Reserve copy includes system files?

why I have the question is that I am not sure what the reserve copy includes when done through iTunes to the computer.
I have an assumption that my current iPhone is not officially unlocked, so if I make a reserve copy of it and then restore it to my new officially unlocked phone. Will such reserve copy ruin it? Or it does not replace system files, but just apps, data etc?

Have a look at this article about the content of your backup, the backup does not include the firmware for your device.
iTunes: About iOS backups

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I would like to have this option enabled by default so this step is not repeated. Is there a way?
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Try this. Click on the Desktop, CMD+F, set it up the way you want to, put in some generic search term, such as test, save it, open it, change the search term, and you should be good to go. There's no known way to change the defaults (at least i haven't tried). In Tiger modifying the default_smart.plist buried in the Finder.app did the trick, but I haven't been able to work out the salient details to do that in Leopard.

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Hi,
Generally if a previous version is not recognized by system, we may not able to recover the data inside.
If you can still see some VSS files, please test if they could be recognized by command line:
vss list shadows
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vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2013 Microsoft Corp.
Contents of shadow copy set ID: {3020fef8-e11b-4b45-b26f-8fec24a2bd27}
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Shadow Copy ID: {b340c998-6ae5-459a-8e15-7a81188242c7}
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Originating Machine: LAP-SHAN.fareast.corp.microsoft.com
Service Machine: LAP-SHAN.fareast.corp.microsoft.com
Provider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
Type: DataVolumeRollback
Attributes: Persistent, No auto release, No writers, Differential
Please check the timestamp to make sure it is the snapshot you are looking for.
If it is listed, try to create a symbolic link:
mklink /d c:\shadow123 \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy3\
*Note:add a back-slash in the end of this command line.
If this will work, you can access c:\shadow123 to get the files.
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A way to search System Files and by File Name as default?

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If you bring up the Finder window search using Command-Shift-F you will get the default of a file name search (unfortunately it has no criteria whatsoever, so if you want to modify the search with an added criterion you have to click the wee little + icon).
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Malcolm J. Rayfield wrote:
Well, I did not maintain backups before I deleted the files. What then?
Download and reinstall Mavericks from the App Store. It won't delete any user files.
Correction
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Can RMAN backups file other than database files ?
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Hello Rexilion,
the tip with find and print0 was greate and works.
The i know about -x option, but it do not work in my case (i don't know why), it will copy all content of /dev (it should not).
In the moment, i'm using this script to copy my arch installation:
#!/bin/sh
SRC="/mnt3"
DST="/mnt"
cd $SRC # important for relative find command
sudo rsync -aAXvz --delete $SRC/* $DST --exclude={/dev/*,/proc/*,/sys/*,/tmp/*,/run/*,/mnt/*,/media/*,/var/log/*,/lost+found,/home/*/.gvfs,/data/,/backup/,/home/*,/root/*,/var/abs/local/yaourtbuild/*,/var/cache/pacman/pkg/*,/scripts/*,/var/spool/*,/var/tmp/*,/etc/ppp/peers/*} --progress
find var/log -type d -print0 | rsync -av --files-from=- --from0 $SRC $DST
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/etc/passwd should not be a problem, the passowrds are hashed. And in /etc/ssh, i have no important private keys - ok, maybe i'm wrong, maybe i should regenerate them via "ssh-keygen -A"
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