What's a surefire way to restore my backup?

I tried upgrading from iOS 7.0.3 on my iPhone 5 to 7.0.4 using iTunes.  I had an error 6 that left my phone stuck in recovery mode, thus I had to wipe the phone and start afresh.
iOS 7.0.4 installed fine but I've now lost my data requiring a backup restore.  I made a backup before proceeding with the update but I've restored it twice and I'm missing my apps and some of my data (music and some app data).
What's the point of performing an iTunes backup if it won't restore all of my data?
It's particularly annoying because I'm on vacation using my laptop (with no music or apps) while my desktop with all of my apps and other data is sitting at home.  Another problem I've noticed is that, going through my purchased apps list in iTunes is showing some missing entries (for example; I got CloudOn, but it wasn't in the list).
P.S. please don't mention iCloud.  I have enough internet problems already without having to rely on that.

- If you can access the iPod go to Settings>General>Reset>Erase all Content and Settings. The setup the iPod via wif and restore from you iPod backup.
- If you can't access the iPod then you have to connect the iPod to a computer and restore to factory settings/new iPod. The do the erase and iCloud restore as described above.

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