Should I start fresh on the 5 or restore old backup?

[SDAVE]

I have a backup that goes back to the 3G and have been using that on all iPhones. During that time I even jailbroke some of the iDevices and still am using that backup.


Just wondering if it's worth starting from scratch? I have thousands of photos, If I use iCloud (I have photo backup off) I can just get the phone numbers back and calendar. I can just take the photos and put it on a hard drive for future use.

Any thoughts appreciated. Is it safe to restore from an old backup that had been jailbroken along the way?

 

[Applejuiced]

I always start fresh on a new iPhone and new iOS.
I wouldn't restore from a 4 year old backup cause of bugs or old issues you might inherit.
Up to you.

 

[SDAVE]

Thanks!

Is there a way to just sync photos and calendar/contacts? My iCloud doesn't have that much space for photos.

 

[Applejuiced]

I'm not sure about calendar.
Just sync that back with iCloud.
The rest you can copy on your computer and sync them back after. The pics under albums and contacts too.

 

[SDAVE]

Thanks much!

 

[takeshi74]

Your call to make. Have you been having problems?

 

[bandofbrothers]

I recently used a back up from iCloud to update all my data onto my iPhone 5 with no issues whatsoever.

 

[Jordan921]

I've been restoring from backup on my 4, 4S and now 5 without issues.

 

[mattopotamus]

I also always restore w/o issues. That is one of the most important features to me

 

[chrislaw]

This has never even crossed my mind. I just restore from backups.... Well now I'm going to continue to think about starting my phone from scratch... damn.

 

[pooleman]

Always start fresh.

 

[marcperrot]

I always start fresh with every new product.

 

[MVRL]

You definitely would want to start fresh with the 5 just to be safe, because I have heard some problems that are caused by restoring from backup such as battery issues..etc.