Are you going to install as new or from backup

[WinterWolf90]

LOL I used to do the same but deleted them long ago. You'll never go back to them man...just delete. Even check your storage, you'll see Messages takes up like 3GB going back that long.

I think the bulk of the reason I do it is for nostalgia. I can do fresh installs on my iPad because I don't miss the messages on it; but I do on my phone. It's fun to go back sometimes.

 

[WinterWolf90]

And when you update from iTunes it stills keeps all of your old files correct? it just downloads the entire update as oppose to an OTA?

 

[iAdamator]

What exactly is an in place upgrade?

 

[Mlrollin91]

I have always done a fresh install with a new device and with a new OS. But because of my Apple Watch I no longer can do that. It's frustrating that Apple has the Apple Watch tied to an iPhone backup. It should be separate. Also, achievements and health data should have their own backup in iCloud. It's just really messy right now and I believe it's only a matter of time till Apple addresses this.

 

[sunking101]

I'm sure that the people who advocate doing a clean install have next to nothing on their phones.
Me? 120+ apps, 17GB of video, 11GB of photos saved in the PhotoManagerPro app and countless other stuff. It would take me all weekend to set my phone up...

 

[mconk]

Is there a way to keep all your messages when you do a fresh install? Thats really the only thing holding me back. I have messages that go way back. To two or three years ago.

I also have messages going back quite a while. In order to keep the size down, I'll often go through and purge photos/videos/voice memos from message threads where I know there's a ton of content being exchanged. My messages usage is usually around 2-400mb. I've seen folks with 2-4GB of cached messages though...that's a bit much! A lot of people don't know that you can manage the contents of messages a little bit easier since iOS 8 rolled out though. Would be nice if you could pick and choose certain things to back up, like back in the blackberry days. Can't imagine why apple doesn't allow this. At least for core services like messages, and even call logs.

 

[eicca]

I updated straight across but I'm thinking I may have to restore. The final release really isn't any less buggy for me than Public Beta 3. I'm rather disappointed.

 

[Morac]

I did an OTA update on my iPad Air 2 and Game Center got corrupted. Did a restore and then restore from backup with the same problem. Did a restore and set up new and problem went away. Went back to iOS 8.4.1 and restored backup (worked fine), signed out of Game Center, did an iCloud backup, upgraded to iOS 9 and set up as new and then restored from iCloud backup and the problem came back.

No matter what I do, if I use existing backup, Game Center gets corrupted. This is the first time I've ever had a problem that required setting up as new to fix. That's since iPhone OS 3.

Combined with my iPhone 5s dropping 7% battery simply by unplugging it from the charger and iOS 9 is the worst update I've ever seen.

 

[nia820]

I though about starting fresh. But I'm too lazy to do it. Re installing apps and other the other annoying things that come with a fresh install.