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Safe to use iTunes to restore post jailbreak?

anon(5895641)

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Ok so I finally decided to jailbreak my iPhone 5 using Evasion since it came with 6.1.2. I was smart enough to backup with itunes before jailbreaking & I made a copy of that backup folder on my mac desktop. My question is now that my iPhone is jailbroken & I regularly sync it with iTunes which creates a backup everytime, if that day comes where I want to revert back to stock & update to the latest IOS would it be safe to restore using that backup file post jailbreak (like will I run into issues using that backup file) or would it be a better idea to use that backup file I saved before the jailbreak? Hope my question is not confusing lol.
 

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When restoring your device, it will update to the latest version and most people recommends to start it up as a new device to avoid any issues. You could try the backup and if something goes wrong, you can always restore and start over again.

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Yeah I know restoring will update IOS to the latest version hence getting rid of the jailbreak. What I really even care about are my contacts & text. Everything else I can download over on app store & music is saved on iTunes.
 

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For the most part you're alright using the backup. I used the backup from my jailbroken iPhone4 on my stock iPhone5 until evasi0n came out. There were a couple of remnants, but nothing that was too much for me to worry about.
 

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