Upgrading from iPhone 3GS, what's the recommended approach to get all the apps/data to iPhone 4? Restore from 3GS backup or set up as new and load apps/music/etc. separate?
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iPhone 4 setup - do I restore from 3GS?
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i'm using my 3gs backup... if my MMS and voicemail still dont work i'll do a restore and start as a new phone
well my voicemail, MMS, and facetime are all broken with my backup from my 3GS (jailbroken)
i'm going to start it as a new phone... i've never done this so i just assume i port all of my info like pictures, apps, music and contacts from itunes?
i'm going to start it as a new phone... i've never done this so i just assume i port all of my info like pictures, apps, music and contacts from itunes?
I restored using my backup from my 3GS, and everything is exactly as it was on my 3GS. The texts are there, the voicemails, everything.
"Transferring information from your current iPhone to a new iPhone"
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2109
"iPhone and iPod touch: About backups"
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
a related discussion on the process of getting information off your old iPhone onto a new one:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2038778
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2109
"iPhone and iPod touch: About backups"
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
a related discussion on the process of getting information off your old iPhone onto a new one:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2038778
Did you disconnect your phone while it was restarting? After it restores it syncs all your apps pics and other stuff.
can you set up as new phone and use windows contacts that have synced with itunes to get the contacts on the i4?
i dont want to restore from backup but i need my contacts. dont care about anything else
i dont want to restore from backup but i need my contacts. dont care about anything else
I setup as new and got my contacts sent down from mobile me. simply signed up for the trial and then canceled
I have that problem quite often.
Fixing is simple though: Simply select 'restore from backup' a second time. (contex menu from the iphone entry in the left itunes pane)
Seems that if it's a fresh install, the first restore installs the settings, the second plonks the apps on.
i started fresh, the only thing really important to me was my contacts , so I synced iTunes to my google account and got all my contacts on the 4.
everything else I'll manually download
everything else I'll manually download
Thanks for the replies. I took the "restore from 3GS backup" route and so far so good (just had to reenter email and v-mail passwords).
Someone in another thread said they did this and they were no longer able to run facetime. ANyone seen this? Concern being any iPhone 4 features don't run on the new phone after restoring 3GS backup.
... forget it, saw you have to enable it in the settings.
i did a backup of my 3GS last night before restoring the new phone to it, and it remembered everything; address book, text messages, even where i left off on Plants vs. Zombies! LOL
