Can you back up ALL the settings on the iPhone?

I was reading here from another post http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/service/battery/ about the battery replacement process and noticed that it said "It is important to sync your iPhone with iTunes to back up your contacts, photos, email account settings, text messages, and more."
Anyone know how you would back up your text messages? Is it possible? Im a backup fanatic and would love to know how to make sure every last detail on this iPhone is backed up including text messages.
Anyone hear of a software update coming at all for the iPhone? Any little thing? MMS? Battery meter? Anything?
PS . The longer I use my iPhone and charge it nightly, the battery seems to be getting better and better. Very happy about that

iCloud as it is today is not really designed for backing up your mac. Photo Stream is designed as a way to move photos from one device to another but not intended to be a backup. There are a number of online backup options such as http://www.code42.com/crashplan/ and http://mozy.com/#slide-5
I use an external hard drive for Time Machine backup but I also use an online service for protection in the event of theft or fire where the external drive would probably also be gone.

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1. What format is the external drive? It sounds like it's ina format that Macs can't write to. Is it a NAS or NTFS?
2. Easiest thing: just move your iPhoto Library to the external
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
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Deleting the backup only permanently deletes the backup from iCloud. It doesn't do anything to the data currently in your account or on your devices. To delete it, go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup>Manage Storage, tap the name of the device that you want to delete the backup for, then tap Delete Backup.
You can't see anything in an iCloud backup, if that's want you're asking. You can only restore it to your device. You can, of course, see your other iCloud data.

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Hello Jpahlphoto!
I'm sorry to learn about the issues mentioned in your post. Let's fix this for you OK?
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http://bit.ly/16hQAlr
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Archived - iTunes for Mac reports error -50 when trying to authorize iTunes Store purchases
Products Affected
iTunes 7 for Mac, iTunes 8 for Mac, iTunes 9 for Mac
This article has been archived and is no longer updated by Apple.
Symptoms
After installing the Mac OS X 10.4.9 Update, iTunes may be unable to properly authorize your computer to play your iTunes Store purchases.
Resolution
The following steps will delete your network preferences. Most broadband connections do not require any special settings to connect, but if your connection does or if you are not sure, please contact your ISP or network administrator for further assistance.
Important: You must be logged in as an Administrator.
Click the Finder icon in the Dock.
Choose Go to Folder from the Go menu.
Type /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
Click Go.
In the Finder window, locate the file named NetworkInterfaces.plist.
Drag this file to the Trash.
Restart the computer.
Once your computer has restarted. You will not be able to connect to the Internet. Now you will need to refresh your network settings to be able to connect again.
Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
Choose Network from the View menu.
To refresh your network settings, from the Location pop-up menu, choose New Location.
Type a name for your location and click OK.
Click the Apply Now at the bottom right to accept the changes.
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Contacts are not a part of back up.
Contacts are sync with a compatible programme on your computer depending on your operating system (Windows or Mac). For example, Microsoft Outlook (for both Windows and Mac), Windows Contacts (for Windows) and Addressbook (for Mac).
Or contacts are also backed up in iCloud (depending if you chose to do so).
So, sync back the contacts from any of these programmes. If you have not made a backup of your contacts in any of these progammes, then they are gone.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296

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AT this point all your data is already gone.
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Can you back up an iPod without putting in the passcode?

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Can you back up ALL the settings on the iPhone?

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