How to Make your iPhone Backup fast

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Applications crashing. Programs that do not work properly . Springboard or functions that at one point literally crazy. These are some common issues that may be encountered by users of mobile phones from Apple. How many of you have been able to check several times, one of the most effective methods (how tragic) to overcome these drawbacks is to do a Restore terminal . This will completely reset the phone memory are all data that is deleted, all settings, all applications and reinstall the firmware.

Therefore you should make a full backup of data on the phone, that is a saving on fixed memory of the PC data for all at risk if it is just forced to restore it.

We can distinguish the elements of which is good to do a backup to primary and secondary, indicating those associated with primary data original iPhone and those with secondary third-party applications. As regards the primary ones, iTunes comes to our aid, because it creates once Synchronize the phone, an automatic backup of the following:

• Music and Video (if also present in the PC memory)
• Contact
• Calendar
• Favorites (only if they were previously synchronized with a Web Browser)

This saving takes place automatically as mentioned above, and once connected the iPhone (after restoration) we are asked by iTunes if synchronizing the same terminal with data from the backup made previously.



90 SECOND BACKUP

I had looked on lots post which showed a way to backup iPhone. But not every time a user get success in that. Sometime I had found that many complaint about the long hours of backup. The iPhone consumes some long time for a regular backup. But there are various ways for that and you can speed up your backup also.

I called this as 90 seconds backup, because under this process your system might consume a average of 90 seconds to backup your phone data, so that you does need to wait for longer time. There are several way to speed up your iPhone backup and that usually depends on the settings you choose while setting up your iPhone. But there are some conditions under this backup method.

You must know that there must be much lesser application in your phone. That means more less application you keep in your phone the speed of backup is higher. So do not overload your iPhone with various application. In my case I had not installed anything n my iPhone. Now sometime users notice that the backup takes long hours and then it crashes. After that there is a process of sending a crash report to the apple server. Every time tons of crash report goes to the server and you stays in the queue for your answer. Now first you will have to disable this function. It is set by default on the first sync. This will improve your backup speed.



First plug your iPhone in your system and run iTunes. Then check that the device is shown properly on the left side. It must be listed under the option of devices in iTunes. Now as the sync starts just stop it instantly. You can do that by clicking on the X button on the top side of iTunes. Then click on Devices and there select your iPhone. Now you have to click on the iPhone to get a Windows which will show you the information the phone. It is called as iPhone info, and from there you will need to remove the tick from automatically sync when this iPhone is connected. The same option is located below the Summary tab.

Once done remove the iPhone. Disconnect it from your system and then wait back for some time. Now plug in back. Keep your iTunes running. Once done connect it and then right click on the iPhone which is the same under Devices. From the menu go the last option saying reset warnings. After that your phone settings are gone and when you click on Sync then it will show you the option which comes for the first time when you Sync iPhone. From this you will see up your sources windows and a option denoting about crash report. Check the option Don’t show this warning again. Then uncheck the same option back again and then you can see a warning window popping up on your screen. Now plug the phone back and then choose Do not allow. If you find still that the backup is eating up long time then click next instantly. Then you can go to the other option of crash report where if you see the folder you can see full of crash reports. The backup is consuming time because of this folder. Just empty the folder and delete everything from it.

So this time whenever you plug the iPhone in your system and then select Do not send the info to apple. If you have sent the crash report then clean up the folder and delete all files out of it. After this your backup speed will improve to a great extent. Now if you add up more new applications in your phone then the backup time will keep on increasing. Also note down that if some application is causing issue on the iPhone and you have taken the backup of the same then that might be able to restore from iPhone. So use proper iPhone application only. The best example I can give is that now my phone consumes 90 seconds to backup my phone. After that I had installed Brain Challenge and this time the new backup eats up 5 to 10 minutes.



The iPhone is very intuitive, it is a certainty. Suddenly Apple was not too crushed and the documentation provided with the phone is very thin (apart from the online documentation). Unfortunately we often pass through some very simple tips and yet useful. Here are some of them.

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HOW TO TRANSFER FILES WITH SSH IPHONE

Given the numerous requests, I decided to explain simply how it is and what it takes to transfer files from your PC or Mac to an iPhone using SSH.

1. If you are Windows users, download WinSCP, while Mac users you need Cyberduck. It is recommended that the iPhone with the screen active when you use these two programs, or may arise some problems.
2. Now go to Settings> WiFi> and click on the blue arrow next to the name of your wifi connection. You will see the IP Address field, with a series of numbers. Segnateveli.
3. Open up WinSCP or Cyberduck is create a new connection type SFTP (SCP iPhone 3G in Windows). The data included are:

• Server address: the address that you have marked before.
• Username: root
• Password: alpine (if it does not work try dottie)

4. Click on Login, and so you enter in your terminal and you can move between folders and manually install applications, themes, and transfer files.

For those who want, and I recommend to everyone, you can install an application: BossPrefs, which allows the iPhone to activate the various services, including SSH fact, Edge, WiFi and Bluetooth. Indeed, we recommend you disable SSH when done with it, as much discharge the battery. BossPrefs found in category Utilities of the Installer.



Remember that with firmware 3.0 you can access SSH via USB tethering on the iPhone and activating entering the IP address of the new network created.

LIST OF RECOMMENDED FILE TO BE BACKUP UNDER ANY CONDITION :

Here is the list of folders containing files that can be advantageous to save. If you does not save others then this will do enough.

1. SMS : Revenue SSH ( Guide ) in the folder / private / var / mobile / Library / SMS and save all the files inside.
2. Call History : Revenue SSH folder / private / var / mobile / Library / CallHistory call_history.db and save the file.
3. Password Safari (cookie) : Cookies.plist Save the file in / private / var / mobile / Library / Cookies.
4. Contact : Revenue SSH folder / private / var / mobile / Library / AddressBook and save files AddressBook.sqlitedb (which will be used for contacts) and AddressBookImages.sqlitedb (which will be used to store the images assigned to contacts). Once restored, simply overwrite the existing files with these.
5. Private Folder / var / mobile / Library / you can save the contents of everything that interests you maintain, as Mail, Calendar, etc.. Just save all the contents of folders, and then replace it once restored. The system settings are in the folder / private / var / mobile / Library / Preferences.
6. If you want to save your pictures on your iPhone camera roll (you can do it from My Computer or iPhoto), you can make a backup of the folder / private/var/mobile/Media/DCIM/100APPLE /.
7. / Private / var / mobile / Library / YouTube - File relative to the YouTube video player
8. / Private / var / mobile / Library / Calendar - calendar data
9. / Private / var / mobile / Library / Notes - Notes
10. / Private / var / mobile / Library / Mail - the Mail application on file
11. / Private / var / mobile / Library / Installer / TrustedSources.plist and PackageSources.plist - Sources installer personal
12. / Private / var / mobile / Library / CallHistory - List of calls made / received / missed
13. / Private / var / mobile / Library / SummerBoard / Themes - SummerBoard Themes
14. / Private / var / mobile / Library / MxTube - Files relating to MxTube
15. / Private / var / mobile / Media / MxTube - Videos downloaded from MxTube
16. / Private / var / mobile / Media / Dcim - Pictures taken on iPhone
17. There are obviously many other folders to copy, for different applications on our iPhone at which point everyone is obliged to create a backup of what it deems necessary. In any case, almost all files are in / private / var / mobile / Library or alternatively in / private / var / mobile / Media.
18. Once you copy these folders on the iPhone soon restored, simply change the file permissions to "777", so that the terminal recognizes them as originals: to change the permissions simply select the folder, right click and go to Properties .
19. Finally, if you have firmware 1.1.2 or 1.1.1 the list of folders will be in / private / var / root / Library /

IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO LOSE LEVELS AND SAVE YOUR APPLICATION, PROCEED AS FOLLOWS:

Navigate to the folder via SSH: var / mobile / applications

You will find a list of your applications : Instead of the name, you will find a series of folders named with numbers. To avoid having to look in each folder, and you have downloaded from Cydia AppLinks names instead of numbers. Enter the application folder that you want to save data, go to the Documents folder, save files inside to call after this.

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BACKUP IPHONE WITH ITUNES AND APTBACKUP

Before synchronizing with iTunes, download and install from Cydia "AptBackup" to back up the list of programs Cydia. Run it and click on Backup and within instants has created a list with all the programs you have. Then we do a backup and data synchronization with iTunes, it preserves your settings, contacts, sms, all programs and games with their preferences and the list of programs Cydia.



Update via iTunes :
Before the jailbreak if you want the baseband (the phone) to date, the latest Italian 3G iPhone to firmware 3.1 directly from iTunes by clicking on Update. After the procedure, you have the firmware 3.1 with the updated baseband without any programs Cydia.

Jailbreak :

It is the time to jailbreak your iPhone 3G. Download PwnageTool 3.1.

Close iTunes and run PwnageTool 3.1 and follow the onscreen instructions, or follow any nice video tutorial. NOTE: If you upgraded to 3.1 through iTunes, the original firmware 3.1 will be found automatically by the tool. The operation is very easy and affordable for everyone but it is on your risk.

Now that you have custom firmware ad hoc saved on your computer, start iTunes will recognize the device in DFU mode and click while holding down the ALT key on the keyboard RESTORE (Restore) and select the custom firmware created earlier.



For those with Windows, where the tool is not yet available for the jailbreak, I put a link to the custom firmware you can download and easily restore. Wait for the restoration of the custom firmware from scratch and you are with the iPhone "virgin" + Cydia and Icy. Warning! If iTunes were to make mistakes, you can use before restoration iReb 2.1

Restoring backup :

Wait until iTunes recognizes the device and select to restore the 'last backup which ends with the synchronization of all the settings. Now it's time to start Cydia and begin to restore all programs; first latest available packages and then install OpenSSH and AptBackup.

I opened a small but important aside: currently not all programs are compatible and if you want to avoid problems, you can remove them from the list so that they are ignored by AptBackup! To do this, download the file aptbackup_dpkg packages.txt-plugging the iPhone in the directory / var / mobile / Library / Preferences / and Edit it conveniently on your computer by removing the lines that relate to these programs .

Remove the lines that relate to any other program that profoundly affect the settings and could create problems. Without this, overwrite aptbackup_dpkg-packages.txt, start AptBackup and click Restore. Wait for the recovery of all programs and the next reboot if all goes well, you again 's iPhone 3G Cydia with all programs, without losing much time.

IPHONE SMS BACKUP :

How many times have you wondered: how can I save my messages from iPhone to computer? Did you find driving certainly billion online but to no avail (including paid programs or guides for exclusive unlocked iPhone), now is the right place. The steps are simple, you can also help with the illustrations, we will get two minutes to copy all the sms on your Mac.

• Connect your iPhone to your Mac and open iTunes.
• Back up in order to save every last post of the day.
• Open iPhone Backup Extractor and click on Read Backups:
• Scroll down to the last application, you will find iPhone OS Files (select) and click Extract:
• Extract iPhone OS Files on the desktop.
• Open the folder iPhone OS Files you saved on your desktop
• Now go to the folder Library> SMS> and take the file sms.db and save it on your desktop.
• Open SQLite Database Browser is on the menu: File> Open and open Database sms.db.
• Now go to FILE> EXPORT> Table as CSV file.
• The CSV file you can open it with Excel.
  
  
  

SOME QUICK TIPS TO USE IPHONE

1. To make a screen-shot, simply press Home and Power buttons simultaneously. The Home button is the one in front of the phone and the power button is the button on / off over the phone.
2. To control the music from the iPhone with the headset, you must press the microphone on the cord. Press once to pause the music, twice to advance to the next track and three times to return to the previous one.
3. An unsolicited call full meeting? While it sounds, just press a button once on / off to make silent ringing, and a second time to send the caller directly to the answering machine.
4. To change the music quickly, just shake your iPhone! Beware, it does not work if the iPod application is in the background.
5. This may seem obvious, and yet he must know. To move the icons on the iPhone, he must leave his finger down a few seconds on an icon, and they will begin to vibrate. Then simply drag to move. Once in place the icons, you must press the Home button on the front of the iPhone to complete the operation.
6. Same principle, to remove an icon, just leave a few seconds on his finger, then a small cross appears on the icon to delete it. This is not possible for basic applications like the iPhone calendar, contacts, etc.. How to write with accents? It's simple, just leave her finger down a few seconds to the letter e for é è ê ë for example. It also applies to special characters that will appear alternatives, and the key . Com in Safari that will show the . Com, . Net, etc..
7. To easily add a period followed by a space (to finish a sentence and start a new one), just press twice on the space bar. This function is deactivated in the preferences of the iPhone.
8. To quickly zoom in Safari, just tap twice quickly on the area you want to enlarge.
9. To zoom out quickly in Google Maps for example, just tap twice quickly on the screen with two fingers simultaneously.
10. Whatever the application, it is possible to return to the top of a page by typing quickly once the status bar at the top of the iPhone.
11. To save an image from Safari, for example, must leave his finger over a few seconds. A menu will appear to save it in its iPhone.
12. Typing something you want to cancel? Easy, just shake the iPhone and everything disappears!
13. To quickly delete an email without opening it, simply drag your finger from left to right on the title of the mail (or from right to left). A Delete button appears.
14. This trick is different from the arrival of voice control on the iPhone 3G. Now we must press and hold the Power at the top of the phone, then when the button Switch off appears, return to the menu.
15. To easily obtain its IMEI number, simply go to the phone application and dial * # 06 #.

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HOW TO SYNC YOUR CALENDER, CONTACTS AND EMAILS WITH GMAIL :

The configuration of the synchronization of calendar, contacts and emails on the iPhone 3G or 3G is not necessarily simple. This little tutorial should help you configure this synchronization for each change or create in your calendar, contacts, or mail is instantly sent to Google Calendar , Google Contacts or GMail. Conversely, all your actions on these online services from Google will be sent to Push (shutdown) on your iPhone, all for free. We will also see how to sync multiple Google calendars on the iPhone.

Before you begin, you should know that this configuration is only valid for versions 3.0 or higher of the iPhone OS. You can check on the phone in Settings -> General -> Information. This is normally the case if you performed the latest updates for your iPhone 3G or 3Gs by connecting it with iTunes.

To make a backup of your initial contacts and your calendar to avoid problems later, simply connect your phone to iTunes. For information, you will see later in this configuration through a wizard Exchange on the iPhone. This may seem confusing. In fact, Apple does synchronization mode Push for two types of accounts: MobileMe accounts and Exchange accounts.



Google has the cunning and simulate the operation of an Exchange server to enable synchronization total and instant messages, calendars and contacts via a service called Google Sync.

Settings :

1. On the main screen of the iPhone, open the Settings menu, then Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
2. Then select Add Account and then Microsoft Exchange:
3. Then enter the information requested.
4. In the Address field, enter your full Google mail.
5. Leave the Domain field empty
6. In the User name field, reenter your complete address Google.
7. Enter your password in the Password field,
8. OK finally the Next button at the top right of the window.
9. The wizard displays the message Unable to verify the certificate. Validate by Accept.
10. New Server field appears. Show m.google.com in this field.
11. Then select the services you want to synchronize, for example, you can choose to sync everything as below: Mail, Contacts and Calendars:
12. A message asks you if you want any or not to remove existing contacts on your phone.
13. You will finally verify that the push is on. To do this in Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> What's new push, make sure that Push is enabled.

CONCLUSION :

A restoration is a procedure sometimes demoralizing for all owners of Apple devices. Especially when you restore a jailbroken device, in what is definitely not recommended, since the recovery process, load a backup device previously jailbreaked, as it can cause stability problems. Here it is some "trick" to secure your data, so they can be reloaded after the restore and possibly the new jailbreak.

This is one of the strengths of the iPhone 3G, according to Apple. They have increased the resolution to 3 megapixels, and after various tests carried out (in various conditions) it is very conclusive.

• Sensor 3 Megapixel
• New camera, with autofocus, auto exposure and auto white balance.
• Special macro mode and low light.
• All applications can be accessed at the camera or the video
• Recorder VGA 30 frames per second with autofocus, auto white balance and auto exposure.
• retouch the video hit single touch, share it with MMS, email, MobileMe or YouTube .

Jailbreak is on your risk. You just need to take proper backup. You can use some automated services for that also. There are tons of free applications available on Cydia or if you don’t want to Jailbreak then you can just buy the same.

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These post is really nice to give the knowledge about the fast back up in iPhone . There are so many advance facilities are available to take the back up and also perform certain utilities will be performed it into them.