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How to backup iPhone
If you want to backup your iPhone, because you dare to lose all your information and make your iPhone into a useless element normally if things go off beam, the worst that will happen is that you have to restore your iPhone to its initial pristine state. That means that you’d lose your settings and data on the iPhone. So before you loose your iPhone, make sure you save off your data by doing simple steps.
Back up contacts from iPhone
You can backup My Contacts using the Windows Address Book (begin with Start after that Programs then to Accessories and you see Address Book). You can export my contacts as a Windows Address Book (WAB) file and a comma separated value file (CSV).this steps make you contact save. And you feel
Back up photos from your iPhone
On Windows XP system each time you plugged in the iPhone, a different dialog window would pop up. In which go ahead and run the Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard and you can bring in the pictures on your iPhone and move them to your Windows computer with no trouble.
Back up music
You can store your music as same manner in your system as you backup photos.
Back up iPhone settings
This sounds terribly low tech, but take a blank piece of paper and walk through your Settings function on the iPhone and just write down each setting. It is dreary but in 10 -20 minutes you have got a documentation of every setting of your iPhone, so it won’t hurt if you have to reinstate your iPhone to a perfect state.
Back up bookmarks
I use Firefox & Internet Explorer for iPhone bookmarks. If you have so many bookmarks then use it otherwise no need to do it. So go ahead and enjoy.
For more information about iPhone backup check our other articles:
- First and only backup for iPhone OS 3.0
- Try new freeware alternative to iTunes
- CopyTrans 3 is out: backup for all iPod players and iPhones
- How to backup iPhone and iPod: CopyTrans as a complete solution
CopyTrans™ is the ultimate backup & recovery tool for your iPod & iPhone songs and videos.
Easily copy off iPod & iPhone music, podcasts, videos, playlists, playcounts, ratings and put them back into iTunes.
After a computer crash or before sending an iPod in repair, CopyTrans is the best bet to recover and backup iPod, iPhone & iPod Touch content.
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HP iPaq 514 Voice Messenger
Any idea how to backup all data and settings from HP iPaq 514 Voice Messenger? Is there any backup solution for Windows Mobile phones?
iPhone copy software
Tansee iPhone copy is great software for backup your iphone music, video, photo download at here -- removed by admin --
Thanks for your tip. However
Thanks for your tip. However there is no place for ads in user comments, so I have to remove your link and provide the URL directly to the Tansee homepage: http://www.tansee.com/
Jan Polzer, Backup HowTo owner
Iphone and photo's
Could you tell me how the quality of the pictures are? Now i have a LG Viewty, but the photo's always have a grey look.
Is there a way to back up
Is there a way to back up everything? I also have notes that are gone forever if I have to restore my phone.
thanks,
alan
what a dum ass answer iphone
what a dum ass answer
iphone pc suite is all that u need
Thanks for the tips.
Thanks for the tips.
The iPhone pictures look
The iPhone pictures look pretty darn good as far as I'm concerned. In fact, the best I've seen from a phone. Remember, it's not a camera and don't be fooled simply by the megapixel ratings.
Regards,
Greg
Thanks for that. The last
Thanks for that. The last time, when my old phone buggered up, I had to reset it and it was an absolute pain in the a*s to have to set it up the way I like it and add all contacts again.
I was determined not to have to do all that this time so thanks :)
I had a situation where I had
I had a situation where I had lost all of my info on my iphone. You better believe it won't happend again.
New iPhone?
Does this also apply to the new iPhone out in July 2008?
Thanks for the advice.
Thanks for the advice. Although I think that the bit about writing down every setting on your phone is a bit overkill. At least for me anyway.
I only really change a few settings just as I discover things using the phone that I'd like to do different. I think you'd soon remember what your preferred settings were just using the phone for a day or two
I Hear You
I know exactly what you mean. I had the same thing happen to me.
Iphone backup
After losing all my contacts, I started using Tansee to back it up, wont be going there again.
This works for the new iPhone
This works for the new iPhone 3G that came out. I have it on my new 3G.
Not sure
I am not sure about that. I really dont know if it is feasible. But it would be nice to get a total backup option for the iphone. I sometimes get paranoid with mine. I remember the old Palm pdf days....Once I lost everything. Today I am very sceptical with putting in vital information.
Backup iPhone music and photos
I've discovered two programs that allow to backup iPhone music and photos:
CopyTrans http://www.copytrans.net/copytrans.php
CopyTrans Photo http://www.copytrans.net/copytransphoto.php
Actually, they allow to backup many other data too, like playlists, ratings, play count, videos etc.
Great Solution
Does this work for iphone 3G too?
Instead of writing it down
Instead of writing it down manually, just use the print screen option in iPhone. Hold down the menu button then press the On/Off button. This will take a screen shot of your iPhone and saves it as a camera photo. Now just keep that photo safe.
good tip
very good
thanks for nice tip
important
Its very important to back up your hardware like the iphone. We simply dont know when bad luck will strike.
...or just buy a Mac
Or just buy a Mac and iTunes backs up everything on your iPhone automatically every time you sync!
Yes there is
The last time I had to consider backing up my iPhone was after i cracked the screen and decided on getting a replacement iPhone. I backed it up through iTunes and got my new phone the same day, synced it up, and it put everything back on my phone that was on the one i cracked: notes, contacts, text msgs, bookmarks in safari andand settings for all apps and anything else that could be considered as an entry . It should work for you as well.
- Zach
I was wondering the same
I was wondering the same thing--the 3G version? I assume it would work.
http://ipodtocomputer.blogspot.com
CopyTrans is a great deal.
I use CopyTrans to transfer my music from my iPod Touch to my laptop and CopyTrans Manager so that I don't need to use the slow and painful iTunes.
Copying music from iPod/iPhone/iPod Touch to iTunes
John,
Yes it does.
CopyTrans works with every iPod and iPhone models including the iPhone 3G and the new iPod Touch and Nano 4G.
Try it out for free.
Where do the files go when backing up the iPhone???
Hi all,
I have a Mac for work which I had been using to sync my iTunes music, photos and apps with my iPhone 3G, my iPod touch, etc.
I want to transfer my iTunes library and every backup data (with the iTunes, of course) to my home Mac and delete the original iTunes, iPhoto libraries from my work Mac.
Now, I have a question, my iPod and iPhone are sync'ed to my work Mac... I would like to carry all the info from my iTunes library, including the previous backups, etc. to my home Mac and start sync'ing my devices there.
if I simply copy my iTunes library to the home Mac, will it still have previous backup data? Or is the data stored somewhere else (like "Application Support" or something similar)?
Thanks.
Where do the files go when backing up the iPhone???
Hi all,
I have a Mac for work which I had been using to sync my iTunes music, photos and apps with my iPhone 3G, my iPod touch, etc.
I want to transfer my iTunes library and every backup data (with the iTunes, of course) to my home Mac and delete the original iTunes, iPhoto libraries from my work Mac.
Now, I have a question, my iPod and iPhone are sync'ed to my work Mac... I would like to carry all the info from my iTunes library, including the previous backups, etc. to my home Mac and start sync'ing my devices there.
if I simply copy my iTunes library to the home Mac, will it still have previous backup data? Or is the data stored somewhere else (like "Application Support" or something similar)?
Thanks.
Get music and video off of any iPhone and iPod
For those who want to backup their iPod's/iPhone's content to either iTunes or a folder ,
I suggest to take look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnLu4JQgAZY
iphone backup/reinstate
Probably the easiest way to backup your iphone and ipod is to use copytrans from copytrans.net its easy to use and if anything does go wrong its only a few simple steps to reinstate everything to its original (your preferences) state.
Hope this helps
Copy iPod's content off
Nice app' this CopyTrans.
Put loads of music and videos back to my iTunes library flawlessly!
Even retrieved playlists (about 120!) and ratings.
Thanks for making such a nice and useful program.
voyance
yes does this work for iphone 3G, i speek on my blog voyance ou mieux encore une voyance telephone, suivez le lien.
great tips, i have backed up
great tips, i have backed up my iphone
Back up iPhone settings - Better way!
Why not use the "snapshot" feature instead?
1) Open Settings to what you want to backup.
2) Offbutton + menubutton takes a snapshot (photo) of the screen
3) Backup photos!
CopyTrans to backup Music
I use CopyTrans which is available at copytrans.net for backing up my iPod music to my laptop. Whats good about this software is that its compatible with all iPod, iPhone and iTouch models.
great tips, i have backed up
great tips, i have backed up my iphone
This is a great resource for
This is a great resource for all iPhone users. I would hate to lose all the things I have stored on there.
iPhone
I think this is a good thing to know how to do and do often. My iPhone has so much important information stored in it, i'm not sure how I would be able to function without it.
product name removed
--removed-- is an easy-to-use iPhone/iPod rip, iPhone/iPod backup software can fast rip, copy, transfer and manage your music, videos, photos, podcasts and TV Shows between iPhone/iPod and PC even without iTunes. All formats compatible with iPhone/iPod such as MP3, AIF, M4A, M4V, MP4, MOV and WAV etc. are supported. Moreover,--removed-- helps you create, edit and delete iPhone/iPod playlists. With the professional iPhone/iPod rip tools, you can copy files among multiple iPhone/iPod at one time. With installation of --removed-- can even transfer music, videos, photos and so on between your iPhone and iPod. It manages your iPhone or iPod Touch like an external hard drive.
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Jan Polzer, Backup HowTo owner
how do i find "removed" ?
what is that program? That is exactly what i need. I don't have time to go thru conversions and figuring that shit out. I would really be thankful if you hit me back with it.
TI
i have PC
i wanna backed it up to the previous backup data!!!!! please help me out with that i do not have any thing in my phone accept contact and messages, i need all App's that i had and the Pic
Regard,
Re: holla amigo
Actually as far as I know the process of copping any data to a storage device there is nothing like formating which takes place unless you put a command on the P.C that you are working on, normally the information or rather the original data is therefore temperarily stored where exactly it was formally stored.
IPhone Back Up
Imagine if your iPhone may lost or damaged with your important contacts, notes, voicemails etc. A new iPhone can fulfill the place of your phone but what about data. iPhone Backup Utility lets you easily backup and restore importent files on your iPhone.
Compatible with iPhone 3GS and OS3
CopyTrans Suite is great because the programs are fully ready for iPhone 3GS and 0S3!
Thanks!
thanks
I personally use Cucusoft iPhone/iTouch/iPod to Computer Transfer. It helps me to backup all my songs/videos/photos from iphone to my computer directly and safely.
i use
i use http://iphone-backup.net for backing up my sms and address book data. it's not free of use, but it works like a charm
Get more information
Really, everybody has lots of valuable and important files, documents, music, videos and many more things stored on iPhone. it would be wise from your side to make a full backup of your iPhone. Now you will be reserved with your iPhone data anytime, after being any data loss. because you can get back them on your iPhone from your backup.
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iPhone backup software
Re: Get more information
Sorry, you couldn't post advertisement to your affiliate only websites without my approval.
Jan Polzer, Backup HowTo owner
I have tried
I have tried iphone-backup.net, and it works. Thanks for the info. I got this iPhone SMS Backup program. I got it coz I can use it on my computer(no need to upload files to other website) which I think it safer.Another great thing is that it has Password protection.
Anyway iphone-backup.net is good, too, for it is free!!
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