iOS 6... Set it up as a new device or restore it from an iTunes backup

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  1. seldanne, Sep 19, 2012

    seldanne macrumors newbie

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    I have a iPhone 4S...

    Is there any 'advantage' or more of a clean install, to set up as new device? or can I restore from a iTunes backup?

    I'm not that worried about losing contacts or anything like that, I'll use iCloud to get that back?... Apps should sync back from iTunes right?
     
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  2. bandofbrothers, Sep 19, 2012

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    Personally i did a back up to my mac and iCloud.

    Then just plugged my 4s into itunes and let it do its thing.

    I normally set up as a new device as i dont have any game saves or text messages i have to retain.

    One thing i have noticed is the 'other' section is now 0.63 gb !
     
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  3. seldanne, Sep 19, 2012

    seldanne thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Bit the bullet and did new device... texts aren't that important and game saves will be lost but oh well :) just thought it would be better this way... if i do realize I'm missing something, can I still restore from the backup I did? or is that lost? I'm guessing the backup it just did during the setup replaces the iOS 5 backup I did? or is there an archive of backups?

    Just a note... I have 0.57GB of 'other' but it's not done yet...
     
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