If you jailbreak, can you still backup your iPhone?

[LixLev]

I'm tempted to jailbreak my iPhone, but was wondering. Can you still backup your iPhone the same way that you would a non-jailbroken iPhone.

Basically, what I'm asking is if I jailbreak it and a couple of weeks later I change my mind and go back to the normal software, can I restore the phone and still keep the text messages that I have received during those two weeks as well as the ones that I've had before.

Another thing is do I lose all my text messages and settings when I jailbreak?

Also, is syncing things like music still the same with Jailbroken iPhones?

 

[9822679]

You may find more help in the iphone hacks forum

As a general rule, I would back up my iphone first before jailbreaking


if the jailbreak fails, then you can do a full restore with your old backup

Just make sure your back up is 100% complete ( you want your last backup to be complete or else you will have problems restoring your iPhone)

 

[LixLev]

Thanks Dr Cabrera, but the main issue of my query is whether or not I will lose all my SMS messages and settings when I jailbreak, or will they still be on the phone once jailbroken? I know I can back them up but does that mean that I will only have them for if I restore, or can I put them back on the jailbroken phone?

 

[BergerFan]

Well, I recently jailbroke, and went back to stock - everything that was added during the jailbreak via default apps/means was backed up as normal. I even did a backup whilst jailbroken and all was fine.
I think the backup doesn't even see the jailbroken bits.

 

[angel1286]

when you jailbreak and connect to itunes, it creates a backup as it would if your phone is jailed...itunes doesnt back up any jailbroken app data so you would be able to restore from a backup you created while jailbroken without losing any data i.e. text messages etc