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What would be the best way to backup/restore Cydia apps and all settings with it?
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Pkgbackup works perfectly, and is the only usable app for this purpose (forget aptbackup, appbackup, or any of the other POSs out there). However, I dont believe you get your settings back. Pkgbackup only allows you to reinstall all the apps without having to go through and find each one and install it again.
I feel terrible....it was AptBackup that screwed up my iPhone, not PKGBackup.
I will have to buy PKGBackup to make up for the incorrect statement I made.
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Or you could just go edit your previous post.
Yes, AptBackup sucks.
PkgBackup --> yes
AptBackup --> no
you really think $5 is steep? maybe in comparison to free apps but its obviously a tiny amount of money for a product. in any case this + sborganizer can save a lot of time if you ever have to restore. for your statement to make sense you would have to be on food stamps and welfare at the least.
Pay 5 buccks or spend hours customizing the jb again. Seems worth it to me. I love that app
So does pkgbacuk also save individual settings? For instance, would I have to go through BiteSMS and change everything all over again after restoring?
For $10? no thanks. I'm sick of paying money for Cydia tweaks and the developer quitting after a couple updates. I still can't get Safaridownloader+ dev to fix my issue.
I understand your position. However, PKGBackup has been around for a few years and is updated regularly. It has gotten me out a few jams.
For my last few jailbreaks I've:
As a bonus on the 8.4 jailbreak my added repos also reappeared after my restore. I don't know if that's because of the recent changes to Cydia or if it was because I didn't run Cydia until after I restored from backup.
- Restored iOS via iTunes.
- Jailbroken
- Restored from backup via iTunes.
As a bonus on the 8.4 jailbreak my added repos also reappeared after my restore. I don't know if that's because of the recent changes to Cydia or if it was because I didn't run Cydia until after I restored from backup.
This is how I did my 2 - 5s, ipad 3 and 6plus, and all went great doing it exactly the way you posted. And same with the sources already installed, that was a great addition.
I do this too. A good way to find the tweak that might be causing some issues prior to the update.
Ok, I tried to follow steps above but doing 3./restoring device after has been jailbroken it removes entire jailbreak?
maybe after 2. do backup and then do restore ?
Well, yes, you have to make a backup before step one.
The confusion with "Restore" being used in two different ways is understandable. "Restore Backup..." doesn't erase the iPhone...it just restores settings and apps from the backup.
I did make backup while on 7.1.1 and I think that's my problem? These instructions are for people who are on 8.4 already?
No. Your backup from 7.1.1 should restore apps and settings to a freshly "restored as new" iOS 8.4 iPhone, even after jailbreaking.