Can I restore from an iTunes backup after setting up as a new phone when a full reboot/restore has been carried out?

Can I restore from an iTunes backup after setting up as a new phone when a full reboot/restore has been carried out?

As @wjosten says. Note, however, that it is important to NOT sync the phone after resetting it. A Sync will overwrite the backup that you want to restore.

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    I have the latest version of iTunes and the iOS6 installed on my iPhone4. The restore from my iTunes backup stops at the end of the recovery process though. Do I need to change anything in my computer settings to let it totally finish?

    Texas1412 wrote:
    I recently upgraded to 10.5.8 from 10.3.9. I have a Powerbook G4. All was working well with no problems until I upgraded. Initially, everything was still working fine then after about a week it stopped connecting to the internet both wirelessly and via ethernet. It was down for about 2 weeks when I started to 'play' with the settings. I don't know what I did, but it worked again. The computer stopped working again about a month ago and I just am now getting to it. I don't know what else to do and why it stopped.
    You might try the three suggestions in the second message of this thread:
    http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10445592

  • Question about Restoring from an iTunes Backup

    I just did a restore from an iTunes backup on my iPhone 5 and noticed that the restore process seemed different than before.  iTunes went through the restore process and once it appeared that it had finished restoring, I went to the home screen and all of my apps from the previous backup were missing.  Then iTunes went into the syncing process and I saw each of the apps download onto the home screen one by one. Before I thought the restore process covered all of this in one action, whereas now it seems to do the first part of the restore then the app syncing.  Is this what a normal restore from iTunes backup looks like?

    The ability to load OS X Internet Recovery is provided by firmware independent of the SSD. Just make sure your MBP has the latest firmware, which was released years ago.
    You won't need a separate step to install OS X. Answered more completely in (2).
    Merely format the SSD Use Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) and as many partitions as you desire. One is sufficient.
    Only Crucial can answer that. You might be better off purchasing a SSD from a company known to support Macs, such as OWC / MacSales. I have several of their SSD products and haven't had to devote a moment of thought to Trim.
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    If you obtain your SSD from OWC that's really all you need to know. Mechanically, it's not much more complicated than installing memory. As far as recovering the original HD's contents, restoring from the Time Machine backup is also straightforward. TM doesn't know and doesn't care that it's a SSD.

  • Every time I connect my iphone 4 to itunes it wants to either restore from backup or set up as a new phone.

    every time I connect my iphone 4 to itunes it wants to either restore from backup or set up as a new phone. I've restored it 5 times already, i don't want to lose any of my data. Any ideas?

    I had the same issue. Tried unplugging whilst it was restoring about 5 times - didnt work. I ended up clicking "set up as new iphone" and TADA it worked. I can now edit on itunes. I do however have every single app I've EVER downloaded on my phone. Apple should really make it so they go back on exactly how they were before!

  • HT201269 I am setting up an iPhone 5. I selected "set up as a new phone" but now need to restore from iTunes back up. How do I access the appropriate screen in the iPhone 5 which I am setting up?

    I am setting up an iPhone 5. I selected "set up as a new phone" but now need to restore from iTunes back up. How do I access the appropriate screen in the iPhone 5 which I am setting up?

    The phone answered this for me - when I connected the iPhone5 to my computer it gave me a choice which included "restore from backup". Problem solved

  • Imac won't restore from time machine backup after HD (hard drive) recall replacement

    I have an imac bought in 2011, running Snow Leopard.  It required an HD replacement due to the 1 TB Seagate recall - the replacement was done by a certified Apple repair station yesterday.  Before the guy left he started a backup/restore from my latest time machine backup set.  It failed.  I attempted it two times and got error messages that it failed and the computer needed to be restarted to try it again.  No luck.  I called the guy back and he told me to call Apple Care.  Not thrilled about that response since the guy had just left my house I did what he told me to do.  (A quick sideline here:  I recognize that a time machine backup should be no big deal and SHOULD work everytime, but it doesn't.  It irks me that Apple is replacing my HD through no fault of mine and yet they don't allow the restore of data to be a "covered" expense in this process - this isn't just because this was an authorized repair guy - the Apple store would have done the same). 
    Back to the issue.  When I called apple care they pretty much had me try the same thing again with an earlier back up set.  To my knowledge, it didn't work.  I say this because it looked like it was working and when I came back to the imac later, it had restarted and once again booted to the OSX install.  (The boot disc is still in the imac).  When I tried to boot from another location, one did not show up to boot from so I assumed that the data didn't transfer and it forced another restart.  So, I tried something else.  I tried to re-install the snow leopard OSX without using the restore function.  That appeared to work and then when the machine restarted it asked if I had another mac and I chose the option to get the files/apps/etc. from my time machine backup.  The computer chose what I can only assume is the most recent backup set (It chose what I know to be a subfolder that appears under the dated backup folder - Macintosh HD--which btw is confusing seeing as that's always the name of the HD on the imac).  I again stepped away from the computer so it could do its thing for two hours.  When I returned, I was back to the MAC OSX screen that asks you to choose a language.  There were no more options to choose DISK UTILITY or RESTORE FROM BACKUP, etc.  When I clicked on English it took me right back into the screen where you say whether you have another Apple that you want to transfer data from.  I realized that the imac must have restarted and I assumed maybe it was because the boot disk was still in - except how do you get the disc to eject?  I also initially assumed that the backup had somehow failed again and triggered a restart.  I tried to choose the option to just set up the machine without transferring data and when I got to the choose a name for your HOME folder message I tried to enter the same name I had it as before and it wouldn't allow me to do so, saying that that name was already in use.  I also tried a different name and that didn't work either - got the same message (I assume if it is not the same name that it won't sync up with the time machine data from the backup set).  So, I almost tried the "select time machine backup" option again until I looked at my HD space.  Clearly, there is space that has been used.  HD space was 997 at the start and now it's 636. My initial thought is to somehow get back into the setup area where I can use disc utility and erase the whole thing and then start over but 1) I don't think it's going to work even if I could get back there 2) I have no idea how to get this thing to reboot into that mode 3) I can't get the boot CD out to even try to restart to see if this thing did what it was supposed to, SO NOW I AM TOTALLY STUCK!  I have not called Apple Care back because quite frankly they were useless the first time.  I have a call into the repair guy but who knows how much help he will be.  In the mean time, I have a million things to do and a computer that isn't working - Whoever said Apples never have issues needs to be seriously censored!
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    One other note is that the Apple Care agent tried to have me do something called a "Source" something or other from the disk utility screen but when she realized that my backup file (shown by date) contained many other sub files (11-27-12/MacintoshHD/MyNamesIMAC/etc.), it was not possible to run this operation - thus we aborted.  Sorry I don't remember the name of the process and unfortunately now can't access that option to go find it. 
    If you can help me, I would be eternally grateful!  I am open to having a phone conversation if you are willing to give me your email to mail you my number. I have so much work to do this week and this was the last thing I needed.  Did I mention this was supposed to be EASY?
    I used to be quite the geek with my PC - still on the learning curve with the mac but not enjoying it.  I am fairly tech savvy and I can follow instructions for a step by step solution if you've got one. 

    I got a recall and had the drive replaced. I have retored 3 timesa dn even had apple do the job and it is still not right. I still can't get a simple ghost of the data from time machineback tot he new drive. 
    This is Apple's explaination as taken from their web page.:
    Restoring your entire system from a backup
    If you are restoring a backup made by a Mac to the same Mac
    With your backup drive connected, start up your Mac from the Recovery system (Command-R at startup) or Mac OS X v10.6 installation disc. Then use the "Restore From Time Machine Backup" utility.
    Note: If "You can't restore   this backup because it was created by a different model of Mac" appears  when restoring  a backup that was  made on a different Mac, follow the onscreen instructions.
    I even posted this information on the community and apple removed it... because they don't like the:
    Off-topic or non-technical posts
    Non-constructive rants or complaints
    But here is my experieince:
    Take in 27iMac running 10.6.8, 5-7 days, what a joke, my boss will be happy to pay for a week without working. Finally get, "if you have TM back up, 3 days." Get machine back with 10.6.3, hit the R recovery, click TM back up, runs for 2 hours, reboots, looks great. Box up take back to office... update to install - OH NO, still running 10.6.3. Updates crash with no specific error on install, BUG PROBELM, nothing runs.
    Call Apple... after hours, tells me to boot using 10.6.2 disk, wipe, reinstall OS, udate to 10.6.8, THEN do the restore. GREAT! Only thing 10.6.2 DVD won't read... now back on phone... take back to the store, Genius says, he'll ix it just like it was. PROMISES it'll be fixed.
    Pick up next day, supposedly, booted to disk, wiped drive, reinstalled, updated to 10.6.8 and THEN did the RIGHT restore... Looks GREAT... apps run and 10.6.8 OS. Back to the office... NOT RUNNING right!!!... fonts messed up, drop box app needs new install, cocktail needs upgrade, Fetch not working, memorized paths gone... back ups locked out of permissions... ***!!
    4 hours on phone with apple and still no rsolution - to missing "settings". Seems there are THREE WAYS TO RESTORE (according to apply tech)... Running MIGRATE ASSISTANT and being able to choose your files, including settings, "R" RESTORE after they load a new OS... or NOW WAITING for them to send me a bootable 10.6.3 disk and then boot from disk, w/o installing OS and doing a restore from TM. I think this is done via the disk Utilties application.
    So now can't back up without doing a full 400 GB back up since permissons are screwed and possibly destroying any good back ups... can't work, like having hands tied behind back. WAITING for solution! Very upset!!!
    I did my first restore just like they said and now an 10 days without proper machine. Just FYI. I thnk I am going to make the store do the tech work so I have somthing to fall back on.

  • HT201269 How do I transfer my info to my new phone if it was clicked to set up as a new phone instead of clicked to restore from icloud

    how do I transfer my things from my old phone to my new phone if at set up it was clicked to set up as a new phone instead of restore from icloud

    Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings
    Go back and set up the device, this time tap Restore From iCloud

  • Can I restore from Time Machine backup after replacing hard drive

    I'm planning on replacing the 250GB hard drive in my mid 2010 13 inch MBP with a larger one. My MBP comes with Snow Leopard, and I've installed Lion and recently Mountain Lion from App Store. Can I use my Snow Leopard disc to boot up the laptop after replacing the hard drive, and restore Mountain Lion and everything else from the latest backup in Time Machine without having to install Snow Leopard?

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities
    Press Command and R keys while your Mac is starting and restore your backup. You shouldn't use 10.6 to restore the Mountain Lion backup

  • Why would it be preferable to reinstall OS X rather than restore from time machine backup after Internet recovery?

    Hello,
    I have not been able to startup my less than one year old MacBook Air (had flashing question mark folder on grey screen and startup manager only appeared once but froze) and so finally managed to do Internet recovery.
    Now get 4 options:
    Restore from TM backup
    Reinstall OS X
    Get help online
    Disk utility
    I'm really new to mac and am wondering why the kind user here who has answered my previous questions has recommended reinstall over restore option? And why not disk utility which says it could repair a disk...although it also says it could erase a disk which sounds pretty scary to me!
    Also, am I right in thinking reinstall would be like the reformatting I did on pc, ie will get me back to a 'new' system?
    And if I choose this option can I then get the majority of my stuff back from time machine backup on external hd?
    Thank you for your help with this.
    E.

    I'm really new to mac and am wondering why the kind user here who has answered my previous questions has recommended reinstall over restore option?
    Apparently that was dominic23 and hopefully this person will see this post.
    Will not startup...help!: Apple Support Communities

  • Is there a way to restore from an iTunes backup without installing iOS6?

    Prior to the release of iOS 6, I could restore an iOS device from a backup (on computer).
    The iPad is running iOS 5.1.1. Although the user has a recent backup, she does not want to upgrade to iOS 6 at this time.
    Is there a way to restore without upgrading to the latest firmware?

    I would think this would work:
    While connected to iTunes, right-click the device's icon and choose "Restore from backup ..."
    I've never personally done that, but I would think you would not be forced to upgrade your iOS.

  • Can restoring from an iTunes backup restore voicemails?

    I need to recover a voicemail that I very intentionally did NOT delete back in December 2012.  However, being as there is no way (at least that I am familiar with) to intentionally SAVE a voicemail on the iPhone, it no longer shows up on my VM list or deleted messages.  Is there anyway to find and restore this VM? 

    Voicemails are under the control of the carrier.  You don't need to delete them, the carrier will.  If there is a VM that you desire to protect, the carrier will need to tell you what that process looks like.  I'm pretty sure this works much better before the fact than after.

  • I cannot restore from an iCloud backup after erasing iPhone 4 on 6.1.3. Any tips? Any help is greatly appreciated.

    I erased my phone through settings. I made a backup using iCloud. Now, no iCloud backups will restore. Just get the same message. Cannot Restore Backup

    You're welcome , yes you could put the iphone on dfu if its on recovery mode have agreat day

  • TS4605 I backed up my Icloud before deleting the information from my PC. When I deleted my contacts from my PC it wiped out my Contacts in Icloud.  I tried restoring from my Icloud backup, but the file is corrupted. Is there a way to restore my contacts

    How can I restore my Icloud contacts  if they all disappeared  from the CLOUD and the backup I made is corrupted?
    Is there a previous version online?

    If you deleted them and they are not in the trash can, and you did not back them up before you deleted them they are gone.

  • HT201272 Itunes purchased songs have disappeared from my Itunes Store after i changed the billing details on my appleID.  My appleID has remained the same. I changed from a US credit card to a UK credit card and back to a US card. Thoughts?

    My songs purchaed from Itunes in the past no longer show up when i log into my Itunes account with my AppleID.  I have always used the same Apple ID, but i suspect it relates to the fact that I changed the billing information from a US card, to a UK card and then back to a US card.
    The only songs showing up are the ones from my most recent purchases, but none of my prior purchases.
    Is there a way to add these back?

    Apple requires that you be a resident of the country of the store that you wish to use, supply a credit card issued by a bank in that country, with a verifiable billing address in that country.

  • TS4036 Can you restore from an earlier backup then go to a newer backup

    Trying to recover some old app info need to know if I can restore to an older backup get info then go back to a newer backup

    It would work, if icloud still has the older backup.  I would definitely suggest that you perform a backup to iTunes.  Many users have had problems with restores (losing pictures and other datat).  So after you are done with the older icloud backup, restore from the iTunes backup.
    Even if iTunes says it’s backing up your iPhone or iPad to iCloud, all you have to do when your device is connected is right-click on it in iTunes and choose “Backup.” It’s that easy.

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