Q: iOS 6 iCloud bookmarks sync stuck in limbo... any idea?
Hello,
this morning my iPad 2 with iOS 6 started preventing me from making any action on bookmarks in Safari. I noticed that my long reading list had all "downloads" pending.
Waited but nothing changed. Plugged in my power outlet and waited but nothing changed.
So I tried to disable bookmarks sync, iCloud altogether, delete sites data, history and cookies, disabled and re-enabled private browsing, I restored my iPad from an iCloud backup deleting data and settings from iPad itself (that took some time). I obtained always the same result: other services are disabled flawlessly (my contacts, notes and so on are deleted and reloaded without any negative effect) but bookmarks no, they are still there.
Still now that I restarted a few times also with home and power button pressed for those 15 seconds and I'm logged out of iCloud, those bookmarks are there looking at me with a distinct grin between the lines. Last thing I tried was to sync with iTunes enabling that checkbox used to replace iPad bookmarks with those on my iMac; my beloved iPad canceled the operation, every time I tried (just to be sure, you know).
Is there any way to hard reset just Safari? Something I didn't try? I'd really, really, really like to avoid a full restore "as new device".
How wonderful would be if I could turn a switch and initialize Safari just like on the desktop version... also a selective backup option wouldn't be bad or a way to export specific app backups through iTunes.
Thank you very much for your time and in advance for any hint you could give me.
iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, iOS 6
Posted on Sep 22, 2012 9:06 AM
Link to files
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/o8nueh3s5kwkjq8/MkOM4s1QaF
these files are from a fresh ios6 install and backup
If you don't know what to do with them and have not figured it out after reading this thread then I would recommend not using them.
you will need ibackupbot to import these files to your existing backup. My exact method was:
backup iphone 4 ios5
restore to iphone 5
backup iphone5 with ios 6
then I replaced the files in the iphone5 backup with the ones from the fresh ios6 backup.
Full charge at 12:15am
Listening to music since 8am. Normal use
Battery 83%
Usage: 1hr, 37min
Standby: 8hr, 46min
Good Luck!
Posted on Sep 28, 2012 9:18 AM