Setup as new or restore from original iPad backup

[ks-man]

Is there any benefit to starting from scratch with my new iPad or are most people simply restoring from a backup of their existing iPads (I have an original).

 

[Darth.Titan]

I'm restoring from a backup of my 1st gen iPad.

 

[roblawton]

I backup in case of emergency.

Whenever I get a new iDevice, I start it from scratch. Nice and clean and more fun working back the settings and save games!!

 

[celinedion1]

I'm in the process of restoring mine since i at first did a back up which I didn't want. After the restore finishes then I'm going to start it as a new iPad. I forgot i had a bunch of crap on my old restore.

 

[ks-man]

I backup in case of emergency.

Whenever I get a new iDevice, I start it from scratch. Nice and clean and more fun working back the settings and save games!!

Trying to imagine what type of emergency can happen...

Oh, your high score from Plants vs. Zombies gets erased. I understand completely.

 

[rgr555]

what does restoring do ?

i restored it but when i loaded up itunes i still had to copy everything over

 

[PurpleHeart]

restore from backup


have too much data in the apps to set it up as new

 

[johndoe588]

What the heck, you can go either way. I'm 10 minutes into it, and I'm setting up as new rather than restoring from a backup of my iPad 1. A fresh start.

 

[ReallyBigFeet]

I backup in case of emergency.

Whenever I get a new iDevice, I start it from scratch. Nice and clean and more fun working back the settings and save games!!

This.

You also seem to eliminate all the little "phantom bugs" that somehow manage to migrate from old to new when you restore a new device from a previous generations backup. I've done both and really feel I get better performance when I set up as new.

Besides, its a good opportunity to re-evaluate all the junk apps you've collected.