up of my now restored phone. I can't find my original back up before iTunes 9.2, and I'm very irritated because I have yet to find a way to restore to my first back up (which was done around 1:00 am this morning). Is there any way to find the original back up and restore to it?

I tried but I cannot get the name of the back-up i had it in. I updated it as a new phone rather than the original name...does this make sense...so i lost my pix and contacts...

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Hi cfgolf,
Thanks for contacting Apple Support Communities. I agree with your assessment that something is going on with that previous backup. If you restored from that backup and the issue continues, I would recommend restoring and Set up as new. Before you restore, make sure you Transfer content so that you can sync it back after setting up as new. The instructions on how to Transfer content and Set up as new are both listed in this article.
iOS: How to back up your data and set up your device as a new device
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4137
2. Transfer content
Before you erase your device, take a few minutes to transfer your content from your device to your computer to ensure that all your critical data is safe.
6. Set up as new
Complete the setup assistant. When prompted to set up your device, select Set Up as New iPhone and tap Next to continue.
Skip the Apple ID sign-in, in case the original issue was related to any of your content on iCloud.
Note: After setting up as new, you will need to enter the Visual Voicemail password for iPhone (on carriers that support Visual Voicemail). If you've forgotten the password, contact your carrier to help you reset it.
After erasing and setting up as a new device, your device is now in a factory configuration. Test to determine if erasing and setting up as a new device resolved the issue. Content on the device may have caused unexpected behavior.
If the issue is still present, you may want to contact Apple Support.
If the issue is now resolved, sync one type of content at a time back to the device. For example, if you had an issue playing music, add songs from iTunes and confirm they will play. If your contacts weren't loading successfully, add the contacts back. After each sync, test to see if the issue has returned.
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You can download everything you purchased from the iTunes Store without having to pay again:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
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This assumes what you purchased is still available in the Store.
Open iTunes and click on iTunes Store on the left
On the right you will see this
Sign in with your Apple ID, then click on "Purchased" (with the orange blob)
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repair, permissions repair, ACL management, restoring data, managing disk images, network
management, user management, file management, etc. Many people are fearful of the command
line. I feel just the opposite, I'm fearful without it.
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http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unixopensource/clix.html
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Any advise greatfully received, Phil

Welcome to the discussions,
Every backup you make replaces the old one, so if you synced after that, your contact info is gone as well, because at that time your contacts were already damaged.
The only time a backup is not replaced is when it was used to restore your ipod, this backup will also show a time stamp.
All available backups are listed in iTunes/settings/devices. More info about backups, their content, location on your computer and much more can be found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

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Please help because I've been experiencing shutting down of my laptop without any reason. It turn-out into a blue screen with some error regarding incomptibility with the system. I restore its original settings but still after 5 minutes, its shuts down. It is less than 1 year old laptop and I use it twice a week during weekends. Battery is not the problem and overheating is not also the reason because sometimes in less than 5 minutes after opening, its shuts down itself. Hope you could help me to fix it.
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Hello Cirssy,
Your computer is shutting down in its own.
Do a hard reset.
Turn the computer off.
Remove the power cable and the battery.
Hold down the power button for 15 sec while booth power sources are removed.
This should reset the hardware in the computer.
As you turn it back on tap the F10 key. This will load BIOS setup utility.
Press F9 to load defaults.
Press F10 to save and exit.
When the computer boots back up, check to see if everything is working.
If it is still under a year old i give HP a call while everything is still under warranty.
Here is a link to a phone number to call HP.
Let me know how everything goes.
Have a good day.

Restoring to original settings

Please see my other discussion regarding recovery mode
However, if I restore to original settings it then gives me the warning about going back to factory settings - Does this mean I will ose everything I have previously backed up?
Thanks in advance

As was mentioned. If you have made a back up of your phone there is no need to worry about losing your data. Make sure you transfer all your purchased apps or any purchased contents that you downloaded from your iphone. If you don't transfer them, you won't get them back when you restore from back up.

Restore to original operating system?

I upgraded my operating system on my 3rd gen touch, and now the battery runs down constantly. If I restore the touch, will the restoration bring it back to its original operating system?

Or take a look at this older thread on the issue.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12710820#12710820
There are several suggestions and tips for improving your iPod's battery life with iOS 4.
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Camera Roll not restoring from iCloud back-up

Due to an extremely large amount of "other" on my iPhone 5 I decided to reset / delete and restore from iCloud. Camera roll IS turned on in my cloud back-up, and I backed it up just before reset / delete phone.
When I restore from iCloud back-up everything works perfectly except my camera roll reloading. It just continues to say 'Downloading" (with the little circle thing going round & round) with no change or progress. It never says "downloadng xx of xxx" or anything like that. The photo stream has restored with no problem.
I hope I can restore the camera roll because it has videos that aren't saved anywhere else, but if not how the heck do I stop the "downloading..." at the bottom of the camera roll folder and get on with my life? Any help will be much appreciated.

Actually I posted here only after trying ezjules suggestions No luck. Even stranger is that even after I "stopped restoring" my camera roll is acting the same,; still says Downloading at the bottom. Strange.. Here is a screen shot after I have stopped the restore in settings.

Restore to (original) Back Up

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