Originally Posted by
shady360 Hi all. I'm getting ready to install iOS 8 beta 4 on my 5s, and I have a question: I did an iCloud backup, can I restore after I update and have all my apps and settings (email, iMessage, etc) back, or am I starting from scratch like it's a new phone and hafta add everything back manually?
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You should be able to restore an iOS 7.x backup made
to your computer onto a phone running iOS 8 betas. You cannot, however, go the other way. (actually you can, but it’s a rather convoluted process to get there).
Originally Posted by From the release notes:
Backup and Restore
Known Issue: A restoration of an iCloud backup onto the same device the backup was taken from may not work properly. It may result in crashes of some apps.
Workaround: If you want to completely wipe the data from a device and restore it, use iTunes to backup and restore instead of iCloud.