Restore Vs Set Up New Phone

I just set up my new iPhone 4 but when I was syncing it I selected restore settings instead of set-up new phone. Is there a way I can un-do this or is it no big deal?
Thanks

Contacts and calendar events should be synced with the Address Book and iCal on your Mac and notes can be synced with the Mail.app notes feature on your Mac.
The only data you will be losing will be existing iPhone settings, 3rd party app settings and data created and stored by a 3rd party app, and SMS/MMS. In addition, any photos and/or videos in your iPhone's Camera Roll will also be lost that haven't been imported by your computer. If any photos and/or videos in your iPhone's Camera Roll have not been imported, you can do so before restoring the iPhone with iTunes as a new iPhone or not from your iPhone's backup. With a Mac, this can be done with iPhoto, or with the Image Capture application located in your Applications folder.

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