Will i lose all my stuff jailbreaking?

sako94 · Aug 19, 2008, 06:17 PM

ok one quick question guys will i lose my Contacts , movies , music and etc if i jailbreak my iphone? and if i lose them can i just reguarly add my movies and music back on it and then how do i get my contacts back?

K3mp · Aug 19, 2008, 06:18 PM

Like I said before Just do a backup and restore from it afterward.

Kev1000000 · Aug 19, 2008, 08:31 PM

Yeah, but I thought you cant restore from a jailbroken backup? So does that mean you can only backup before the jailbreak and then never have a backup?

DN7335 · Aug 19, 2008, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Kev1000000

Yeah, but I thought you cant restore from a jailbroken backup? So does that mean you can only backup before the jailbreak and then never have a backup?

You thought wrong

You can restore from backup to a jailbroken phone all day long, all your contacts, sms, etc will be placed back on your phone.

sgar · Aug 20, 2008, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DN7335

You thought wrong

You can restore from backup to a jailbroken phone all day long, all your contacts, sms, etc will be placed back on your phone.

Sorry, still not quite sure about this..... you mean a jailbroken backup can be restored to a jailbroken phone (after an upgrade ect) right?

bbplayer5 · Aug 20, 2008, 10:14 AM

use quickpwn.. you dont have to do anything but run it. It also pwns 2.0.2 if you know how.

DN7335 · Aug 20, 2008, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sgar

Sorry, still not quite sure about this..... you mean a jailbroken backup can be restored to a jailbroken phone (after an upgrade ect) right?

Don't confuse "restore from backup" with "restoring the firmware". To jailbreak, you create a custom firmware and restore that firmware. When you restore from backup, you aren't updating the firmware, you're replacing all of the saved settings, data, etc from the phone. So, from the start if you're going to jailbreak, first do a full backup. Then apply the jailbroken firmware, then restore from backup and you'll have all of your email, sms, contacts, etc.

Nothwithstanding what the other poster said, I fpersonallly would stay away from QuickPwn. Its too new and there are other issues such as not getting Cydia, etc in all cases.

sako94 · Aug 20, 2008, 04:17 PM

so what do you recommend i use instead of winpwn?

Aug 19, 2008, 06:17 PM	#1
sako94 macrumors regular Join Date: May 2008	Will i lose all my stuff jailbreaking? ok one quick question guys will i lose my Contacts , movies , music and etc if i jailbreak my iphone? and if i lose them can i just reguarly add my movies and music back on it and then how do i get my contacts back?
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K3mp macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Louisiana	Like I said before Just do a backup and restore from it afterward. __________________ iPhone 8Gb(Replaced by a 32GB 3GS)MacBookPro 2.8 Ghz24" LED DisplayiPod nano 2GBTV MRoogle: MacRumors Search+Google
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Kev1000000 macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2007	Yeah, but I thought you cant restore from a jailbroken backup? So does that mean you can only backup before the jailbreak and then never have a backup?
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Aug 20, 2008, 10:14 AM	#6
bbplayer5 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Apr 2007	use quickpwn.. you dont have to do anything but run it. It also pwns 2.0.2 if you know how.
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Aug 20, 2008, 04:17 PM	#8
sako94 Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: May 2008	so what do you recommend i use instead of winpwn?
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