Hi Casey, Yes, what you described should work, however, just to be on the safe side I always do encrypted backups in iTunes as well as iCloud backups. First of all encrypted backups back up more data such as certain passwords etc. and that means less work when setting up your new phone.
Keep in mind as well that a backup will only back up your Settings, home screen layout etc. the actual apps are not backed up since they live in the App Store and when you do a restore they are redownloaded. After your restore has finished you will see a lot of apps that say "Waiting..." and then one by one you can see the download progress. Music, ringtones and other media is also not part of a backup, it needs to be re-synced. Lastly, if your iPhone 4 still works, why not wait just over 2 months and then either get the new iPhone which most likely will be announced in the first half of September or get an iPhone 5 then because once the new iPhone is announced, the iPhone 5 will take the place of the 4S now and you can get it cheaper. Unless your current phone isn't working any more and you absolutely have to get a new phone I think between now and September is the worst time to get a new iPhone. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Casey Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 9:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: A iPhone backing up to the cloud question Hi I am ready for A phone upgrade. Now what I would like to know is. If I upgrade to the iPhone 5 from the 4 that I currently have. If I have backed my iPhone 4 up to the cloud from my phone. then got my new iPhone 5 had it set up. then just logged in with my apple ID and password and then told it to restore from a i cloud back up. Will is just put all of my apps and folders back the way they are currently on my new phone? Or do I have to go about this differently? As far as backing up the phone goes? -- Casey -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
