Correct way to "clean setup" iOS 7

[thedeejay]

With the launch of iOS 7 next week, what would you guys say would be the "best and correct" way to setup iOS 7. People say setup as new so would that mean I would lose all data except what's synced on iCloud. How does restoring from an iOS 6 backup on iOS 7 compare to a "clean" start.

Cheers
Deejay

 

[joshforman]

With the launch of iOS 7 next week, what would you guys say would be the "best and correct" way to setup iOS 7. People say setup as new so would that mean I would lose all data except what's synced on iCloud. How does restoring from an iOS 6 backup on iOS 7 compare to a "clean" start.

Cheers
Deejay

Your iCloud backup should have just about everything in there so you really should lose anything if you just updated and then try to restore, although I don't know if you can restore a back up from one version to another version.

However I just use something called iBackupBot to restore stuff from one backup profile to the new one that's created. Gives me a chance to start clean, putting less apps on the phone and just getting rid of clutter

 

[pixelwix]

i backup bot doesn't seem to work with iOS 7 when it comes to text messages and camera roll i've tried and i keep getting db errors

 

[coolio93]

i backup bot doesn't seem to work with iOS 7 when it comes to text messages and camera roll i've tried and i keep getting db errors

I made it work for text messages. Look at my post on page 2 in this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1634076/

 

[joshforman]

i backup bot doesn't seem to work with iOS 7 when it comes to text messages and camera roll i've tried and i keep getting db errors

That may not be iOS 7 specific. Sometimes I try to do a clean install the device just to clean it out and I find I can't restore the messages with Eric with errors that it's a comparable wrong version or something. I forget what I saw, but I'm guessing there will be an issue if you're restoring messages database that's from a different version( iOS 6.x) that you're restoring ( iOS 7)

 

[PNutts]

With the launch of iOS 7 next week, what would you guys say would be the "best and correct" way to setup iOS 7. People say setup as new so would that mean I would lose all data except what's synced on iCloud. How does restoring from an iOS 6 backup on iOS 7 compare to a "clean" start.

Cheers
Deejay

Howdy! There is no best way. You can set up as a new phone and start bare, restore from an iTunes or iCloud backup, or update. What's best depends on how you want to do it.

Just make sure you have a good backup before you do.

 

[armandxp]

I updated to the GM on my iPhone 5 last night with absolutely no problems. Backed up to iCloud, connected phone to laptop, option restore in iTunes, and it installed iOS 7, then I keyed in my iCloud credentials. I didn't lose any text messages, passwords, voice mails, nothing. It worked perfectly.

 

[thedeejay]

I just downloaded the GM and brought over the backup from a previous version (6.1.4) and man it's battery life is a lot better and it runs smoothly!