Is it possible to back up JailBroken state - Page 3

Napoleon_PhoneApart · 11-06-2009, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by Europa

I need to retract something I said yesterday. I learned early this morning, from a wise forum member (a true iPhone Genius - Tinman), that it is ok to restore from backups when jailbroken. I recommend disabling all your themes, doing an iTunes backup, restoring from backup, and then rejailbreaking.

I still don't agree that restoring from a backup is harmless, especially after upgrading to a newer firmware revision.

Europa · 11-06-2009, 10:45 PM

Are you still going to recommend restoring to factory settings before rejailbreaking then?

Napoleon_PhoneApart · 11-06-2009, 10:47 PM

No. Just be careful when upgrading firmware.

Europa · 11-06-2009, 10:58 PM

I'm confused.
You upgrade the firmware then restore from backup. What do you mean, "be careful"?

Napoleon_PhoneApart · 11-06-2009, 11:11 PM

Never mind. I'm off this subject now.

Europa · 11-06-2009, 11:30 PM

Wow. Thanks for giving up on me.

Napoleon_PhoneApart · 11-07-2009, 01:15 AM

I'm not giving up on you; I'm just tired of beating a dead horse.

s8n666 · 11-07-2009, 03:28 AM

To get back to the original question asked....the answer is NO you cannot back up the jailbroken state. You will have to re-jailbreak after restoring.

churin · 11-07-2009, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by s8n666

To get back to the original question asked....the answer is NO you cannot back up the jailbroken state. You will have to re-jailbreak after restoring.

So, if iPhone quits working then I have to restore "factory condition" as a message says when starting the restore, and then do JailBreaking and Tethering again. I wonder what exactly the Rock and the PkgBackup do which so far mentioned by other posters.

rojocrandall · 11-07-2009, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by churin

So, if iPhone quits working then I have to restore "factory condition" as a message says when starting the restore, and then do JailBreaking and Tethering again. I wonder what exactly the Rock and the PkgBackup do which so far mentioned by other posters.

PkgBackup will restore all your Cydia apps so you do not have to install them each manually, individually. (Same with Rock with the apps handled there).