Retaining contacts and messages after a full restore
Hi All,
Wonder if someone would be kind enough to let me know whether this is possible.
I want to do a full restore of my iPhone 4 - following the widely occurring and publicised battery issues. So as I understand it this involves restoring my iPhone and setting it up as a new iPhone rather than restoring from back-up (I have tried this but to no avail).
Now I know I can put my music, photos, books apps etc etc back on, using iTunes but can I put my contacts, text messages and notes back on? Or is there a way that I can guarantee I won't lose them all?
To be honest text messages here are secondary anyway; preserving contacts and my notes is my top priority. I do not have a mobile me membership by the way.
Thanks very much in advance
waylortoo wrote:
Where would I find the contacts on the computer?
I looked in the address book, but it was wiped out there as well.
I apologize for not being tech-savvy.
That's up to the user. When setting up the iPhone as described in the manual, you should choose an application on your computer to sync contacts to. You do this by connecting the phone to your computer, clicking on its name in iTunes, then going to the Info tab and checking "Sync contacts with" and choosing an app. Usually Address Book for Mac, Windows Vista, 7 or 8, or Outlook for Windows XP.
Alternatively, you can choose to sync to iCloud from the phone's settings. Then your contacts will be in your iCloud address book, which you can access by logging in to icloud.com with your Apple ID.
Alternatively, you can sync with Google Mail, which will allow you to sync your contacts with Google's address book.
Alternatively, you can do the same with Hotmail or Yahoo.
Alternatively, if you get email from an MS Exchange server, contacts will automatically sync with it.
If you didn't do any of these you risk losing contacts if something glitches.
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