Backup folder has files but restores as if it was empty !! Will pay for help

Please help me out if you can...basically long story short I upgraded to 4.3.3 then downgraded to 4.1 and for some reason when I restore from backup everything is blank (no pics,sms,contacts) yet the folder contains everything in it. I know this because if I change the file extension the things are there. Whenever I restore from backup (the latest one) It doesn't show anything. Yet when I go manually to the folder everything is there. Could someone help me, Im guessing the pics and movies I could change the name one by one but my SMS and contacts are whats troublesome. Thanks. I would like to take the easy way out and hopefully I could change or edit a file name so when I do restore from backup it puts everything back.
Ill paypal a donation to anyone that helps me correctly fix my problem.

 

yes I received this message initially but found out how to fix it. FYI you have to edit the plist file in the backup folder to the version and build number of the old firmware.

 

It works but I figured out for some reason even though everything is in the folder (even the VLC movies I had) when I restore from the backup everything is blank. I gave up hope so I set up as new phone and starting new on 4.3.3 but thanks anyway.

http://modmyi.com/forums/3g-s-downg...phone-software-too-old-after-downgrade-3.html

PS if for some reason you get an error just restart computer and try again. It worked after I restarted my comp.