Restore wiped out previous data

I have just restored data from a previous backup on my iphone.
So what? Restore deleted my previous messages and images on the phone.
Without a warning, an alert, a question.
Congrats Apple for building the best phones in the world
I hate you

Very strange. Every time I have restored from a backup I have received a warning that all content on my phone would be replaced. I guess you didn't bother to read it.
You could, of course, restore again and use the most recent backup.

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Itunes wiped out all data now ipod is corrupt

I bought my 80g ipod classic in March,08 and have never had problems until two months ago. Several times after disconnecting, I found that itunes wiped out all the songs and video. The first time, I lost over 8000 songs and never realized it until I was in the car on a long road trip. My playlists were gone, 14 movies and many video clips. My pictures and games remained however. Problems continued periodically. Sometimes it would eject immediately after connecting. Then it would connect, but not sync anything. Now itunes will recognize it, but says it needs to be formatted then restored. I didn't want to lose everything, but now it has wiped out games and pics also. It is like I just bought it. I have updated itunes to 8.0 and tried to update my ipod as well. Now it is telling me that it can't be restored and that my ipod is corrupt. This is my second ipod, the first was a 20g with pics and I used and abused it to death and NEVER had a single problem until it just quit working. I have my computer set to update automatically for itunes and this all started right after it completed an update of some kind. I have a 2 year warranty, should I relace it? Also, will I lose all the games I bought?

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You can delete songs/videos from your iTunes/computer hard drive after transferring them to the iPod, and for this you need to set your iPod to manage the songs manually.
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Recent update appears to have wiped out my data

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I have synced my handheld to my computer for the last 8 years. It's just that since I downloaded the updated program now the sync won't transfer my information to my computer.
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Hello Clinton,
I have been working with this proble since last Wednesday and because of my schedule at the end of this week I wasn't able to try what you suggested until late last night. Restoring the User Data as you suggested did not work.
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When I reinstalled iTunes, it wiped out my Foxfire browser history. Is there any way to restore my previous session? My computer is Vista 64 bit.

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Update the [[Java]] plugin to the latest version.
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