What order should I restore content on my new iPhone 5?

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What order should I restore content on my new iPhone 5?

I broke my old iPhone 3gs one month ago and it now does not work at all. I last backed up my iPhone 3gs to iTunes 6 months ago. I only back-up my contacts/reminders/calender to iCloud and this was last backed up 2 weeks ago.

I'm getting a new iPhone 5 and would like the latest contacts/calender/reminders from iCloud and also the app data (saves etc) from the backup 6 months ago.

How should I go about doing this? Should I do the iTunes backup first then sync with iCloud to get the latest iCloud data or the otherway around? Whatever happens I do not want to lose my iCloud data when I update my phone!

Any help please?!?

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on May 17, 2013 1:23 PM

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Answer 1

wjosten

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May 17, 2013 1:25 PM in response to chrisgdclarke

Sorry, you can't do what you want. The restore from backup process is all or nothing, & you cannot combine an iCloud & iTunes backup. You use one or the other.

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Answer 2

May 17, 2013 2:35 PM in response to wjosten

So just to be clear - if I backup from iCloud I will lose all my apps?

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Answer 3

wjosten

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May 17, 2013 2:38 PM in response to chrisgdclarke

No iTunes content is included in any iPhone backup. After you restore from backup, either iCloud or using iTunes, you must sync to restore your iTunes content, or re-download it to your phone. The only thing related to apps, in any iPhone backup, is app data, not the actual apps themselves.

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