[mac4theblind] Re: restoring lost folders in ios
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:37:31 -0800
Actually that will fail as well. I have the link to the forum thread someware.
I just restored twice from the same back up and it worked like a dream. Even
restoring from the earlier back you would have to restore twice. Trust me on
that one. I did it last night, about 10 times.
On Nov 30, 2011, at 4:57 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
> or you can restore your phone to an earlier back up. the only time I've lost
> all my folders is when I restore from recent back up or set up as new. It
> must have something to do with the phone being unlocked.
>
> On Nov 30, 2011, at 1:26 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>
> I just spend about 4 hours troubleshooting this. someone gave me a link in a
> forum thread and I followed the steps outlined here and it worked. I cannot
> hep anyone who is stuck as I'm dead on my feet and I still need to let apple
> know about this, again.
>
> Apparently this has been an issue since day 1 of the folders thing last year.
> Steps follow to fix the issue.
>
> 1: Connect to your phone to iTunes (make sure this is before you tried to
> restore it or lost all your icons)
> 2: Right click your phone in the left hand menu and select "Back up" (record
> the time so you know which backup to use later)
> 3: wait for that to finish
> 4: If you need to do a full restore (firmware and software) click on your
> phone in the left hand menu then click the settings tab then click the
> restore button. If you don't need to do a firmware restore (you do need to do
> this if apple has officially unlocked your phone or you have paid your phone
> carrier to do it) then just right click your phone in the left hand menu and
> click "restore from backup" it's important to note the difference between the
> two methods the first is a full firmware restore the second just puts your
> files back on the phone and does not touch the firmware.
> 5: Let it finish. Don't let it sync cancel it if it tries.
> 6: Once it's finished or it tries to start syncing and you have cancelled it
> click on your phone in the left hand menu and select "Restore from backup"
> (yes you have to do it twice it's not a typo). Make sure you select the
> backup you made in step 2.
> 7: let it finish and this time let is sync. It should take a while and once
> finished all your folders and apps will be there.
>
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