Restoring/Backup going from jailbroken back to locked???

[MikeRiv87]

Lets face it after a while of messing around with cydia and downloading/deleting stuff, changing themes, and using apps apple could only dream of licensing your phone does get a little sluggish. Every couple months or so i find myself restoring my phone with locked firmware and start all over downloading and theming. Now in the past after I would restore i would choose the option of setting up as a new iphone and start reloading contacts, music, calenders, and resetting up my 8 or 9 alarms. I would does this because i though that if I restored my phone from a backup that was made on jail broken firmware it wouldn't be as "fresh" as if i started a new. Is this reasonable to assume or is it ok to restore my phone from a back up and have all my tones, preferences, contacts and such brought back in one step and not have some residual effects from the previous jailbreak?

 

[rendez2k]

Good question - I've been thinking this myself. I assumed that if some of my settings had got screwed up some how then surely restoring them only puts the problems back?

 

[MikeRiv87]

Good question - I've been thinking this myself. I assumed that if some of my settings had got screwed up some how then surely restoring them only puts the problems back?

Yes that is exactly what i was thinking! I was wondering if maybe the backup only takes like basic settings such as vib on/off, alarms, ringers and such, but doesn't look at major system files which could be causing the slow downs/ issues that are making you want to restore in the first place...

 

[NeoMayhem]

iTunes only backs up and restores a list of .plst files and things like wifi networks. Crap from bad apps does not get backed up or restored (although there are a few exceptions).

So, technically, you could install every app on cydia, make a iTunes backup, and restore that backup on a new iPhone and it would still be really fast.

 

[MikeRiv87]

iTunes only backs up and restores a list of .plst files and things like wifi networks. Crap from bad apps does not get backed up or restored (although there are a few exceptions).

So, technically, you could install every app on cydia, make a iTunes backup, and restore that backup on a new iPhone and it would still be really fast.

Thats exactly what i wanted to hear... Say i hide a bunch of app icons with poof and then took a backup. If i restored using that backup would my icons still be hidden? I think i remember this happening a while back and it's where i got the whole idea that the backup was saving more than just basic settings...