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Quick question on iOS 7

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ebaydan777

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Sep 9, 2007
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Hey guys, quick question

I am not a developer but am thinking about it and ios7 may have made me open my wallet to give it a go.

Problem is, I have an iPhone 5 that I dearly love and will only be testing small things I can start making and dont want to ruin the phone or brick it.

Can I backup my current settings on this phone through iTunes, iOS 6 and all, and install the new iOS 7, go on my merry way, and if something goes wrong or I don't like the iOS, can I simply just recover on that backup I made in iTunes without a worry, or is it not backwards recoverable, as in once iOS 7 is installed, my previous backup of ios 6 and all its settings arent recoverable, or they are?
 
Should be no problem, you can always revert. Best do it with iTunes on your Mac.

But here's an idea, why don't you make a new Apple ID, and sign up to the dev program with that? It will completely separate your personal and dev adventures. ;)

Good luck!
 
Diastro said:
Should be no problem, you can always revert. Best do it with iTunes on your Mac.

But here's an idea, why don't you make a new Apple ID, and sign up to the dev program with that? It will completely separate your personal and dev adventures. ;)

Good luck!
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Ah yes, this is a good point. But how come many people out there are saying you CAN NOT downgrade? why is this, and is this true? I saw this on a few download links, as well as an Apple Genius that I messaged and just got back to me.

And also what are the risks with the $5 UDID shops out there on the net? Any issues of being paperweight'd?
 
ebaydan777 said:
Ah yes, this is a good point. But how come many people out there are saying you CAN NOT downgrade? why is this, and is this true? I saw this on a few download links, as well as an Apple Genius that I messaged and just got back to me.

And also what are the risks with the $5 UDID shops out there on the net? Any issues of being paperweight'd?
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You can't downgrade from Beta versions.
 
What if I do pay the $100 and I crap my phone out doing something stupid. If I take it to apple will they replace my phone or is that something that definitely look out for, even if you are a developer?

I want to make the switch but I am afraid that if I lose everything on my phone (since I cant afford to buy 2 just to mess around with) that I wont be able to fix or replace it?

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Diastro said:
But you could factory reset, right? And then restore a backup?
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ya what he said^^?
 
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