Backup & Restores
| Backup Cydia Applications Using AptBackup & AppStore Using iTunes before Upgrade: |
AptBackup is an application to backup & restore solution for Cydia installed applications. What AptBackup does is to make a list of Cydia-installed applications, backup the list via iTunes and restore the list back to your iPhone. AptBackup can then refer to the list and install all the applications automatically. Unfortunately its application does not backup your actual apps or apps settings. |
| Install AptBackup Via Cydia: |
| Launch Cydia and select “Sections” on haptic menu. And then select “System” category and tap “AptBackup” to install it. |
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The interface of AptBackup is very simple. You can only find two buttons after launching AptBackup – Backup or Restore. Let say, you’re planning for a iPhone upgrade: |
Step 1: You should first click “Backup” to backup the list of Cydia-installed applications. Step 2: Then sync your iPhone with iTunes to backup the list to your computer.
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| Backup AppStore-Installed Applications via iTunes: |
For an application installed through AppStore, you can have them backup by synchronizing iPhone with iTunes. iTunes silently backup your iPhone applications and keep it on your computer. After upgrade, you can then sync them back to iPhone again. |
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| Guide To Backup Your iPhone Apps using Chronus: |
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Chronus is a 3rd party application for iPhone and iPod Touch. It can keep multiple states of a particular program by saving its preferences/settings/databases. These states are restorable. You can also backup and restore data from applications downloaded from the iPhone App Store |
| Install Chronus Via Cydia: |
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Launch Chronus by pressing its icon on the SpringBoard. When Chronus opens you will be brought to a list of all the different items that it can backup. |
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Press to select an item you would like to backup. In this example I will choose Calendar. Notice we are now at a blank Calendar list. Press the backup button at the top right hand corner of the screen. |
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| Step 3: |
| Notice now a new restore point will be created. Press the blue arrow on the restore point to view the data saved for backup. |
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| Press the button at the top left to return to the restore point list. |
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| Press this restore point to view the functions associated with it. |
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| A pop up will appear asking what you would like to do with the restore point. You can Restore, Delete, or Email the restore point. In this example I will restore so press the Restore button. You Calendar will now be restored. |
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You can now return to the list of items for backup by pressing the Chronus button at the top left. Or if you would like to email yourself the backup, press the restore point. |
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| Then press Email from the pop up menu that appears. |
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| Step 9: |
| Mail will open with the backup as an attachment. You can now send it to any email address you like. |
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