Why is my iphone only showing on itunes when it's plugged in?

All my apps and stuff only appear on my itunes when it's plugged in even though it says 'backing up data.'

My itunes is initially for my ipod, so seems to only recognise apps and stuff from my phone when it's plugged in. Which means in worst case scenarios such as loosing your phone (which I managed to do today). All my apps etc aren't anywhere for me to access without the phone. ://

Is there no possible way to get them to appear on my itunes.without having my phone with me?

My guess would e signing into your iTunes account, and downloading the apps again. I had the same problem when I updated my iPhone 4, and that's all I had to do.

Put the original att sim card in and activate in itunes

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