I deleted a bunch of things on my PC and when i synced my iPhone i apparetnly lost some contacts and my notes, i tries restoring the iPhone but the only backup i had was the one without all my stuff. I found some iPhone restore.ipsw files in my recycle bin, can i use those to restore my iPhone with?
iPhone 4
You can only restore from a backup, not from the ipsw-firmware file. So, in case this folder is part of your computer backup routine, replace the whole folder and your latest backups should be listed again in iTunes.
Backups are stored in the backup folder, located here:
Where backups are stored http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
The folder where your backup data is stored changes depending on the computer's operating system. Since iTunes only keeps one backup per device, you should ensure the backup folder is included in your periodic data backup routine.
iTunes places the backup files in the following places:
copied from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Message was edited by: Ingo2711
Ipsw Restore?
