IPhone :: How To Locate / Check 3G Backup Files On Computer
May 11, 2012
I followed the steps given to find evidence of backup, particularly of texts, but really cannot find that it is backed up anywhere on my computer. How to locate those files? I definitely want to keep them before switching over to my new iphone, since the new SIM card is not going to work in the old phone anymore....
I have Vista on my desktop computer. I see Xoom under "My Computer", I found "Device Storage" and started copying the files from Xoom to a new folder. All of a sudden Vista stopped copying the folders and daid it can't read from the device.ow after updating the drivers with Download Motorola 5.2.0 Driver with MotoHelper* , checking to see if USB Debugging is unchecked and pulling my hair out, there is no Device Storage displaying to access. My Xoom shows under "My Computer" but then after double clikcing to access the Xoom, it's empty..
I recently restored my iPhone4 on my Mac computer and I'm absolutely freaking out because my iTunes will not locate the correct backup (even when I left click on the iPhone icon in iTunes tool bar and select "Restore from Backup"). However, I can locate the file on my computer from the Library/ApplicationSupport/MobileSync/Backup. I've tried dragging it a bunch of different places/renaming the file to get it to show up in iTunes but nothing's working I saw that before I completed the most recent backup, it said the date before that was around mid-Jan 2012. The only backup file my iTunes can find is from 2010! My phone is not jail broken but if that's what it would take to get all of my data back.... I'm basically deserate.
My original computer died, and I don't have a phyical back up of my data. If I try to sync the device to a new computer will I lose everything currently on my phone? If so, is there a way around this?
I backed up my iphone to my computer before going to Apple Store where my phone was replaced. Once home I synced up and my apps were restored but not the pictures and video.
Are they there or were they not backed up? If they are there why weren't they restored and what can I do to restore them?
I have my iPhone synced with my home computer and I play the songs on my work computer. No transfering, just plug in and play on iTunes. Here is where I am having issues, when I start playing a playlist, if the song is not checked it will skip it (or in the case of some playlists none are checked and it will only play the one I double click). How can I check other songs to be played? Although I click the little box to get a check mark while at work - they never appear.
Now that I have my phone back to the D radio, I am ready to move on and so I will ask a detailed question here : Where do I load mp3 files from my computer to my P6,, i.e., where do I put them? After they are put onto the phone and I am using a player of some kind, how do I get the player to locate the files it needs to play and then play them all one after another?
I have a Pearl, doesn't connect to PC, no internet. My brother is letting me use his Curve to transfer a theme to my Pearl. Now basically, i need to know how and where to transfer the Pearl theme to (while the curve is plugged in, and the pearl's micro sd is in it) then remove the SD card and put the SD card it in the pearl, then locate the theme.
When i open the folders for the micro SD card on the computer,(while in the curve) i see no folder for apps or themes. I transfer the alx and cod file into every folder there but i can't find it when i put the micro sd back in my pearl
The next thing ive tried was installing it as an app thru BB manager, it said it transferred ok, but i cant find it on the micro sd card (do they go right to the curves own memory maybe??)
Brand new iPhone 5s, plugged into iTunes to sync music etc, but it didn't back up, just came up with a red cross saying 'iPhone cannot backup onto this computer'
When I updated my 4s to the IOS 5.1 the back up did not work. I had to restore since my phone was going wack and now the back up is saying it wont work and it will not let me sync. Is there any way I can get my backup files, I can not afford to lose them. Do they save somewhere on the computer? I am just so mad that I lost all my photos and memos and all that good stuff.
I switched phones a while ago and updated to iOS 5. When I got my new phone, iTunes correctly treated it like a new device. I have lots of pictures in a device backup file in iTunes (or do I?). (Location of device backups: Preferences > Devices) I can see the old device backups I did before updating to iOS 5 last October. Is there a way, without "wacking" my iPhone and restoring it to an older version, to get the pictures out of those device backups?
Im trying to recover my text messages from a previous back up. I want to view them on my computer. Ive tried going into the backup files but none of the files have an extension on them so i dont seem to be able to open them.
i am trying to backup my iphone, i dont know where the backup files and how could i know if it did backup?it doesnt give any messege when its done backup and it doesnt take a seconds and then trying to transfer purchases it give this messegewhen i choose store > authorize this computer gives this messege but actually it didnt and gives the same first messege i want to restore my iphone but without loosing applications and information.
I have two different .ipd files and want to combine them to make one .ipd file to put onto my blackberry. I have some data on each of the backup files that I need to be combined with each other. Ive tried using ABC Amber Blackberry but had no luck.
So like, I have iTunes on this computer that has the perfect back up for my iPhone, but it can't connect to any internets so I can't restore it. Is there a way for me to get that backup file and stuff and put it on a flash drive so I can put it on a different computer that can connect to internet and back up my phone?
And yeah I tried using these file destinations;
On Windows XP: Documents and Settings(username)Application DataApple ComputerMobileSyncBackup
On Windows Vista and Windows 7: Users(username)AppDataRoamingApple ComputerMobileSyncBackup
But I had no luck in finding anything after (username). Like, I don't have 'Application Data' or 'AppData' as a folder on my computer. Any help would be a lifesaver, seriously.
I am a new iphone user. I recently did a back up of my iphone to my computer when my iphone was return to Apple for some technical checking. I just got my phone back but I am not sure how to transfer everything back to my iphone. I hooked up my iphone to the computer and it sync from iTune all the apps but my contacts and sms messages are not downloaded.
I have been researching the way to copy my iPhone contacts to my computer so that I do not lose them if I have a malfunction and this also enables me to download the contacts to my auto Bluetooth.
Where can I find the backup file for my iPhone on my computer? I have searched everywhere I know and can't find it. Is it in iTunes somewhere? I don;'t need to restore, I just want to know where it is.
I recently built my new computer. I didn't back up my old library. Now when I plug in my iPhone 4 it tells me I have to restore. If I restore, I lose over 2000 songs and lots of data. How do I set this computer as the new host AND get all of my files off of the phone onto this computer?
my hard drive recently failed on my laptop , i used some software recovery tools to get the files back , meanwhile i also got a new i phone and want to use my old backup files on my new i phone .
on the files i recovered i went to the location mobilesync>backup>(the really long folder name) and in there are loads of other really long file names , but the problem is they do not say .mddata or .mdinfo , so when i go to transfer the files from the data recovery program to the correct folder on my new hard drive it jus says 2 files have the same name and to skip or rename them ,
if anyone can understand this do they know of any solutions or different software to recover the files with the .mddata and .mdinfo still there ?
My husband's iPhone backup folders contain files with just snippets of text in them. They don't look like the backup files from websites that he's been to on his phone, but do look like my backup files from iMessages. He insists they are not backups of imessage or other text messages.
i would like to ask about the "where itune backup are restored on your computer". i am following the instruction under the window vista and windows 7, and the note mention that we have to press the "RETURN"key, what is the return key??
I have backed up my Iphone onto Windows 7 and would like to open and read the file. I have downloaded SQLite Database browser. Either, how do I use that to read my messages or where else can I read them? I would prefer not to use a web browser.