So I restored to stock and...

[AntonChigurh]

I restored back to stock (using a back up from before I jailbroke) and I noticed that the numeric battery was still active and my contacts app (which I removed with SBSettings) was still removed. Anyone know why or what I could do to get it back to complete stock?

Sorry if this has been discussed, I used search and could not find relevant topics. Maybe I just searched for the wrong things.

[Eragon]

I restored back to stock (using a back up from before I jailbroke) and I noticed that the numeric battery was still active and my contacts app (which I removed with SBSettings) was still removed. Anyone know why or what I could do to get it back to complete stock?

Sorry if this has been discussed, I used search and could not find relevant topics. Maybe I just searched for the wrong things.

When you restore, do not restore using a prior backup; completely restore to a new iPhone.

[psylichon]

Yeah, I would do a DFU restore as a new device.

[AntonChigurh]

Thanks for the quick responses Eragon and Dave. I reset all settings on the phone and it seemed to do the trick. I probably should of done that before I asked.

Do you think I should still restore as a new phone especially if a new fw update comes out and it somehow bricks my phone?

[psylichon]

I always restore as new, but that's just me. At the very least, I still think you should restore as new when going from jailbreak to stock, so in your case yeah, I would do it again.

What a lot of people do nowadays is backup their stock iPhone via a sync with iTunes, then save a copy of that backup file somewhere before they jailbreak. Then when it's time to go back to stock, you can safely restore from that pre-jailbreak backup.

[blewis1984]

What happens when you restore as a new phone? Does it just completely wipe everything (contacts, pictures, etc.)? You don't have to reactivate or anything like that, do you?

[ducati]

Hi! I am still a newbie so I am learning on this forum. How to I do a DFU restore? Also I backed up my iphone last night and I would like to save the back up file prior to jailbreak it, where do I find the back up file? If you restore an iphone using the DFU mode will this method delete all the jailbreak traces? Thanks

[sheelz]

Hi! I am still a newbie so I am learning on this forum. How to I do a DFU restore? Also I backed up my iphone last night and I would like to save the back up file prior to jailbreak it, where do I find the back up file? If you restore an iphone using the DFU mode will this method delete all the jailbreak traces? Thanks


Yes, I'd like to know that as well :wink: