When I do a backup of iPhone/iPad, are my MMS/SMS saved incrementall?

This is to say:
I usually do a backup. If, after a while, I get loaded down with SMS/MMS messages on my iPhone I want to delete them conversations.
I don't want to lose all of my older messages from the past.
When iTunes does a backup of the device, does it do a backup of the CURRENT state of the messages on the device and overwrite what was backed up earlier? In that case, everything that was old would be deleted.
Or does iTunes do incremental backups? Stuff from 2012 and 2013 backed up. If I back up stuff now, even if I deleted some conversations in MMS/SMS, that won't affect what's already backed up, right? Just means there's nothing to add to the backup that already exists?

A backup via either iCloud or iTunes will capture what is currently on your phone and is only designed to restore the entire backup to your phone or another iOS device in the event of a problem. The restore would include only the things in the last backup and would restore not just messages but everything included in the backup. If you want to keep a complete history of your messages you should explore a 3rd party method such as http://www.wideanglesoftware.com

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If you can't get the password correct, you CANNOT restore from that backup.
However, if you've been using your phone as recommended by Apple, there should be minimal data loss.
Your iTunes library is on your computer, so you can synch all your apps, music, movies, ringtones, etc, on to your new phone.
Similarly, contacts should be synched to Address Book, Outlook, or a cloud service for you to easily synch back to your new phone.
Pictures taken from your old phone and not synched to your computer are lost, but you would have been synching those photos to your computer frequently as recommended. Other photos that you synch TO your iPhone are still on your computer.
You won't be able to get text messages back.

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See Here...
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
Troubleshooting Backup Issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2529

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Hello Lazyboy7,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
It sounds like you are getting an error message from iTunes when trying to manually backup with your USB cord.
I found this article to help troubleshoot what might be going on here:
iOS: Troubleshooting backup issues in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2529
Take care,
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Try holding down CTRL as you launch iTunes to see if it will repair the drivers.
Or try Cerbu's post here.
Or see TS1538: iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows, in particular section 5, forcing a driver update.
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tt2

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Hello,
I had a one on one with my apple rep yesterday. They backed up my camera roll from my iphone as well as my ipad on my computer as I was not able to backup to icloud due to lack of space.
They advised me to delete photos from my photo stream on my iphone and ipad and then do a back up.
I deleted the photos from photo stream on my iphone and ipad.
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Any solution?

If it says Not Enough Storage Space on iCloud then you can get more Storage space for iCloud if you want to backup more Data on iCloud Storage. You will find the Pricing for Additional Storage Space and how to Buy Storage Space for iCloud from your Device in the Link below.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4874
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5879

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