New iPhone Backup icon positions?

Hi Everybody,
thanks for reading.
I have a question about the way to use iTunes/iPhone backup in the most efficient way.
Every time I buy a new iPhone and have to put everything I had in the old one in the new one, I am experiencing the following issue.
These are the steps I usually follow:
1) connect the new iPhone to my MAC;
2) when iTunes recognizes it, i select the option to recover from the previous iPhone backup;
3) I let it perform the backup;
4) I select all the applications/videos/photos... etc I want to sync with my iPhone and start the sync.
Result: everything is fine except the positions/locations/order... of the icon applications. I mean everything is fine, up and running but the positions of them is not maintained, since I suppose app is not part of the backup.
For this reason, after the backup, i need some hours to order them again manually, since they are more then 300.
Is there something I am missing or is this a limitation of Apple Backup?
Thanks, cheers.
Luca

Some users have reported that restoring from backup twice in a row-before that first sync-preserves app folders/location.

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