Is it possible to do a selective restore from itunes?
I had a wifi issue on my iphone 4 issue after updating to IOS 6.0.1 - the wifi would no longer auto connect would not maintain a connection to any wifi broadcast. It seemd OK when no data was moving through it but dropped and reverted to 3G as soon as I would attempt any data transfer. Seems like a VERY common problem that also seems to have gone on unaddressed for quite some time. I tried every trick listed on numerous threads, and nothing worked. Finally took it into the local retailer, and they backed up my data, did a reset, then moved my data back. After losing my contacts, I also found that their reset did not fix this.
After rebuilding all my apps and contacts, I gave itunes a try. Saved a backup there, then did a reset via itunes, and voila - my wifi worked again. Tested for two days and had no issues, issue appeared to be resolved. Finally got comfortable enough to let itunes recover from the backup file, and as soon as I did the wifi started dropping its connection again just like before.
I have now reset the phone again, and manually rebuilt all my contacts and apps, and now have a working backup via the icloud.
Only problem is this, all my images and videos that were part of the itunes backup are still there, but doing a backup via itunes is going to bring my wifi issue back.
Does anyone know of a way to do a selective restore via itunes, where I can select images an videos only? If there is an option there, I sure can't find it. Any suggestons would be appreciated.
I do have a lot of direct experience with this problem. It's not going to work because the backup only has photos, videos, contacts, etc. but the iPhone also has to fit the OS, apps, music, etc. which won't show on the backup.
There are some third-party apps out there that will let you extract shtuff out of the backup but I don't have direct experience with those, use at your own risk.
If you had iCloud, you can get back all your contacts, etc. without doing a restore.
http://www.icloud.com
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