Danny As I understand it, syncing contacts with iCloud is different from restoring from a previous back up. I think there is a difference between restoring from a previous backup, which you are not wanting to do, versus simply syncing your contacts from the cloud once the iPhone has been set up from scratch. I set up my iPad from scratch ie. I did not restore from a previous backup. Once I set it up as a new iphone with my Apple ID, and turned iCloud on, the contacts appeared back on the phone. This has nothing to do with the IOS being corrupt.
Syncing and restoring from previous backups are different things. I'm sure somebody else can explain it better than me. Lisette On 24/01/2013, at 1:52 PM, Danny Noonan <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, it's when I restore from iCloud or from a > backup on my mac that is the problem. As the os is corrupted on my phone, > restoring from a backup just puts the corruption straight back onto my phone > again. > > I literally have to start over and set the phone up as new. > > Kind regards, > Danny: > > On 24/01/2013, at 11:43 AM, Lisette Wesseling <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Danny >> I'm relatively new at this myself. But if you have iCloud turned on on your >> phone and mac, , and have contacts checked in there it should work >> absolutely fine. I recently restored my iPad from scratch, and once I turned >> iCloud on in settings, the contacts all came back from the cloud onto my >> iPad. I've had the occasional issue with multiple contacts being generated, >> but they are easy to delete, and I have not lost anything. iCloud is just >> under settings. >> Good luck. >> >> Lisette >> , >> On 24/01/2013, at 1:22 PM, Danny Noonan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm reseting my iPhone and starting from scratch as I've had corrupted >>> backups for a couple of years and can't handle the issues any more. >>> >>> I've backed up all the apps to iTunes, have my podcast list in OPML in an >>> email but want to be sure all my contacts are properly sinked with the mac. >>> Is there any way I can check, any settings that should be set or something? >>> I really don't want to lose my contacts if at all possible. >>> >>> Many thanks for any info or even other suggestions on how to make the >>> rebuilding of the iPhone safer or go more smoothly. >>> >>> Danny: >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
