How to back up my iphone 4 onto itunes and then install on my new iphone 4s

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How to back up my iphone 4 onto itunes and then install on my new iphone 4s

I currently have an iphone 4 which i have just backed up in itunes. However, i see that not everything has been backed when i locate the file and check the file size. I can see in itunes that in total, i have used up 7.05GB - (3.7gb on photos, 2.7GB on apps and 0.84GB on other) on my phone yet i only see 3.7GB on my back up file which i can confirm are mainly my pictures.

When i used this back-up file to transfer to my NEW iphone 4s, only my contacts, pictures, bookmarks, notes etc showed up leaving all my apps out. This is strange because i dont know what i'm doing wrong. I have synced all of my apps onto itunes, made sure the tick boxes have been highlighted for sync apps and automatically sync new apps.

Surely my back-up file should show a total file space used as being 7.05GB?

Help please?

Ta

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Posted on Aug 23, 2012 1:48 AM

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turingtest2

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Aug 23, 2012 1:54 AM in response to d_patel2403

iOS device backups do not include apps or media. These will normally be in the library.

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.

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d_patel2403 Author

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Aug 23, 2012 2:03 AM in response to turingtest2

so then how do i get them onto my new iphone 4s?

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turingtest2

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Aug 23, 2012 3:05 AM in response to d_patel2403

Once all your content is in your library you can connect a new device and load it up from iTunes. You may even be able to restore the iPhone 4 backup to the iPhone 4S in order to get all the application settings and data just as they were.

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d_patel2403 Author

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Aug 23, 2012 3:23 AM in response to turingtest2

Thank you, i'll try that.

Just a quick one, how will my itunes library detect all those apps when i plug in my new iphone 4s which were stored on my old iphone 4?

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turingtest2

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Aug 23, 2012 3:45 AM in response to d_patel2403

If you follow the steps in the user tip to recover all the content from the old device into the library then it will all be available to put into the new device. You can either set up the new device "as new" and put in exactly the content that you want (but all the apps will have initial settings and no data) or attempt to restore a backup of the old phone (in which case settings and data should be restored.

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d_patel2403 Author

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Aug 23, 2012 3:59 AM in response to turingtest2

Thanks for your help. I'll be sure to let you know how i get on.

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