I need a new iphone and I've found a fully refurbished iphone 5. Is it a bad idea to get this phone seeing as they are no longer in production? Will it still get updates?
I need a new iphone and I've found a fully refurbished iphone 5 for a competitive price. Is it a bad idea to get this phone seeing as they are no longer in production? Will it still get updates?
Or is it worth buying the iphone 5c?
Hi I would buy the iPhone 5s look on EBay make sure the ICloud Lock has been removed Get the 32G one buy one with the box and from someone who has good feedback. Also look at Refurbished IPhones on Apple Website. Cheers Brian
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iOS: How to back up and restore your content - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766 - "Learn how to back up and restore the content on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iCloud or iTunes."
Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself independently backed up against loss. To use a device with a new computer you transfer the content from the old computer (or its backup) directly to the new computer, not the device to the new computer. Media syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
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