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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

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  • by iFan1701,

    iFan1701 iFan1701 Sep 2, 2013 7:41 AM in response to Rometsch
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    Sep 2, 2013 7:41 AM in response to Rometsch

    Restoring Safari Data is the easiest way to correct this problem.  Like others, my reading list would not sync and my device jus kept saying "waiting"

    The free version of iBckupBot does not allow you to import, I was not going to spend 34 dollars for a one time use.

     

    I have other iDeices in my household, and I simply used iBackupBot to restore from another device.  I unchecked everything but the safari files.

     

    First, on your iPhone go to Settings/icloud and turn off ssafari.  I chose to delete from iPhone.

    In iBackupBot on the left, I clicked on my iphone under Devices

    On the right under This device can be restore from below backups (click to restore): I clicked on my wifes iPhone 4

     

    A new window will pop up. 

    Leave the defaults checked under Restore options

    Under Please select contents that you want to restore, check PARTICULAR Restore

    Uncheck both System files and User app files

    Expand System files and then check ONLY Safari data files

    Then press OK

     

    Your phone will reboot and restore with this new safari data file. 

    Go back to settings/icloud and turn on safari.

     

    This corrected the waiting sync problem with my reading list and was much simpler than playing around with the backups etc.

  • by nesss01,

    nesss01 nesss01 Sep 22, 2014 7:01 PM in response to iFan1701
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    Sep 22, 2014 7:01 PM in response to iFan1701

    anyone know how to do this with current ibackupbot and iOS 8?

     

    ibackupbot does not seem to have an 'import' function (even grayed out).

     

    I made a backup of a fresh iOS 8, iPhone 6, with a factory clean bookmarks file.

     

    i then used that backup to restore bookmarks to my messed up iOS 8 install. It seems to work, and the bookmarks are empty after restart, but i still can't add new bookmarks and the default apple bookmarks aren't there.

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