My contacts keep dropping out of my contacts randomly. I created a duplicate backup and renamed it, then I renamed my iPhone 4 and created a backup, thinking that when I went to restore from the previous backup under the old name that it would still be in the list (it wasn't). I went to my backup files and see the file there but do not see it when I try to restore manually through iTunes. recover my missing contacts and inform me of why my contacts drop off randomly. I currently use mobileme also and am not sure if this is the culprit.
I have updated my iPhone 4 to 5.1.1 and I can't restore my backup files because when I try to restore my backup iTunes shows that the backup is corrupted or not compatible with the iPhone
When setting up my new iPhone 4s, should I restore from icloud or itunes backup? Or set up as a new iPhone? The phone number is staying the same from my iPhone 4.
I have lost ~20 pictures I took during my family's 4th of July event this weekend. It was the first time they have met my 17 month old daughter. Normally I wouldn't sweat loosing pictures, but these are very important to me.It restored every picture up until the backup I did before I left Sunday morning. I have tried A few different backups, one I made before I erased and synced my phone(new computer, old one was my work computer, no access to it).
I'm planning to restore my iPhone while updating to iOS 4 since I've bee using the same old backup for 3 years or so now, installed a bunch of thing etc... so I want to start from scratch.
The only thing I don't want to lose are my SMS.I also don't want to jailbreak my iPhone. What are the solution to backup only my SMS (so not regular iTunes backup) and then restore that only to my freshly installed iOS4?
I finally updated my iPhone to 5.1. I waited so long because of the fiasco updating my iPod Touch when 5.0 first came out. I thought it worked, I was pleased Apple worked out the bugs. Lo and behold, all of my apps and folders disappeared before my eyes. No problem I thought, I did a back up. Restore from back up. Fifteen minutes later, it looks exactly the same. Isn't a backup supposed to be of everything on the system so that if something goes wrong, you just revert back to the back up and either try again or wait for the process to be fixed? Seriously, get your stuff together.
if I restore factory setting to my iPhone, is it still possible to restore the backup from itune/ icloud to get the purchased apps and other informations?
I just updated to iOS 5.1.1 on my 3GS phone, previously using 5.0, while plugged into the computer and iTunes 10.6.3. I had the phone set to backup to iCloud, and ran a sync operation before updating.Does that not also create a backup?When the restore process began, it asked if I wanted to set up as a new phone or restore from backup. However the list of available backups did not have anything from today.The last one listed was from October 2011.So I cancelled that operation, went through the new phone setup and then it asked if I wanted to restore from iCloud. So I chose the most recent iCloud backup which was from around 6 AM this morning. Now it is in the process of downloading all my apps, pics, and perhaps music as well. I don't know but it's going to take HOURS to finish this.
Anyway I opened some apps that have already downloaded, and some app data appears to be intact. But other apps have nothing after October 2011. And I'm talking apps that have tracked my fitness and workout progress over the past 6 months, bike rides in the past few months, car fuel fillup and maintenance history since October, I'm talking LOTS of data that appears to be gone.What did I do wrong here? Did I not do what I should have done regarding backups? What is the point of backing up to iCloud if it's not going to back up all my app data?
I have been using my iPhone 4 as an iPod for a while because I'm waiting for AT&T to unlock it. I wanted to restore my phone to backup in my computer, but the restore button only restored my phone to factory settings, and it now tells me to activate the phone but I don't have the original SIM. Is there a way to restore to backup without activating the phone?
My 'backup and restore' app won't back up my text messages... it backs up the other things on the list for example the contacts, call logs, brower history etc. I would like to save the messages before I update my phone.Or unless there is another way of saving my messages, i.e. saving them onto a pc or something.I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro.
I had faced this issue when i last updated my phone when the 2.1 had come out.. I installed the latest Backup and Restore application as recomended by the SE update site.. Then backed up my files onto an already existing backup (which i think has corrupted the backup), hence overwriting the file.. After that i upgraded to 2.1 and restored my files, which failed because the contacts were not successfully imported (even though the Backup and Restore app said that the import was succesful.)
i was asked to repair the firmware using PC companion and hence want to backup succesfully without any problems. I cant risk loosing my contacts again. And i want to know from others in this forum if they have faced this issue on normal backup (not overwritten on an existing backup). [URL]
I'm considering trying a JB on my phone, but I do not want to deal with plugging it in just to restart. To some people it's not a big deal, but my personal preference is to not have to deal with it. I just want to make sure I have the process correct:
1. Perform a backup of my iPhone in iTunes. 2. D/L, install, run Blackra1n 3. Phone will be JB'd, possibly untethered, which would be awesome. 4. If it ends up being a tethered JB, and I wish to undo everything, I can just restore from that backup in iTunes.
I broke my old iPhone 3G (16GB) so today I went to the Apple store, and got a new one for free by setting up an AT&T account (this free iPhone 3G is 8GB). I got home, plugged it in my laptop, and wanted to transfer my stuff from my old phone over to my new one so I clicked restore from last backup. When I did so, I got this error message: iTunes could not restore the iPhone because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the iPhone that is being restored. I need to restore from my last backup but apparently it's corrupted?
Had a problem with iphone, was issued a new one. In setting up iphone it restored from the wrong backup and I do not have my photos, favorite contacts, Can you restore from a specific backup
I was not aware of the 5.0 issues and upgraded 'to the latest version'. Then I had to chose to backup again and chose the wrong one. I need to restore from a later backup as I've currently got a backup from 2010, not from last week on my phone.
I accidentally hook my wife's phone up to itunes and instead of backing her phone up I back it up with my settings an the only backup I have for her its too old and lost a lot of contacts.
i need to restore my iphone 3gs (5.0.1) how can i take copy from my apps . sms . contacts and where i can find it in my mac (Mac OS X 10.6.8) and after i restore my iphone i want to contrall in names sms apps waht i need to transfer to iphone agian and waht i need to not transfer it?
I recently got a 3gs, and would like to restore the phone from my previous 3g backup. When I went to do this, an error came up saying there was a firmware incompatibility issue. Is there anyway of getting the data onto the new phone? I am syncing the phone on a different computer to the 3g, so the backup file has been moved from one itunes to another. The old computer was a poiwerbook g4, the new one is a black macbook.
I've recently restored my iPhone to its original settings and now I'm trying to restore my latest backup and it doesnt work. The message that I get is 'iTunes could not restore the iPhone because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the iPhone that is being restore'.
Note: I backed up the file the day before restoring it to its original settings so I do not think that compatibility is an issue.
If I switch from my old 3GS to a new 4S, how can I backup and restore my SMS? They are quite a few and I don't want to loose them. As I understood searching this community, SMS are the one thing which is NOT part of the backup in iTunes, right? If so - WHY?
When I switched from my old Nokia N95 8GB to the 3GS, I made a backup of all my old SMS with some backup software which exported all the SMS data (e.g. time stamp, phone number, text,...) in a *.csv. Is there any chance to import them into the iPhone?
My phone getting stuck on a black screen with a circle loading in it. It occurred after I have restored my phone from factory settings then restoring it from back up. Upon trying to restore it from a recent backup, the phone always end up not finishing the sync and the phone restarts and whenever I try opening the phone w/o connecting it to the computer, it just gets stuck on the same process and eventually restarts. The phone could run normally if I wont restore it from back up but that would be very much of a hassle since I would be syncing everything from the start, I guess that would be my last resort aside from sending this back to apple to have it checked. I also received an error that states "iTunes was unable to load provider data from Sync Services. Reconnect or try again later."
I lost my 5s at the bottom of a lake. I've been limping along with a dumb phone for the few weeks before the new iPhone 6 ships.Â
I have a backup from right before I lost the 5s. I'm planning to buy an iPhone 6 right away. Â
My question: Since my backup is iOS 7, not 8---and since the iPhone 6 comes with iOS 8 installed---how can I restore my data from my backup in the older iOS onto my new phone? Is it possible?
How and why is this? I personally am worried by this myth/maybe fact because I do not feel that my iPhone 4 is experiencing tremendous battery life, and I did restore it from a backup on my old 3G. Now, if this actually were the issue.. when Apple releases the next iOS update, 4.0.1 or 4.1... would this then fix the issue as it's new software being installed to override the old?
