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Backing up iPhone

Vegastouch

Vegastouch

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Jul 12, 2008
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Since i have installed and jailbroken 3.0 on my 2G, everything is working fine except when i plug my phone into iTunes, it wont back it up. It shows the message " iTunes could not backup this phone because the phone was disconnected".

I never disconnected the phone so does anybody else get this message? And what can i do so when i sync the updated music, contacts, etc will get backed up?

Is there a solution to this?
 
dhlizard said:
Probably not. Have you tried Googleing the problem for some other sources ?
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I did after i saw this and apparently it has something to do with the mobileInstallation being the culprit. I need to download a patched version for 3.0 but i have a PC and dont know how to SSH into it.

I really dont know the exact steps to fix this but from what ive been reading, that is the problem. I have never had a backup problem on any firmware upgrade til now.
 
Applejuiced said:
It shouldnt do this.
You might have to restore and then redo the jailbreak again.
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No, been reading that when they do that it dont fix it. Besides, i did do another restore and jailbreak when my photos wouldnt save or backup and still no backup happening. Now i need to find what i have to have to fix that mobileinstallation thing. Been seing a permissions setting but that was talk of 2.1, dont know what it should be for 3.0.

I did SSH into my phone(thanks for the link) but dont know where i need to go yet so i closed it. Need more research/direction.
 
Any luck on this? Having same issue

Yo I have a 3G running 3.0, hacked with Redsnow and Ultrasnow and Im having the same error. It won't let me backup either... Have you been able to figure it out?
 
Chavi said:
Yo I have a 3G running 3.0, hacked with Redsnow and Ultrasnow and Im having the same error. It won't let me backup either... Have you been able to figure it out?
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Not yet. I have seen on other forums that it could very well be the mobileinstalation permissions but i dont know what it is supposed to be for 3.0. There is a patch in cydia for 3.0 called installd patch and tried it but it didnt fix it for me and not sure that is supposed to fix this particular problem anyways.
 
same problem

Hey folks am stuck with the same problem.. i had this after i did a complete restore and rejailbreak.. i havent been able to backup since then... i have tried SSH and read up posts on all forums.. nobody seems to have a solution for this.. i have lost all my backups and i really dont want to do another restore :(

I am beginning to doubt that its got to do with a identification between the mac and the iphone.. the backup utility is the one that fails everytime (console log)..
 
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