Restore from backup or setup as new?
If I am having software problems should I restore and setup as new?
I really wanna save my camera roll etc, can I just restore from backup?
You can.
Software problem -factory restore- 100% fix
Software problem -restore from back up 30% fix
you can also save your camera roll before restore, that is what I would do.
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Hi i have a question, I'm trying to back up my iPhone to iTunes but it says restore from backup or setup up as new device. if i setup as new device will everything be deleted? if yes then how would i back it up without anything being deleted
Following is a link to instructions on how to backup (either via iTunes and via iCloud) http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
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i've had to reset my ipad to factory settings and restore from backup (have also got new softwear) my passcode is now not working - any ideas on the default?
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HT4137 i have purchase another family ipad do I restore from backup or setup as a new ipad
I have purchased another family iPad. When I setup do I restore from the backup of our other iPad or set the new one up as a new iPad?
if you want all your apps and data on the new iPad from your old one, choose Restore from update. If don't want to and don't apps and your data on it, choose setup as new iPad.
If you choose Restore from backup:
You will be asked to restore backup from iCloud or from your iTunes library.
If you choose to restore it from iTunes library, connect it to your computer and open iTunes. Right click your iPad icon on devices lost and choose Restore. Choose the back up you want To restore it, and it should be restoring.
If you choose iCloud, you will be asked to sign in your iCloud account. Choose the backup you want, and it should be restoring. -
Itune forces to setup as new ipad or restore from backup?!
I have 3 ipads and 2 iphones in my house sharing the same apple ID, but when I tried to connect one of the ipads to itune on my PC, it only gives option to set up as new phone or restore from backup, either option would wipe out the data I already have on the ipad. All other devices can connect to itune without problems. Found another thread with the same problem, but the solution of logging on windows with different user does not solve my problem. Can anyone help? Itune has to be the worst and dumbest product from apple!
I too have this very frustrating issue. It worked fine 2 weeks ago.
I have two devices setup, and they have the same name, but that has never been a problem as one is a 5G 80GB iPod, and the other is an iPhone 3GS.
Now, everytime I plug my iPhone into my PC, iTunes comes up and asks me to restore.
Grrr... I have restored 3 times. I have also performed a complete iPhone reset and a restore... same thing, and I have no idea why.
Please help.
Thanks,
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After restoring my iphone 4 to factory settings, then restoring from a recent backup, my phone will reboot but keeps coming back to the "new setup or restore from backup screen". How can I by-pass this screen to go directly to the sync apps/music screen?
Well, it's certainly behaving as though the phone that was backed up was synced to a different iTunes library.
I'm going to throw one more thing out there... Yes, you backed it up to this computer... Was the phone previously set up to sync with this computer? Or was it syncing with a different computer and you just backed it up to this one?
You may have to end up setting it up as a new device and rebuilding the phone by manually re-syncing your data, apps, music, etc. to the phone.
Trying to keep your library on a different drive can be tricky. If iTunes starts up and the library isn't available, it may end up generating a new library ID, meaning that you could easily find yourself in exactly the position you're in now...
I'm curious why there was a need to restore your phone to begin with... It may not have any bearing on this at all, but it could. -
Music not restoring from backup during new iPhone 5 setup
Quick question. Recently puchased iPhone5 and need to transfer everything from old iPhone4. I've performed a manual backup in iTunes. When connecting the new phone and selecting restore from backup, it restores everything but the music and the playlists. I have no idea why. This process worked with my phone, but when it comes to my wifes the music never restores. The only difference between the 2 devices is that she likes to manully manage her music, so the sync only checked items and the sync music boxes are unchecked. I don't see why this would prevent the music from being backed up though. Any suggestions?
rockmyplimsoul wrote:
Instead of manually managing the music on your iPhone, manually manage the contents of a playlist and auto-sync to that playlist. You're doing the same thing, just managing a playlist instead of your phone. The beauty of this is that you never lose track of what you manually chose to sync to your iPhone.
Oh that's what I do now, lol. I just (naively) assumed that my phone was doing that for me, so to speak. When I first put music on my phone (manually) I assumed that if I manually synced my music, the information relating thereto would be included in my backup data. If I had known it wasn't, I would have dumped all my songs into an "iPhone" playlist and then copied that playlist to my phone. Problem solved. I just didn't know that at the time.
iTunes, and Apple in general, does so many good things that this clearly isn't a huge complaint. But it strikes me that most people who manually selected their "iPhone" music probably don't want to "lose" that carefully selected music when they upgrade their phone. And maybe I'm an idiot but it took me a little digging to wind up here to find out why my music hadn't transferred, and how to go about "rectifying" it (ie you bloody can't, really, you just start anew).
Maybe I'm asking too much, but I find it strange that there isn't an import feature on the iPhone - provided the corresponding file is found on the iTunes being used. Especially since it's the same computer the phone is synced to, to begin with. A) I'm giving music to myself, B) I'm not even giving myself music, because I already have the corresponding music in iTunes, so there's clearly no threat of file-sharing. Barring that, maybe a warning when you choose to manually sync music to your phone. (Apologies to Apple if I'm wrong, but I don't remember seeing one.)
Again, this clearly didn't ruin my life, but everything on my phone synced seamlessly except my music. It only took me 15 minutes or so to recreate my iPhone playlist, but it took me a good hour to figure out why I had to (and how to avoid having to in the future). It was a strange hiccup from a company that pretty much always makes my life easier (unless I need to run Flash).
In the end I got to read a bunch of Allan's posts, which did provide some entertainment -
Hi. I have an iphone 4 that I have just installed ios7 onto. I had backed up the phone prior.
After the software install the phone rebooted and showed the 'Hello' setup. I am stuck because as part of the setup it asks me to 'restore from backup via itunes". I dont understand why i need to do this as I thought the ios7 install procedure would restore the phone with it's content.
I tried to restore from backup but it says I cant because there is not enough space on the phone. If I connect the phone to itunes, it shows that the phone has all my content, especially since iphoto launches and I can see all the photos it wants to download to iphoto off the phone.
I am caught in a loop. My phone has it's content, but the startup procedure on the phone will not let me progress until I have restored from backup via itunes. But it cant because the phone has no space!!
The only other option it gives is 'Set up as new phone".
Can anyone help please. Thanks.You should be syncing your contacts with an app on your computer or cloud service (iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, etc), and not relying on a backup. If you haven't been doing this, start now and then restore your old backup. You will then be able to sync the new contacts back into the phone. However, you will lose all messages, etc newer thant the backup.
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Should I set up as new iPhone or restore from backup 3GS to 4S?
Just got my 4S and I'm upgrading from 3GS. Should I set it up as a new phone or should I restore from iTunes backup during the 4S setup? I want to keep my contacts, apps, etc.
I just messed mine up by setting it up as a new phone. Restoring from backup is supposed to copy over all your apps, preferences, contacts, texts etc. to your new phone,
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IPhone restores from backup but continues to think it's a new phone?
I had to get my iPhone 4s replaced today because of a speaker problem and I just plugged it into my computer to restore from backup. I get the 'Welcome to your new iPhone' page in iTunes, choose my most recent backup, it seems to go through the entire restore process, but the only thing coming back onto my phone is my camera roll, and I can't sync anything else to it because when I try to access the sync info for the phone, iTunes continues to redirect me to 'Welcome to your new iPhone' and asks me if I want to restore a backup. I've tried restarting iTunes, restarting the computer (2009 Macbook Pro w/Mountain Lion), unplugging and plugging the phone, etc. Still won't let me get past the new phone setup screen.
Help?Yes, if you have been backing up on a regular basis.
If this is your first time backing up, then no.
you can check edit - preference - backup - see what is listed -
My wife dropped her iPad and fried the screen. It was still functional, so I backed it up with iTunes. The backup was successful for all apps, photos, etc. I just swapped that iPad at the Apple Store for a refurbished model and attempted to Restore From Backup. iTunes now doesn't see that old iPad so I can't restore the old data on the new device. Any help appreciated.
Here's an interesting bit: iTunes will let me restore my iPod touch from backup: it's still running iOS 4.3.3. I figured as much... there's backups showing in the Preferences -> Devices list for both devices (and even my old, long gone iPod touch 2G), but my iPhone (on iOS5) isn't giving me any such option. I remember I had to downgrade before to get the backup restored (something went haywire in the setup assistant, and I couldn't restore a backup from iTunes there)... If it was possible to go to iOS 5.0 rather than 5.0.1 I would just do the same thing again, but iOS 5.0.1 isn't an option. I attached a screenshot. Hopefully Apple can get this nonsense sorted out; I think iOS 5 might be the root of this, somehow.
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Due to IOS it Said it could not restere backup to new iPad, so i set up as new iPad thinking i could restore from backup afterwards, Then I updated iOS but Joe it says there are no backups...White Can I find my backups and restore Then?
Pls ignore auto correct mistakes!I found a way to get to my data. So do not need remedy at this time.
fwiw, I changed my ios7.04 setup answer of restore from itunes to new iphone. Eventually that allowed me to set up icloud, then turn off find iphone, restore. Very strange ios update. -
I just got an iphone 6. Not all of my music was on itunes, so I logged in and instead of clicking set up as new iphone I hit restore from backup, thinking it only pertained to the music in itunes. Now my new iphone looks just like my old iphone and has iphone 5 settings. How can I undo and get back to iphone 6 settings?
Settings/Reset/Erase all content and settings...
Recently I had to do the sequence above and when the phone rebooted, it came up as a new phone. -
While updating my iphone 4s to ios6, I had to restore it. Now every time I connect to itunes, I get the "Set Up Your iPhone" window with the set up as new iphone and restore from backup options. After the restore, I got everything except my apps and music back. Do I need to set the phone up as new again?
Hi Vidbrent,
If you are having issues updating or restoring your iPhone, you may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: If you can't update or restore your iOS device
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
Regards,
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I recently got a new iphone 4. Before plugging it into my Mac, I had taken a ton of pictures with it. I finally plugged it in to update my phone and get my music from my Mac. In the process, I selected "restore from backup". After losing all of my new pictures on my phone, and not syncing my music, it seemed like the worst thing I could have done. Is there any way to retrieve these pictures? Any help will be appreciated.
The pics are gone. This is what a restore is. You erased your iphone, reinstalled your software, then added back your settings from the date of the last backup.
You should have imported your photos to your computer as you would with any digital pictures, before any restore or update.
Sorry
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