[mweglarz0]

So I just go an iPhone 3G and had to enter about 100 phone numbers manually into the phone. My previous phone, a Motorola SLVR, did not connect to my computer and I do not keep my info in Outlook other than a few email addresses....I'm 17, not a business user.


So anyway, I was wondering..is there anyway to like back up or save the numbers onto my computer so that just incase my phone needs a restore i have the numbers there to put back on. I don't want to spend another 30+ minutes entering in these numbers!


thanks

[mweglarz0]

nevermind figured it out. couple questions about it though...


does it back up everything including music and pictures?

how long does it take (i currently have about 8 GBs of stuff on there)?

does it include my phone numbers?

and where does it put the back-up information?


thanks!

[Duvi]

Wish you posted this earlier... You could have stored all your contacts to the sim and then imported them.

Not sure if 2g or 2.0 bought this. Settings --> Mail, Contacts, Calendars... --> Import SIM contacts (towards the bottom)

[Duvi]

nevermind figured it out. couple questions about it though...


does it back up everything including music and pictures?

how long does it take (i currently have about 8 GBs of stuff on there)?

does it include my phone numbers?

and where does it put the back-up information?


thanks!

What OS do you have? Vista or XP?

Ensure you go into the info tab. Here is where you set where you want everything to sync to. Before I had MobileMe, I had everything synced to Outlook. Although I have Vista, I have Outlook as well.

[mitchell209]

Why don't you just right click on your iPhone in iTunes and click Backup? That backs up all settings, contacts, etc.

You have to transfer out your music with a program though.

If you want to backup your apps, right click your iPhone and click Transfer Purchases.

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[Mr. Chitlin]

Why don't you just right click on your iPhone in iTunes and click Backup? That backs up all settings, contacts, etc.

You have to transfer out your music with a program though.

If you want to backup your apps, right click your iPhone and click Transfer Purchases.

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Thanks for that info. My son was asking me about this just a few days ago.

[tmp3150]

I always back up everything through Itunes

[mitchell209]

Thanks for that info. My son was asking me about this just a few days ago.

Oh, no problem. I also hate losing everything when I restore.

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[Duvi]

Don't worry, that guy was a spammer. He's no long an issue

[mitchell209]

You can easily backup all of your settings and apps just using iTunes. For Music, just get an app like iFunbox or iPhone Explorer and find the Music folder.