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Apple Working on Local Backup Servers for iOS Devices Needing Genius Bar Replacement?
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Catering to dumb users. I knew that I might have to swap out my iPhone, so I synced it before I left, and brought my MBP in my computer backpack to do one last backup before swapping the device.
Having been an employee at an AT&T store I can tell you that many times customers would come in and have no idea that they were supposed to connect their iPhones to iTunes. They would be exchanging their phones and Id say "You backed this up to iTunes correct? So that your pictures and music are now on your computer right?" and I'd get a blank stare and a "no one ever told me I had to do that"
Of course, this is done first on Linux. Just need your own broadband connection and you are set. http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/owncloud-2-your-personal-cloud-server.html
If my device is so broken that I have to take it to a Genius, how can I be expected to back it up? 
Love this. When I had my iPhone replaced a little over a year ago I lost a bunch of texts that I had sent or received in between the time I backed up my phone that morning and handed it over to the Genius Bar that afternoon.
Ummm, no. I know of at least 3 people at work who never backed up their phone; never synced with iTunes after initial setup. (Pre iOS 5)
Sounds ridiculous and untrue, but seriously this is where some people are at.
So wouldn't that be more like a iTunes backup in store rather than an iCloud backup?
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Can't win with some people. Apple taking prudent action to protect a customer's property, privacy and avoid possible legal beagles after a quick buck, then gets banged for doing so. Greenpeace isn't alone in looking for things to complain about.
no doubt, that seems intense. there should be a vault they use for that sort of thing, haha.
if you do an iTunes Backup or iCloud Backup your Camera Roll is backed up. I don't get what you mean...
I guess it's safe to give them all your private info...
There are other Apple products aside from iDevices that have private info like MacBooks and iMacs. And we gladly hand them off to an Apple Genius for service.
These highly personalized services don't exist here in Brazil. For me, Apple Genius Bar is a place where the intellectuals drink beer and play with their iPhones.
Why do you think you can't use an iPad or iPhone without owning a computer?
iOS does work without a computer.
One of the main purposes of iCloud was for people to sync their iOS devices via the internet. No computer needed.
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While I have never had to restore from backup and import my pictures, as far as I know, both iCloud and iTunes back up your camera roll.
Apple says this is the case:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946 (under iTunes will back up the following information)
And here for iCloud:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4859
Apple shouldn't have to cater to the idiots of the world. if you can't back up your own data or are simply to lazy/ignorant to do so, then you deserve to lose your precious contacts and photos
Over USB 2.0, it would take a while to transfer everything. I'd rather just do it at home myself than have to wait an hour at the apple store. I'm also not too happy about the idea of apple having the entire contents of my iphone when it goes into repair..even if it is for repair only.
Flash-based iOS devices, when you want to load them with content, need to be connected at least once. Plus, it's convenient to plug them in the USB port to charge them. So still no reason not to have a backup, since it's the default setting most people don't care to change.If my device is so broken that I have to take it to a Genius, how can I be expected to back it up?
I don't know hoe you do it, but my really sensitive info (Bank statements, ID cards copy, even various bills) sit in a compressed, AES-encoded image disk. All the other info, basically, *could* be exposed to the world without any serious consequence.There are other Apple products aside from iDevices that have private info like MacBooks and iMacs. And we gladly hand them off to an Apple Genius for service.
Still: it's easy to make such containers.
Well, ignorance is not bad per se if you can live with the consequences. But stupidity or laziness just don't cut it. Basically: iOS backs up to iCloud, and it's free. Or it backs up to your computer, and it's also free. Stop looking for excuses. Unless you broke your cable and couldn't fidnd another in the local dollar-stores.Apple shouldn't have to cater to the idiots of the world. if you can't back up your own data or are simply to lazy/ignorant to do so, then you deserve to lose your precious contacts and photos
Keep in mind that this is an iCloud backup designed for the internet. It doesn't back everything up, just settings, email, and other things that can't be replaced via Apple. Over WiFi this should be fairly quick.
They could easily set it up with encryption. You choose a password at that time, you enter it without the tech seeing, then the files are transferred, verified, and then the device is wiped. New device will decrypt it back over with the same password you entered, typed by you.
