Should I start fresh on the 5 or restore old backup?

I have a backup that goes back to the 3G and have been using that on all iPhones. During that time I even jailbroke some of the iDevices and still am using that backup.


Just wondering if it's worth starting from scratch? I have thousands of photos, If I use iCloud (I have photo backup off) I can just get the phone numbers back and calendar. I can just take the photos and put it on a hard drive for future use.

Any thoughts appreciated. Is it safe to restore from an old backup that had been jailbroken along the way?

Thanks!

Is there a way to just sync photos and calendar/contacts? My iCloud doesn't have that much space for photos.

Thanks much!