- Jul 26, 2009
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Hi,
I have a question regarding backing-up & re-syncing specific parts of my backup (or alternative ways of doing this). I hope this all makes sense......
I originally had a a 3G which was jailbroken. I upgraded to a iP4 & created the phone data from the backup of the 3G. Certain remanents of the jailbreak also transferred over (emticons, numeric wifi etc), but it never caused any real problems or issues anywhere.
Since having the 4, I have noticed that throughout the day I struggle to send & receive data over 3G, despite having a full 3G signal. It tends to mainly happen during the day time & occasionaly in the evenings (although I'm normally connected via wifi when at home in the evenings). At first I thought it was a network issue, but this has been checked numerous times, & each time the network is fine, as is my account & all my settings etc. Other people with iP4's & on the same network in my office also don't have the same problem.
I spoke to someone from Apple & they suggested it was actually the phone & possibly from where I have created the phone from a previous jailbreak backup. They suggested clearing the phone & starting from scratch via iTunes.
Now, my problem is this: I have always avoided using iTunes to store info etc. Anything imported into my phone is then deleted from iTunes & I certainly don't use it to manage any of my day to day stuff, such as contacts - I do all this directly from the phone itself.
So what I need is a method to backup all my current data, create a new/clean phone in iTunes & then import said data back in. Obviously I can't restore from a backup of the phone at any point as this will just put everything back the way it was (currently is) & won't solve the problem.
The main things I want to be able to save & re-import are my contacts & SMS history. I have tried using Gmail to sync my contacts, but again, I have never managed them through this & after trying to use it, it only saved a few from my iPhone & then duplicated lots in the phone itself (possibly me not doing it correctly, but I followed everything I was supposed to do as far as I'm aware).
Any suggestions on how to accomplish saving & re-importing my pics, contacts, notes, SMS' etc (but mainly just the contacts & SMS')?!
Many thanks,
Steve
I have a question regarding backing-up & re-syncing specific parts of my backup (or alternative ways of doing this). I hope this all makes sense......
I originally had a a 3G which was jailbroken. I upgraded to a iP4 & created the phone data from the backup of the 3G. Certain remanents of the jailbreak also transferred over (emticons, numeric wifi etc), but it never caused any real problems or issues anywhere.
Since having the 4, I have noticed that throughout the day I struggle to send & receive data over 3G, despite having a full 3G signal. It tends to mainly happen during the day time & occasionaly in the evenings (although I'm normally connected via wifi when at home in the evenings). At first I thought it was a network issue, but this has been checked numerous times, & each time the network is fine, as is my account & all my settings etc. Other people with iP4's & on the same network in my office also don't have the same problem.
I spoke to someone from Apple & they suggested it was actually the phone & possibly from where I have created the phone from a previous jailbreak backup. They suggested clearing the phone & starting from scratch via iTunes.
Now, my problem is this: I have always avoided using iTunes to store info etc. Anything imported into my phone is then deleted from iTunes & I certainly don't use it to manage any of my day to day stuff, such as contacts - I do all this directly from the phone itself.
So what I need is a method to backup all my current data, create a new/clean phone in iTunes & then import said data back in. Obviously I can't restore from a backup of the phone at any point as this will just put everything back the way it was (currently is) & won't solve the problem.
The main things I want to be able to save & re-import are my contacts & SMS history. I have tried using Gmail to sync my contacts, but again, I have never managed them through this & after trying to use it, it only saved a few from my iPhone & then duplicated lots in the phone itself (possibly me not doing it correctly, but I followed everything I was supposed to do as far as I'm aware).
Any suggestions on how to accomplish saving & re-importing my pics, contacts, notes, SMS' etc (but mainly just the contacts & SMS')?!
Many thanks,
Steve
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