Category app after restore

[gadgetdad]

iPhone jailbroken 2.1. I had all my games in one category folder. Then I got locked up installing an theme from installer so I had to restore. Now I have a non-jailbroken iPhone but its missing all the games that were in that folder. I assume the're there because iTunes re-installed them but they are hidden. Must I re-jailbreak and install categories to retrieve them? I was going to wait for 2.2 to come out before I re-jailbroke it.

Thanks in advance.

 

[robdam1001]

iPhone jailbroken 2.1. I had all my games in one category folder. Then I got locked up installing an theme from installer so I had to restore. Now I have a non-jailbroken iPhone but its missing all the games that were in that folder. I assume the're there because iTunes re-installed them but they are hidden. Must I re-jailbreak and install categories to retrieve them? I was going to wait for 2.2 to come out before I re-jailbroke it.

Thanks in advance.

This happened to me last week as well. Not sure if there is another way of doing it, (SSH?), but I had to re-jailbreak my phone in in order to be able to access my App's hidden in folders.

 

[TheConfuzed1]

Categories does some screwy stuff if you restore without undoing your folders first.

I updated to 2.1 with categories installed, and I got the Apple Logo of Death.

I had to restore fresh again, and re-jailbreak.

Later, I got the idea to restore my backup (believe it or not, I didn't know how to do that!), and I did it with Categories still active, and everything in folders.

The apps that were in the folders, became duplicated! I had them in the folders, and on the springboard! I had to delete both, resync with iTunes again, and set up my Categories folders again.

I've learned from the past, and I now realize that any time I update, or restore, I need to remove the apps from the folders, and deactivate Categories first!

A positive did come from all of that though--I now understand the need for the ominous warning when you first install Categories!

 

[gadgetdad]

Well to answer my own question, you have to restore and setup your phone as a new phone, not from a backup.

Now I will wait for 2.2 before I re-jailbreak. Should be pretty soon.

 

[Excellerator]

Categories does some screwy stuff if you restore without undoing your folders first.

I updated to 2.1 with categories installed, and I got the Apple Logo of Death.

I had to restore fresh again, and re-jailbreak.

Later, I got the idea to restore my backup (believe it or not, I didn't know how to do that!), and I did it with Categories still active, and everything in folders.

The apps that were in the folders, became duplicated! I had them in the folders, and on the springboard! I had to delete both, resync with iTunes again, and set up my Categories folders again.

I've learned from the past, and I now realize that any time I update, or restore, I need to remove the apps from the folders, and deactivate Categories first!

A positive did come from all of that though--I now understand the need for the ominous warning when you first install Categories!

Thanks for the post. I was using Catagories but decided not to use it now. I do have a question though, I just jailbroke my phone yesterday, when I do a backup does it backup the jailbreak settings or just the Apple settings?

 

[dieburnbot]

Thanks for the post. I was using Catagories but decided not to use it now. I do have a question though, I just jailbroke my phone yesterday, when I do a backup does it backup the jailbreak settings or just the Apple settings?

It remembers some of your jailbreak settings. I just restored today and after jailbreaking the phone still remembered that I had numerical battery enabled. It also restored my settings for stack.

 

[Lance Lucas]

Found these threads and posts via Google, many apologizes if I'm stepping on any toes.

Well to answer my own question, you have to restore and setup your phone as a new phone, not from a backup.

Now I will wait for 2.2 before I re-jailbreak. Should be pretty soon.

Does setting it up as a new phone mean losing all of my SMS messages and Notes and other app-specific stuff, or is there a way to restore that? I use MobileMe, so I would be OK for Contacts and Calendar and such.

It remembers some of your jailbreak settings. I just restored today and after jailbreaking the phone still remembered that I had numerical battery enabled. It also restored my settings for stack.

I had the same thing happen to me today when I decided to unjailbreak and upgrade to 2.2. Numerical battery is still enabled. Sounds like setup as a new phone may be my only option to disable it?

Thanks!

 

[dieburnbot]

Found these threads and posts via Google, many apologizes if I'm stepping on any toes.



Does setting it up as a new phone mean losing all of my SMS messages and Notes and other app-specific stuff, or is there a way to restore that? I use MobileMe, so I would be OK for Contacts and Calendar and such.



I had the same thing happen to me today when I decided to unjailbreak and upgrade to 2.2. Numerical battery is still enabled. Sounds like setup as a new phone may be my only option to disable it?

Thanks!

It restores your mail, sms and stuff. not sure about Notes as I never use that app.

You can use BossPrefs or SBSettings to disable numerical battery. Just go into their options/config or more sections and you'll see a toggle for it.