How can I restore my contacts from iCloud, after a full restore, without restoring my purchases?
Hi everyone! I am having a very poor battery life and I have a lot of apps, which I do believe its time to refresh the system so I thought about restoring my iPhone to a new iPhone, but I don't want to lose my contacts, they're very important; on my computer in the summary section of my iPhone I have the "Backup to this Computer" and not iCloud backup, and I read on apples site that restoring using iCloud will cause all the apps to start installing. I want a completely fresh OS without losing my contacts, how can I attain this? If not, is there a way to restore minimum amount of data rather than the whole OS? Thanks you for the help!
Please understand two very different uses of "iCloud" that will come up:
1. "iCloud" as you use it above is a source of an iPhone backup. The iCloud backup of an iPhone does not contain contacts. Here is what it does contain:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2584
2. "iCloud" can be used to house (not back up) your coontacts, just as it can be used to house your calendar, notes, etc.
So, my suggestion is you restore your iPhone as a new iPhone, but first, save your contacts in iCloud. Once your contacts are saved there, you can retrieve them by simply going to Settings > iCloud and turning on Contacts.
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