Doesn't iTunes store phone numbers etc...?

CrossHairSB · Mar 28, 2008, 06:13 PM

I was messing around earlier with ibrickr or whatever and lossed everything. I mean I was able to do a restore back to the initial settings but sure wish I had everyone's phone number. From now on I'm going to have to learn how to run a backup from time to time so that this doesn't happen again. How bout this, what steps do you take to prevent losing all your 3rd party aps, phone numbers, pictures etc...? Besides fiddling with programs that you know nothing about lol.
Thanks guys,
Ken

killmoms · Mar 28, 2008, 06:14 PM

You probably just didn't set it to sync your contacts over. Were you syncing them before?

CrossHairSB · Mar 28, 2008, 10:56 PM

well I noticed that and then manually synced but it gave me old numbers... not all the recent ones I had in my phone. And what about all the 3rd party apps on my phone, they aren't kept somewhere on itunes? Man I completely screwed up and now have to really learn how to backup all my stuff. Thanks.
Ken

hexonxonx · Mar 29, 2008, 01:39 AM

All iTunes does is backup contacts, recent and missed calls, SMS, Calendar, Stocks, Weather, clock and alarm settings and webclips. Any third party apps and gone if you have to restore and music and videos and photos will have to be synced back to the phone.

killmoms · Mar 29, 2008, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrossHairSB

well I noticed that and then manually synced but it gave me old numbers... not all the recent ones I had in my phone. And what about all the 3rd party apps on my phone, they aren't kept somewhere on itunes? Man I completely screwed up and now have to really learn how to backup all my stuff. Thanks.
Ken

Okay, first off:

Currently, third party apps are unsupported hacks, so no, iTunes doesn't do ANYTHING with them. All iTunes "backs up" are things that don't get synced, like notes and SMS texts.

Anything else (contacts, mail, calendar entries, bookmarks) is handled in Windows by the third party programs you've set up to sync with (via iTunes). If you only transferred the numbers to the phone and didn't set them to sync with those programs from then on, then those numbers are gone. Ideally what will happen is you set the phone up to sync with those programs, and then all changes (on either side) are vectored across appropriately.

iTunes itself handles all music/video/podcast/and photo syncing of course.

Mar 28, 2008, 06:13 PM	#1
CrossHairSB macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2008	Doesn't iTunes store phone numbers etc...? I was messing around earlier with ibrickr or whatever and lossed everything. I mean I was able to do a restore back to the initial settings but sure wish I had everyone's phone number. From now on I'm going to have to learn how to run a backup from time to time so that this doesn't happen again. How bout this, what steps do you take to prevent losing all your 3rd party aps, phone numbers, pictures etc...? Besides fiddling with programs that you know nothing about lol. Thanks guys, Ken
	0

Mar 28, 2008, 06:14 PM	#2
killmoms macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Washington, DC	You probably just didn't set it to sync your contacts over. Were you syncing them before? __________________ thrillmoms.com - You know it. Welcome to the family… Mugi: 15" Retina MBP, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Sakaki: 27" iMac Mid-2010, Haruhi: 16GB iPhone 4, Nagato: 32GB iPad LTE
	0

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
iMessage Phone Number/Email	Jakerz	iOS 5 and earlier	3	Oct 26, 2011 02:06 PM
iTunes Store Gift Cards	iStarbox93	iPod	1	Oct 1, 2011 03:25 AM
Apple doesn't recognize second phone number	rmatthewware	iPhone	3	Jun 14, 2010 06:24 PM
Mail doesn't recognise UK phone numbers and addresses!	Tsurisuto	Mac OS X	2	Nov 2, 2007 08:32 AM

Mar 28, 2008, 10:56 PM	#3
CrossHairSB Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2008	well I noticed that and then manually synced but it gave me old numbers... not all the recent ones I had in my phone. And what about all the 3rd party apps on my phone, they aren't kept somewhere on itunes? Man I completely screwed up and now have to really learn how to backup all my stuff. Thanks. Ken
	0

Mar 29, 2008, 01:39 AM	#4
hexonxonx macrumors 601 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Denver Colorado	All iTunes does is backup contacts, recent and missed calls, SMS, Calendar, Stocks, Weather, clock and alarm settings and webclips. Any third party apps and gone if you have to restore and music and videos and photos will have to be synced back to the phone.
	0


MacRumors Forums > iPhone, iPod and iPad > iPhone > iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting