Comments on: Hack your iPhone: back up your data

By: Pedro

Pedro — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:50:16 +0000

Please Help!
I have a shit load of bookmarks saved on my iPhone’s safari browser that I’ve collected while away from my PC.
Is there anyway possible to export the bookmarks added/saved on an iPhone into a main PC browser (e.g. firefox) favorites collection??

By: Gilboor

Gilboor — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:21:39 +0000

Thanks. The following is how I got things done:
Tip1: for those songs purchased from iTunes, simply transfer purchases. See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329

Tip2: for songs that were not purchased from iTunes, use this transfer guide:

By: Mark Breen

Mark Breen — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:37:06 +0000

Can you imagine making plans and relying solely on your iphone. You go traveling somewhere and then your screwed cause the battery in the phone explodes. Everything is now a fucking nightmare. Technology is suppose to make things simpler not more complicated. I want to have my contacts and calander information on my phone and backed up on the internet do i can print it out. Its obviously something thats very complicated and you need a pc to sync with your itunes to do it. NOW. Supposidly there is a way to do it with a mobileme application and account. The fuckers want £59.99 pa to let you do it!!

By: madeleine diaz

madeleine diaz — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:05:51 +0000

No need to jailbreak or hack into your iphone!!! Please review MSB, free demo in website
From the Public Relations Office of MobileSyncBrowser: As your website is in touch with the news about iPhone Technology and Applications, I’m writing to tell you about the release of MobileSync Browser (MSB) 3.0, as well as MSB 3.1b1, the exclusive pre-release version of this application.
MobileSyncBrowser is used to retrieve data automatically stored inside iTunes every time the iPhone was synchronized to the computer. MSB will recover all information, notes, contacts, call history and SMS messages, in case the device gets lost, broken or stolen. Visit MSB at: http://homepage.mac.com/vaughn/msync/ Important note: 3.1 beta releases (e.g. 3.1b1) users should bear in mind that, as pre-release test copies, they are limited to running for a maximum of 15 days, when the next test cycle begins.
Users all over the world contact developer Vaughn S. Cordero to thank him and praise MSB for helping them evade the negative effects of losing all their information.
I’m attaching the press release and/or an informational document that outlines all the useful characteristics of MSB, now in its third generation. You are welcome to download the free trial; and please, would you kindly write a review or use the attached information to let your readers know about MobileSyncBrowser?
In addition to English, MSB includes Spanish, French and German support when it runs on systems in those languages. Be aware that MSB will work for iPhones in any language; however, the application contains those four to display the menus and the text. For instance, if you use MSB for an Italian iPhone, the information will display in Italian because MSB does not include that language support.
If you have questions or comments, please write back directly to Vaughn at audiobinder@mac.com, or reply to my email. Thank you for your help. — Madeleine D. Quilichini, e: mad_copy@yahoo.com

By: getoverit

getoverit — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:52:10 +0000

I tried iDrive Lite. it LOOKS like it worked. I downloaded the app and tapped the “Backup” button and watched this little progress bar for a while…then, it said it was done.

But who knows? Do I really have anything backed up?? I didn’t see any way to verify anything…so I guess I just hope for the best and rely on this thing – at least until I come up with something better. And, if I do have to restore, what data am I going to get? There’s no documentation, or even any info. in the app that gives me any assurance that I’m not going to get somebody else’s data. (How is that managed? We have no information.)

I’ve tried iTunes, iPranks, and now this. Apple does not seem to have provided their customers with a reliable, verifiable facility for protecting their data. Maybe its a lot more than a music player for kids but it still hasn’t really grown up.

To me, backing up data is not a matter of blind faith. Clicking on a cute icon and hoping for the best is not what I have in mind. A backup is something that I can point to, verify, and know I can rely on in case something happens – whether just some data gets corrupted or the whole device gets lost, stolen, bricked, or just craps out.

So, while I agree that all the steps that Matt describes seem like a lot of stuff to do…it looks like that the best we’ve got – at least for now.

By: Raghu Kulkarni

Raghu Kulkarni — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:57:47 +0000

Matt,

IDrive Lite just launched an internet based iPhone Contacts backup and restore application for free. This is a much easier option that the options you described.

Raghu
IDrive.com

By: Dick Richards

Dick Richards — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:58:24 +0000

For PC users, the best solution to backup their iPhone is CopyTrans http://www.copytrans.net/iphone-ipod-touch-backup.php

By: velix

velix — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:10:49 +0000

This is very useful information for me, don’t know if it is useful to other users but I appreciate this information very much because I wanted to hack little bit my iPhone and I’m new to this. Thanks, Matt.

By: طبيب

طبيب — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:24:33 +0000

thanks for the tips, now i have to find some money to buy my iphone.

By: tony

tony — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:31:00 +0000

not as useful as you could have been. Its ok you don’t buy drm music but you still could have said how to backup music. Contacts is done automaticly…