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Sean Dempsey

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Aug 7, 2006
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With the complete wipe requried to isntalled iOS 5, what is the proper way to backup an entire phones contents?

Is it:
- Run a backup
- Run a sync
- install iOS 5

and if so, backups and syncs dont save apps and music, right? Or is it just music and movies that have to be re-dragged over.

Also - if I have no plans to use iCloud or whatever, will I need to make sure my contacts are sync'd and updated on my computer first?

This seems like an overly complex process with lots of places where someone would overlook a step and have pretty serious information loss.
 
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