I've had to restore from a backup once or twice. Also, I've heard that when you do restore from backup, your folders and apps are all kind of jumbled together, and not having were when you backed up the phone. And doing a second restore will fix this. I sought on life hacker.
Thanks, Ari On Sep 19, 2013, at 10:21 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Penny and Jane, > > Jane, there is no need whatsoever to restore your iPhone, iPad or iPod > ?Touch after upgrading to iOS 7. Yes, doing a backup is a good idea, but > then once you do the upgrade whether you do it via iTunes by clicking "Check > for updates" in the Summary tab or whether you do the upgrade over the air > on your device nothing should be lost which requires a restore. The only > thing you may notice is because of the extra Facetime app which probably is > put on your first home screen that if your home screen was full before one > app might have been moved to the second home page. Anyhow, here is what you > should do: > > 1. Connect your device to the computer and do a backup in iTunes or, if you > don't want to use iTunes, back up to iCloud. > 2. When the backup is done, double press the home key to bring up the app > switcher, close out all apps. > 3. Hold the home key until you get the message to turn off your device, then > slide or double tap to do so. > 4. Wait a bit and turn it back on to perform a complete reboot. > 5. Do your update. > > Closing all apps and doing a reboot is maybe not strictly necessary, but I > have never had a problem with an update by doing this and it definitely > won't hurt to do that. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Jane > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 6:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: preparing for ios7 > > Go to the summary tab if your iPhone is plugged into your computer and > iTunes is open. Hit Back up this iPad. After that's done, tell it to update. > When that is done, tell it to restore from backup. > > Jane > > > > > On Sep 19, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Penny Golden <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I see that there's an article to prepare your phone for the 7 upgrade. > but in general, can someone just give me the heads-up as to what this > includes? >> Just do not have time to go find the article, even. >> BestPen >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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. 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