I will soon be moving from 3G to 4S.
I would really like to make a "clean install", as I've seen many people having all sort of issues restoring other devices' backup.
I can move pretty much anything without restoring, just by syncing back from iCloud, and I can live without restoring 3G's app data and settings. The only thing I care is the SMS history.
Do you think there is a way to have the old SMS history without restoring from the 3G backup?
Maybe I can go with this:
1. Restoring from the 3G backup to the 4S
2. Syncing just SMS history from the 4S to iCloud (I've seen on my iPad I can cherry pick the applications I want to backup, does it work with SMS/iMessage as well?)
3. Restore the 4S as new and sync back the SMS history from iCloud, as well as contacts, calendars etc.
[I could easily do this after a jailbreak, but unfortunately that's not an option atm]
I would really like to make a "clean install", as I've seen many people having all sort of issues restoring other devices' backup.
I can move pretty much anything without restoring, just by syncing back from iCloud, and I can live without restoring 3G's app data and settings. The only thing I care is the SMS history.
Do you think there is a way to have the old SMS history without restoring from the 3G backup?
Maybe I can go with this:
1. Restoring from the 3G backup to the 4S
2. Syncing just SMS history from the 4S to iCloud (I've seen on my iPad I can cherry pick the applications I want to backup, does it work with SMS/iMessage as well?)
3. Restore the 4S as new and sync back the SMS history from iCloud, as well as contacts, calendars etc.
[I could easily do this after a jailbreak, but unfortunately that's not an option atm]
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