Iphone help backed up to itunes?

So i recently lost all my contacts on my phone and i went to go sync it with my last backed up files on itunes and i didn't know that it was last synced on dec 12 of last year. Once the sync was completed I was panicking because all my recent text messages and over 1000+ from my spring break cruise was completely gone because my phone did not sync with itunes. I went back to try to sync again and there was an option for "iphonenamejuly4". I thought that if i sync it to that, all my content will return to normal. After the sync completed, the latest text messages/images are from may. Where did the rest go? Is there a way that I can get all my context back?

Check to see if you were using Apple's other iPhone backup option, iCloud. Go to Settings > iCloud on your phone to see if there are any more recent backups done. If so, you can restore from that backup point(s). Otherwise whatever backups were on iTunes are the only ones you would have. You can check to see how many iPhone backups are in iTunes if you go to Edit > Preferences (Devices tab) in Windows or iTunes > Preferences (Devices tab) on a Mac. Also remember a 'sync' and a 'backup' are two different functions.