Forgot encrypted password so unable to backup anymore

If I was to wipe out the iphone and restore using the icloud backup , would I need an encrypted password? I dont car about restoring photos, videos or music. I need emails, notes, calendar and contacts.

Thx

Yes I am well aware that at anytime I can wipe out all the info on the phone and restore with backups. Unfortunately when I have been backing up regularly for the past 3 years as I was never asked for the password again I was not aware of what it was and that I would be in such trouble.. I did find an app (my contacts backup pro) that allowed me to save my contact list and email it to me and another app for my notes which was usefull but now I am left trying to find a way to either create a a backup without an encrypted password or trying to export the rest of my data so that I can import it back in if the phone is wiped clean.

I guess if anyone can answer this "If you want to restore using the icloud backup, do you need an encrypted password" I do not see an encryped password check box in settings for itunes, the password box is a sub menu of the backup to the computer.

Solution for getting your info back when you have forgotten your encrypted password

Well I did figure out a solution which I will share with anyone else who has the same problem, it does involve either having another apple device or borrowing one temporarily. Its not perfect but the info I didnt get back I dont care about.

I took my daughters ipod touch (could use any iphone, or ipad too), backed it up then wiped it clean.

put it in on my apple account and enabled icloud backup for all items it would allow. All my contacts, appointments notes etc were transfered onto it from my phone through icloud. All my emails are with imap services like yahoo, google etc so they are all there too. Only thing I lost were any progress I had in games which is no big deal. Lost the texts too but dont care about those. Have to reinstall any music and videos but that is no problem. Took my original iphone and wiped it clean then started over and synced with icloud and now everything I care about is back on my phone. If you cant borrow another apple device you can always buy a used ipod touch for $50 then sell it once you are done with it. I did the whole process in about an hour.

Pro's (got the following all back)

Contacts

Appointments

Notes

Emails (that were imap)

Reminders

Safari data (bookmarks etc)

Documents, pdfs etc

Photos

Music (just need to re-sync)

Videos (just need to re-sync)

All my apps

Cons (didnt get)

Any non imap email accounts

Texts

Any data inside apps I had downloaded

I did find an app that would have saved my texts but I couldnt be bothered with it, if its important to you then do it

I have now set up encryped backup using the same password I use on other accounts so that I will never forget it. Didnt want to not put a password in as many people seem to claim they didnt put one in then needed one later?? They are probably wrong but why take the chance. Now I know the new password.

To everyone who tells ios owners they will never get their data back and they should wipe their phone clean and tough luck on them for not remembering their password, then shame on you. So much for encrypted security being unbreakable. To be truly effective encrypted techniques they should force all devices on the same account using icloud to use encryped passwords otherwise its easy to circumvent if you can get the apple account sign in info.

I found 2 apps that claimed they would save the texts (as well as contacts etc), the first was called Copy Trans http://www.copytrans.net and the other was called Touch Copy http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php

I did not use either of these programs so I cannot say if they did what they claimed to or not.

The reason I did not just wipe my phone clean and try and restore from the cloud is that I did not know if it would work or not. For all I knew it would ask me form my encrypted password when I went to restore with icloud. Once I wiped the phone clean if there was a problem with restoring it then I would be stuck with nothing. Better to try with another device to make sure.

Interestingly enough, when I checked on my icloud settings prior to wiping the phone clean, there was no check box to choose messages, everything else was there but nothing on messages??? It has - Mail, Contacts, CAlendars, reminders, safari, notes, passbook, keychain, photos, documents and data and find my phone. Its also possible that because I synced back from an ipod touch that because it does not have cellular messages pehaps there was nothing there to copy. If I have used another iphone to do this with maybe the messages would have come back.