Cant restore backup on iphone 4s after ios7 upgrade, password required?

this is the post for when you gave up
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if you cannot remember your iTunes back up password , not much is actually lost forever ---if you erase the phone and start over.

you can still back up and sync
in this situation , back it up and sync to the computer that you have synced content too, like music and videos

this works if you have iCloud

back up and sync,
click on file device transfer purchase to send all the app updates and everything you bought on the iPhone to iTunes
sync to iphoto, including videos
turn on iCloud keychain. this will backup your keychain to the internet


use iCloud to erase the phone and remove it from your account

set it up as new phone
sign it on to your iTunes and iCloud accounts
connect it to iTunes
you might have to go to apps to click on the apps to install
and click on sync


everthing in the library , like apps, and movies and tv shows and music will be put back on the iPhone

you can retrieve the keychain from iCloud keychain

iCloud will keep your calendar, phone book, notes,, etc etc safe

iCloud will keep your mail safe if you use iCloud mail



fif you do this, the only thing you really lose are text messages. and pictures and videos you sent in messages and app passwords, like for "netflix" and "hulu" and maybe -- i am not sure -- wifi passwords.

when i erased my iPhone, an apple specialist gave me a real dodgy answer on whether or not wifi passwords
are backed up to icioud or if they are just pushed to devices

if you don't have the computer that you have synced content , like music and tv shows, they are lost forever when you erase the iphohe

if you use the computer that you have synced contenrt to set up iPhones, then all that synced content is just put back


if the content is purchased, then you can go back to the iTunes store and get all your purchases back
even if apple deleted it.

apple says once they remove an item from the store you may not be able to download it again.
that has not been my personal experience. i have lots of stuff i can get back, like the iPhone 4 case app
and the dr danger tv show


if you don't use iCloud mail, then you might lose your email