Does Itunes Backup everytime?

[cobra302]

i just plugged my iphone in, and it started doing a backup, which took around 10-15 minutes. i've only had the phone since thursday, but had never had it take this long. normally it takes around 1 minute if that. after it finished, i hit the synch button again, and this time i didnt see the backup dialog, and the synch took place like normal, under 1 minute. is this common? does itunes only backup the phone every so often? thanks

 

[skaramanga]

It does a backup each time you plug it into your computer. If you sync again while it's plugged in it doesn't backup again.

 

[Matt74]

It backs up everything except jailbreak stuff. If an app modifies iPhone OS settings, such as how SBSettings can change your battery bar into a numeric percentage, than it'll back up that setting too.

 

[Tramain]

Back ups can take hours don't be worried.

 

[BradM73]

Yea, I'm backing up my old iPhone 3G and it's already been an hour, and the status bar in iTunes is only about two thirds done. Pain in the butt!

 

[Tramain]

If you are on windows you can press CTRL+ALT+Delete and look for applebackup and cancel.

 

[cobra302]

i did learn how to restore to a specific backup today! that was cool. i've noticed that my backups are taking a little less long now too. maybe it gets used to it after a while?