Something is up with my iPhone 4S (been going on since iOS 5 and now iOS 6) and I want to do a full, clean restore, then reload my apps. The catch is I don't want to lose the app data that each individual app may contain. Can this be done?
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Need to full restore my iPhone, but not lose individual app data?
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yes, that's what I'm thinking. I'm hoping once I redownload the apps to a fresh install, all my data will just pull down from iCloud. But I know when you delete an app from your iPhone, I get messages saying it's going to delete iCloud data as well.
You can use iExplorer to back up an individual app's settings.
iExplorer 2.x is free (3.x, the current, cost around $40 or something).
You do *not* need to be jailbroken. iExplorer (and similar programs) will allow you to browse the mobile user's file system and copy the /Documents or /Library folder from an app.
This allows you to back & restore individual app settings even if you do a full wipe and set up your device as new.
Restoring from iCloud works the same as restoring from iTunes.
iExplorer 2.x is free (3.x, the current, cost around $40 or something).
You do *not* need to be jailbroken. iExplorer (and similar programs) will allow you to browse the mobile user's file system and copy the /Documents or /Library folder from an app.
This allows you to back & restore individual app settings even if you do a full wipe and set up your device as new.
Restoring from iCloud works the same as restoring from iTunes.