How do I back up my phone settings when doing a restore

How do I back up my phone settings when doing a restore? Or do I need to ?

This article explains how to back up your phone, then restore the backup to your new phone to transfer your data and settings: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2109.
You can use the same sim card if it's the same carrier and a compatible size. You would need to contact your carrier to have the service transferred to the new phone.

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Hi there Violet74,
You may find the two articles below helpful.
iOS: How to back up and restore your content
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296
-Girff W.

How do I back up my iPhone 5s when iTunes doesn't recognize my phone?

I haven't backed up my iPhone 5s for a couple of months and I received a message that my data exceeds iCloud storage. The other day I connected my phone to my iMac and pulled up iTunes and a screen popped up asking me if this was a new phone! I'm afraid to proceed because I'm guessing I will lose all of my "Notes" and pictures that exceeded the storage limit on iCloud. Any suggestions as to how I can back up my phone and not lose information stored on my phone?
One more note, I haven't been able to update to the lates IOS version 7.1 because it needs 2.5GB of storage and I want to back up before I make space available.
Thank you so much!!

DEVICE NOT RECOGNISED IN ITUNES
If you have connected your device to your computer and it does not appear in the side bar in iTunes then for Windows computers read http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538 or if you have a MAC then readhttp://support.apple.com/kb/ts1591 for troubleshooting steps.
try also
RESET DEVICE
Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the home button together until the apple logo appears (ignore the ON/OFF slider) then let both buttons go and wait for device to restart (no data will be lost).

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5 - Click on the Create button.
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HT201269 Hi. I have recently finished with an emplyer and have backed up my phone and when i go to restore the back to another phone it is asking me to turn off the "find my iphone" before the restor can start. Pronlem is im no longer in possesion of this

Hi. I have recently finished with an emplyer and have backed up my phone and when i go to restore the back up to another phone it is asking me to turn off the "find my iphone" before the restore can start. Pronlem is im no longer in possesion of this phone and can not turn it off.
Any assistance would be great

It's not referring to your old phone, it's referreing to the one you're trying to restore to. Where did you get the phone you're trying to restore the backup to?

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You're welcome.
The 6.1.4 update had nothing to do with this. If it did, then every iPhone with 6.1.4 installed would have the same problem.
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How do i back up my phone to itunes?

i tried to back up my phone to my computer and idk if it worked or not. i want to reset my phone but i dont want to if it is not backed up. when i plug in my phoe to itunes all the stuff on my phone appears and when i unplug it it dissapears. is that supposed to happen? and it not show anything if i plug it in when i reset it?

Hi, Ciara.davis.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here is a helpful article that will walk you through the backup process. This article will also explain how to verify if a backup has been saved in iTunes.
iOS: How to back up and restore your content
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Cheers,
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