Last sync date...1 month ago??

[martinmartin]

I have a jb 3.1.3 3GS.

I sync'd today so I could restore my new iPhone 4 from a fresh backup.

3GS sync completed fine, but when I plugged in the new iPhone, it said my last sync was May 16!! Tried it twice...same thing.

Anyone know what might be going on?

Thanks!

 

[Applejuiced]

Maybe your last sync didnt go thru all the way and became corrupt.
Resync your 3GS again and then have the iphone 4 restore to that.

 

[martinmartin]

Maybe your last sync didnt go thru all the way and became corrupt.
Resync your 3GS again and then have the iphone 4 restore to that.

I thought the same thing - but like I said I tried it twice and it still is coming up with a last sync date of 5/16...???

 

[Applejuiced]

Open up itunes and go to edit/preferences/devices.
Then delete your device backup listed.
Then plug back in your 3GS and do a backup.
It should only then have the latest one available that you did today.

 

[martinmartin]

Open up itunes and go to edit/preferences/devices.
Then delete your device backup listed.
Then plug back in your 3GS and do a backup.
It should only then have the latest one available that you did today.

Ok thanks - going to give that a try now. I wonder if this has anything to do with wifi sync. I installed that back when it came out and then read that it had some problems when trying to restore. So I deleted it from my computer (for sure) and from my phone (I think).

Anyway, I'll report back. Thanks again.

 

[Applejuiced]

Ok thanks - going to give that a try now. I wonder if this has anything to do with wifi sync. I installed that back when it came out and then read that it had some problems when trying to restore. So I deleted it from my computer (for sure) and from my phone (I think).

Anyway, I'll report back. Thanks again.

That might have cause an issue also.
I heard alot of people having problems with it.
Not worth it IMO.

 

[martinmartin]

So deleting the device backup didn't work. After i sync'd it again, i plugged in the iphone 4 and itunes didnt even find any backup of my old phone.

Which led me to the solution, i think.

Back when i installed wifi sync, i clicked on some setting to turn backups off (in order to speed up the sync).

I think backups have been turned off ever since.

So i followed the directions here to turn backups back on:http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/...backup-process-to-speed-up-slow-sync-process/

The 3gs is now backing up in itunes and im pretty sure it will work now...

Thanks again for your help!

 

[Applejuiced]

Wow, so the wifi sync was causing the problem.
Glad it worked out.

 

[martinmartin]

Wow, so the wifi sync was causing the problem.
Glad it worked out.

Yeah, must have been a leftover thing from when i told wifi sync not to backup the phone. Then i deleted the wifi sync software and kind of forgot about it.

I only figured this out after i took your advice and deleted the old backup. When i re-sync'd and there was still no back up, then i realized what was going on.

Cheers.