How to use xbackup properly

I'm just going off of memory here, but I think you need to create the backup, then use something like iFile to dig into the folder where the 3 backup files are stored, email them (or something) to yourself.

Then, after the re-jailbreak, you re-download xBackup, drop the files back into the folder, and restore.

You probably missed that.
I know I did a few times

 

Can you plz tell me where the folder is, and which 3 files?

 

Yea, I think your right. Because I did what the first poster said, and the backup wasn't there after the update! The instructions say it will remember it, but mine was gone and deleted. Luckily, i saved the backup to my desktop using iphone browser before hand, and then I dropped them back into the folder after updating.

 

i had the same problem, nothing happened after the restore, i kept doing it and it eventually worked and i did not use ifile or cyberduck. just buggy i guess...

 

This thread is old, but I was finally getting around to updating my iPad to 5.1.1 and I came across this problem; I thought it'd be worth posting my solution to save future headaches. What I did was install xBackup, and then take a backup of Cydia. This backup file is located at /var/mobile/xBackup/Backups on the iPad. I have Terminal installed on my iPad, so I used the following scp command to send it to my home directory on my mac (no file browser required!):

Code:

scp /var/mobile/xBackup/Backups/backup.bk.zip userName@hostname:/Users/userName

After jailbreaking, open up Cydia and install xBackup and OpenSSH. CD to the directory holding the backup file and use this scp command from your mac:

Code:

scp backup.bk.zip root@IP_Addr_Of_iPad:/var/mobile/Library/xBackup/Backups

Then open up xBackups, go to restore, and it should find your backup file and go to work. Everything was restored just as I had left it. Well worth the $1.50!