I want to backup my phone, without restoring it & losing everything.

I am trying to back up my phone. I have been trying for quite a while now, and in the end given up.
Last time I tried to back up my phone it restored it with a back up from last November !!! And I lost photos & contacts - the lot!!
When I plug my phone my phone in, it immediately restores it without giving me the option to anything else ...
Help me ? I don't want to lose everything

Then backup the phone. A backup does not do a restore.

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I received an Iphone 5 as a gift two days ago. The first thing I did was set up ICloud for photos. Itunes would not allow me to add songs to my new phone without restoring it, yet when I did this, it deleted all 129 photos of my graduation and friends from the past two days. And I cannot find them anywhere, photo stream, ICloud, nothing. Where can I get back my memories?

Were the photos taken by your new iPhone? If so, did you not import them off your phone to your computer (as you would any other digital camera) before the restore? If not, restoring wiped the data off the phone and your pictures are gone.
Sounds like a good time to (re)read the User Guide.

I want to backup my phone before upgrading to ios5 but I get an error message itunes could not back up the iphone because a session could not be started with the iphone. Please help me..

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Hi Judy,
Im using windows 7 and im not a computer wizard, i've tried the method by using the instruction for Win7 but it does not work, same problem still exist.
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my iphone 4 is disabled and asking to connect to itunes..... but i resently restored my laptop by which i deleted itune.. so i dont have any back up. so now how can i unlock my phone without restoring it to factory settings... because i eant all my stuff

there should ba a way to undisable it without loosing all of your data

I have a friend who was going to sync her phone with my computer to get the new update.. how do i add her phone with out her losing everything on her phone and not getting all my info on her phone..

i have a friend who was going to sync her phone with my computer to get the new update.. how do i add her phone with out her losing everything on her phone and not getting all my info on her phone..

First, create a separate login on your computer for your friend. Do this BEFORE you do anything else. Next, make sure iTunes is up to date. Then:
1. Disable auto sync when an iPod/iPhone is connected under Preferences>Devices in iTunes.
2. Make sure you have one contact & one event in the supported applications(Address Book, iCal) on your computer. These entries can be fake, doesn't matter, the important point is that these programs not be empty.
3. Connect her phone, iTunes running, do not sync at this point.
4. Store>Authorize this computer.
5. File>Transfer Purchases(To make sure all purchased content on her phone will be in her itunes library).
6. Right click in the device pane & select reset warnings.
7. Right click again and select backup.
8. Right click again & select restore from backup, select the backup you just made. When prompted to create another backup, decline.
9. This MUST be followed by a sync to restore her itunes content, which you select from the various tabs, You'll get a popup regarding her contacts & calendars asking to merge or replace, select merge.
You should be good to go.

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Press "Settings" then scroll down to "Store".

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I imagine you'll have to restore in order to fix this one...
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I want to backup my ipad without using my desktop and itunes?

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I want to backup everything on my ipad, including apps, notes, calendar, contacts, books, magazines, safari bookmarks, safari bookmark folders, music, playlists, photos, etc....BUT i do not want to use a desktop or a laptop and itunes. That is archaic, and I refuse to be a dinosaur anymore!
I want a one button press operation, straight from my ipad screen to the cloud over my wifi. So i can back this thing up once a month and forget about it.
What is the one-button press solution for this?
If you have an answer, don't be shy...send me an email after posting it here...
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I have forgotten my passcode, how can I access my phone without restoring it!! PLEASE HELP!! THIS IS VERY URGENT

I always change my password and with this particular one I somehow managed to forget it, I have gone completely blank and I can't remember it. I dont want to restore my phone because I don't want to delete my photos and my songs in itube....PLEASE HELP THIS IS VERY URGENT

iTunes
If you've synced your device with iTunes, you can restore your device.
Connect the device to the computer you normally sync with.
Open iTunes. If iTunes asks you to enter your passcode or asks you to allow access, try another computer that you've synced with. Or use recovery mode. (Click the link to be taken to the steps.)
iTunes will automatically sync your device and create a backup. If it doesn't, sync the device with iTunes.
After the sync is complete, restore your device.
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I forgot my passcode and i don't want to update my phone to restore, i just want a restore not a update and restore :(

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only way is to restore to last back up
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hello whe ni try to backup ym nokia n95 its taking ages and never finishes
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There are a few options for you to do this.
Option 1: Using Backup
When you start the content copier appliaction after selecting to backup, you will receieve a window asking you to select which items to backup. Untick everything except contacts and your backup will only have contacts.
Option 2: Using Synchronise
Also using Nokia PC Suite, You can use the synchronise application rather than backup. This will synchronise your contacts to a PIM like MS OUTLOOK or IBM LOTUS NOTES.
Option 3: Using the phone and MMC
You can also make a backup to your memory card. You don;t need PC suite or a PC to do this.
Just Select Menu> Contacts> Options> copy> to memory card.
This will make copies of your contacts to the MMC so you can copy them back to contacts when you need them.
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Hey graham4666!
Here is an article that will help you address this error with restoring your iPhone:
Resolve specific iTunes update and restore errors
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3694
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Hi there, I've been trying to update my third generation iPod Touch to iOS5. My iPad 2 updated with no issue. Whenever I try to update My iTouch I get this error message during the backup phase of installation (even though when I manually backup it seems to do so with no issue.)
I've read other threads and see that most people have "restored" their pod and then it worked but lost all their music files. Mine are not all from iTunes and while I have on an external hard drive, the 4,000 + songs are organized in gibberish folders/code so it would take days to re drop non itunes songs/videos back on aka a major pain and tedious. I would love iOS5 but not at the expense of deleting all my info and starting over when I know its worked and should work on other Apple devices. Has anyone else had success upgrading to iOS5 without erasing their files, or spoken to someone at Apple about this particular error?
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That's what I figured. When i go on icloud it shows the bar of the storage, and since i havent purchased extra, i only have the free 5gb. in icloud the bar shows the amount ive used and it says "backup" on the bar. It's not a link it's just a label. Does that mean it's backed up automatically on icloud?

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