Session failed to start - after updating to IOS 7

I've updated to my iphone 4 to IOS 7 and now it won't sync with itunes. Its says "session failed to start". Help!

On the advice I got from others, here's what I finally did:
1. I connected my iPhone to my PC and backed it up to iTunes. Even though the phone doesn't sync, it will still back up and it did.
2. I then went in to settings on my iPhone under "Reset" and did the "Erase All Content and Settings", while still leaving my iPhone connected to my computer.
3. Once the phone booted back up, iTunes asked me if I wanted to restore my phone from back up. I chose restore and it restored my phone back and it is now working 100%. I'll add that it froze up during the restore process and I simply rebooted my PC and the ran sync and it finally worked. Took forever for my apps to all load back (couple of hours), but its fixed and working great.
I cannot tell you how upset I am with Apple. Many of us have this same issue and Apple has done nothing to help us or fix it. I've wasted 12 hours of my life on something that should have been simple and seamless. Isn't that the point of Apple and iPhones?

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