Saving Progress when updating applications (apps)

I have a few applications that have had updates available and when I update them on the iPhone, I lose all the progress. This is very frustrating for games like Texas Hold'em and I don't even want to think about losing everything in Asphalt 4.
Is there a way on the 3G (I have heard of a way to do it on the older versions) to save the "user" file or something so it can get applied back after updating in order to keep all the user progress in that app?
Thanks.

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All my content and settings were copied back to my backup by the update process.
If the update doesn't do the restore for you (which it should), you can always do the restore via iTunes.

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