Michael Maslar wrote:
Everyone, don't get mad at geauxracerx because *you're all too lazy to follow the directions*. It doesn't take long. Write down all of your apps, delete them from iTunes. Sync your iPhone. Delete any remaining apps on your iPhone. Redownload the apps you wrote down earlier and sync them all at once. You don't even need to do them a few at a time. Just make sure you've downloaded them from iTunes, and when there are updates available, update from iTunes. This will eliminate long backups. That's what this thread was for.
First, I don't think anyone got "mad" at him. In fact, most people thanked him, even if they were not going to use the method he outlined, for taking the time to submit something that would help some people, but not all.
Second, regarding your comment below...
...you're all too lazy to follow the directions...
I think this is way out of line, since it's not an issue of laziness, and, had you read the replies from those of us who were not going to use his method, most of us had one single and very simple reason (with the exception of one or two who said that they did not want to take the time to delete all their apps, and preferred to wait for Apple to fix the issue).
The reason we gave, and the one I still give, is that all application data is lost when you remove an app from your iPhone. To be clear, I'll use a few synonyms for "lost":
missing, mislaid, misplaced, vanished, disappeared, gone missing, gone astray, forgotten, nowhere to be found; absent, not present, strayed; irretrievable, unrecoverable
The data is gone. Now, for some people, this might not be an issue. For others, such as those who have taken the time (sometimes many hours over the last month or two) to compile data like passwords (eWallet, for example), or other data that cannot be lost or easily (meaning quickly) recovered, it is not about being "lazy". It's about not being able to get data back after it is gone. With eWallet, it is particularly annoying to write down all the info and then recreate all the cards again, and since there is not desktop sync for the app yet, some of us who use it might prefer to wait a while and deal with this issue the same way we've been dealing with it thus far.
Maybe all you do is play a few games on your iPhone, or use applications that store information that isn't important to you. For some of us, this is a real problem, and his method is not an option.
If his method has solved your issue, and the rest of us refusing to use it are annoying you by continuing to talk about this problem as if it doesn't have a solution (which it does not, since the solution only works for some people), you can turn off updates on this topic and drop out of the discussion by clicking the "My Subscriptions" link in the right sidebar of this Web site.
Thanks.
