Restoring iPhone from iCloud

diegobgr · Jan 21, 2013, 08:14 AM

Hi!

I received my new iPhone 5 and I want to recover my iCloud backup.

Is there any way to choose what apps I want to install? By default, it installs everything that I had on my iPhone 4.

I think that the only way to avoid this is deleting apps while it's restoring and haven't started to download them. Right?

Thank you!

Tyler23 · Jan 21, 2013, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by diegobgr

Hi!

I received my new iPhone 5 and I want to recover my iCloud backup.

Is there any way to choose what apps I want to install? By default, it installs everything that I had on my iPhone 4.

I think that the only way to avoid this is deleting apps while it's restoring and haven't started to download them. Right?

Thank you!

Yep that is the only way. You can't pre-select anything, so the way you've suggested is the best way I know to go about doing this. That, or wait till it's all done then delete.

jabingla2810 · Jan 21, 2013, 10:26 AM

You are correct.

As a side note, here is a tip I found last time I restored from the cloud.

Double tap any app and it will install it straight away.

Real handy if you quickly want Facebook and Twitter to be installed first

chestvrg · 01:11 PM

I didn't know icloud allows you to restore apps. What about settings and the application data? Reason why I'm asking is because My PC broke permanently and I'm without a personal computer until I'm able to set aside monies to buy me a replacement. If my iPhone brakes, I'll be SOL unless icloud can save the day.
I'm pretty much using my iPhone on a daily basis for everything, playing the bills, storing all my passwords (password plus), I hold all my contacts on my iPhone also and I'm so afraid if something happens I'll loose a lot of important data. (I have google contacts too as a backup).

I was able to salvage my hard drive from my broken PC.

eyoungren · Jan 21, 2013, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by chestvrg

I didn't know icloud allows you to restore apps.

It doesn't. iCloud stores a list of the apps that you have on your phone as a reference. When you restore, your phone downloads all the apps that are in that list. That's different that backing up all the apps on the phone.

iCloud does store your app settings and app data, provided the app is capable of using iCloud or that you have not removed it from the list to back up.

Adutrumque · Jan 21, 2013, 03:18 PM

iCloud tends to be very strange when backing up saved data on your games and such. Sometimes it'll ignore my game data but that's just occasional.

Gamecenter should save gamedata. It's very strange that it's not doing that already.

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diegobgr macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2009	Restoring iPhone from iCloud Hi! I received my new iPhone 5 and I want to recover my iCloud backup. Is there any way to choose what apps I want to install? By default, it installs everything that I had on my iPhone 4. I think that the only way to avoid this is deleting apps while it's restoring and haven't started to download them. Right? Thank you! __________________ iMac - iPad - iPhone - iPod
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jabingla2810 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Oct 2008	You are correct. As a side note, here is a tip I found last time I restored from the cloud. Double tap any app and it will install it straight away. Real handy if you quickly want Facebook and Twitter to be installed first __________________ 2.4 Alu Macbook 2GB 250GB
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chestvrg macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Miami, Florida	I didn't know icloud allows you to restore apps. What about settings and the application data? Reason why I'm asking is because My PC broke permanently and I'm without a personal computer until I'm able to set aside monies to buy me a replacement. If my iPhone brakes, I'll be SOL unless icloud can save the day. I'm pretty much using my iPhone on a daily basis for everything, playing the bills, storing all my passwords (password plus), I hold all my contacts on my iPhone also and I'm so afraid if something happens I'll loose a lot of important data. (I have google contacts too as a backup). I was able to salvage my hard drive from my broken PC. __________________ Chest - t-mobile iPhone 5 Last edited by chestvrg; Jan 21, 2013 at 01:11 PM.
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Adutrumque Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sweden	iCloud tends to be very strange when backing up saved data on your games and such. Sometimes it'll ignore my game data but that's just occasional. Gamecenter should save gamedata. It's very strange that it's not doing that already.
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