Apt Backup-Useless or user error?

[Enigmafan420]

I am COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED with apt backup. I have NEVER BEEN ABLE to make it work-3rd software upgrade and it DOES NOT WORK :mad:

I pwned 2.2, restored, and restored my iphone-Ran CYDIA first thing and downloaded aptbackup. When I choose restore, it says "restore can only happen after a backup has been performed and the iphone has been restored" WHICH IS WHAT I FREAKIN DID!!!!!

URGH-what am I doing wrong??? :mad:

[freitas]

Same here... I though I followed the instructions pretty well.

[enophi1]

I am COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED with apt backup. I have NEVER BEEN ABLE to make it work-3rd software upgrade and it DOES NOT WORK :mad:

I pwned 2.2, restored, and restored my iphone-Ran CYDIA first thing and downloaded aptbackup. When I choose restore, it says "restore can only happen after a backup has been performed and the iphone has been restored" WHICH IS WHAT I FREAKIN DID!!!!!

URGH-what am I doing wrong??? :mad:

I have heard aptbackup wont work on 2.2 ? I don't know if this is true or not, but I am hoping to utilize it as well.

[LoMonkey]

Hmmm, thought it was just me.
AptBackup hasn't been working for me since 2.0.2

Useless IMO.

[chas0001]

I am glad its not just me. I did the backup, synced but when I came to restore it said that I need to backup first. Luckily I wrote down all the Cydia apps I had installed.

[thesoze]

yea, the program is a waste - i did what it told me to do then it said I must backup...WTF?

[TheConfuzed1]

I even went so far as to restore from back-up twice. Before loading AptBackup, and after. It didn't work either way.

There are two possibilities that I see:

1. It's crap.

2. It's not yet updated for 2.2 firmware. If this is the case, it is inexcusable, conisdering that updating firmware is the biggest reason why most of us would even need this app.

Either way, it's crap.

I've manually been customizing things back to the way that I like them, and I actually think in the long run, it may be better this way, as I now am not downloading things that I know I won't use, or don't need.

I am very disappointed in AptBackup.

[guyverzero]

its worked for me in 2.0.2 through 2.2 just last night. You have gotta back it all up, and when you pwn your phone, after that you must restore from a backup on your iphone. Choose the most recent one (reccomended sync right before pwning) and directly after that go into cydia, download NOTHING but apt backup and press restore.

It says right in the instructions to do nothing before this, maybe you're doing somehting like adding songs before doing this. The only other thing I can think of is that you're not restoring from your phones back up previously. If you don't do that, it won't know anything you got.

[xsecretfiles]

You know, it's weird. It worked for me when I moved from 2.01 to 2.02, maybe it was missing a program or two

But when I tried it with my sister phone, it didn't work at all. I always got the same message.."after backup something something."

I'm wondering whether it only works when you backup and syn using a Mac, which is when I got mine to work

However my sister did her backup on windows....

[mdecker79]

It worked for me when I just upgraded 2.1 to 2.2. I used it to backup my installed jailbreak apps. Did a backup in iTunes and then upgraded to 2.2. Ran Quickpwn and installed aptbackup. Opened it and selected the restore option and when I came back a few minutes later all my apps were back installed.

[Enigmafan420]

It worked for me when I just upgraded 2.1 to 2.2. I used it to backup my installed jailbreak apps. Did a backup in iTunes and then upgraded to 2.2. Ran Quickpwn and installed aptbackup. Opened it and selected the restore option and when I came back a few minutes later all my apps were back installed.

I did everything you did, except I used pwnage tool because I want to keep the possibility of an unlock in place. SO I didn't do the Apple update-I went straight to pwned 2.2.

I still got that FREAKING error about backing up first. And I DID do a back-up right before pwning.

I dunno-maybe I am stupid on this thing?!?

[bradenwh]

I'm just making sure everyone knows that you have to restore from your backup after you've restored so AptBackup knows what to redownload, right? AptBackup worked for me on 2.2.

[CocoaPuffs]

I'm just making sure everyone knows that you have to restore from your backup after you've restored so AptBackup knows what to redownload, right? AptBackup worked for me on 2.2.
Most people choose to ignore the prompt in iTunes about restoring. I always get calls from friends asking how come they lost all their information on the phone.

[Enigmafan420]

Most people choose to ignore the prompt in iTunes about restoring. I always get calls from friends asking how come they lost all their information on the phone.

I did restore as soon as the 2.2 was installed and verified. I still lost all my jb apps. It doesn't matter anymore, I am where I was before the 2.2 install. A very frustrating experience to say the least.

[TheConfuzed1]

...I'm wondering whether it only works when you backup and syn using a Mac, which is when I got mine to work...

It has nothing to do with that. I tried (and failed) with a Mac. I don't do Windows.

And yes, I restored from backup... twice.

[Warbrain]

From my own experience it's entirely worthless. Never worked.

[CocheseUGA]

I'm just making sure everyone knows that you have to restore from your backup after you've restored so AptBackup knows what to redownload, right? AptBackup worked for me on 2.2.

If you follow these steps, you shouldn't have a problem.

Open AptBackup.
Click Backup.
Do a full sync and backup through iTunes.
Upgrade.
Jailbreak.
Sync in iTunes.
Download AptBackup.
Click Restore.
Do another full sync and backup.

Done. Worked beautifully.

[Bear Hunter]

If you follow these steps, you shouldn't have a problem.

Open AptBackup.
Click Backup.
Do a full sync and backup through iTunes.
Upgrade.
Jailbreak.
Sync in iTunes.
Download AptBackup.
Click Restore.
Do another full sync and backup.

Done. Worked beautifully.

Didn't work for me and a lot of others who performed those exact steps

[Enigmafan420]

Didn't work for me and a lot of others who performed those exact steps

Yeah exactly what I did-no go-I dunno what I did wrong-I KNOW I had a good backup because it was the last thing I did prior to JB. :confused:

[Maceddy]

Just doesn't work.
I have tried it the way the instructions specify.
Tried it according to these instructions.
I even went to the trouble of loading all my Cydia apps, doing a back up, then deleting all my Cydia apps and restoring from the backup.
Just doesn't work.
Piece of garbage and needs some updating and major work before I'll use it again.
Hope I didn't pay for it I can't remember now ?

[lostprophet894]

I gave it a shot - and followed the instructions to the letter - and was told I had to back up before I restore. Just like 90% of the other people who tried it.

Guess it's just hit or miss?

[Dominus]

For me the error was not doing a sync after I did aptbackup, I just went straight to the pwnage tool process

[blaksmooth]

I just thought I'd let you guys know that after a successful 2.2 upgrade and successful 2.2 Jailbreak, Apt Backup worked like a charm.

It seems as though the key is to load Apt Backup IMMEDIATELY after you Jailbreak, and have already restored from your backup file in iTunes.

I did it wrong with 2.1 but was successful this time.

Hope it helps someone, it worked great. Kept almost all (all but one) of my themes in place in Winterboard as well!!

Blak-

[Enigmafan420]

I just thought I'd let you guys know that after a successful 2.2 upgrade and successful 2.2 Jailbreak, Apt Backup worked like a charm.

It seems as though the key is to load Apt Backup IMMEDIATELY after you Jailbreak, and have already restored from your backup file in iTunes.

I did it wrong with 2.1 but was successful this time.

Hope it helps someone, it worked great. Kept almost all (all but one) of my themes in place in Winterboard as well!!

Blak-

So you restored the back-up then downloaded aptbackup?

This is what I did-and got that friggin error message. I may try again next software update, just for fun-or when I upgrade my Wife's phone to 2.2 I may try it. But it doesn't sound like you did anything different than I did?!? :confused:

Edit: I may have actually downloaded SSH and/or Boss preferences first-really do not see why that would matter though.

[Enigmafan420]

I just updated the wife's iPhone to 2.2 and aptbackup actually WORKED. I can't believe it-it is restoring right now.

I guess my error was installing ANY Cydia apps before aptbackup. Last time I tried I installed open SSH first-that may have been the problem.

EDIT: It didn't restore the Winterboard Theme she was using. but it DID add boss preferences, Cycorder, terminal, etc.

[macfan09]

yea, the program is a waste - i did what it told me to do then it said I must backup...WTF?

People, people...just to be safe do the following:
Run AptBackup while jb'n and backup.
Next SSH into your phone and navigate to ~/var/mobile/Library/Preferences.
Here you will find 3 backup files: aptbackup.cydiasources.tgz,
aptbackup_dpkg-packages.txt and aptbackup_openssh.tgz.

Copy these to a folder on your computer then restore ur phone
Re-jb, download AptBackup then restore your iTunes b-up.
If AptBackup doesn't remember your previous b-up install SSH from
Cydia then manually move the 3 files above to the same folder
you copied them from, then launch Aptbackup and restore
and it will work. (BTW I tried AptBackup by itself when i upgraded
to 2.2 and it worked like a charm.) :D

[Enigmafan420]

I installed 2.2 to my 32 GB iPod Touch last night, making sure to run aptbackup right before I did it and ensuring it was the first Cydia application installed right after the JB.

And it worked fine-I guess this is a worthwhile program. I admit to operator error :)

[kimvichi]

I am COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED with apt backup. I have NEVER BEEN ABLE to make it work-3rd software upgrade and it DOES NOT WORK :mad:

I pwned 2.2, restored, and restored my iphone-Ran CYDIA first thing and downloaded aptbackup. When I choose restore, it says "restore can only happen after a backup has been performed and the iphone has been restored" WHICH IS WHAT I FREAKIN DID!!!!!

URGH-what am I doing wrong??? :mad:

Now I know why it's call just Apt Backup (not RESTORE)
argggggggggggg
argggggggggggg
Don't know happened to me three-four times as well.
Just did the 3.0 upgrade and after third tries finally got Pwnage 3.0 to work. First thing I did was install Apt Backup in Cydia... Poof same message happen.
BigBoss - DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!
argggggggggggg

[sistersugar]

I did this and it worked beautifully when upgrading from 3.0 to 3.01 using redsn0w. I've added the following to the directions to make it more specific...

If you follow these steps, you shouldn't have a problem.

Open AptBackup.
Click Backup.
Do a full sync and backup through iTunes.
Upgrade <--activate, but don't continue the "Set Up Your Phone" process. Quit iTunes.
Jailbreak.
Sync in iTunes. <--This means to now set up your phone. Restore from backup.
Open Cydia, skip "essential upgrades" warning. Download AptBackup.
Close cydia, Open AptBackup, Click Restore.
Do another full sync and backup in iTunes.

Done. Worked beautifully. <--agreed!:cool: