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After reading the many recommendations to do a Restore As New to solve the battery problem, I finally bit the bullet and did that.

I am not happy with the result.

I have 144 apps on my iPhone. Quite a few have saved data on the iPhone in one form or another. I spent about 2 hours syncing, and getting those apps which had the ability to sync or backup to my Mac to get data off my iPhone onto my Mac prior to doing the restore. For those that didn't have that ability, I wrote down configuration parameters, as far as I could find them.

Then I did the Restore as New. Synced to get what could be synced back, and synced/restored the other stuff. None of the folders I had created were there. The apps were then all arranged alphabetically on the pages, nothing like how I had them before. All too much data of too many apps was not there. I spent about 8 hours trying to get many apps working again with stuff that had disappeared, and I haven't gone through all of them yet.

I don't know whether to blame Apple or the app developers for losing the data. I think both are culprits. As far as I am concerned, I will NEVER do another Restore as New unless the iPhone is just totally dead otherwise.

I'm still not sure whether my fast battery drain problem has been solved yet (3GS iOS4).

On Jul 2, 2010, at 11:48 AM, Sandy F. wrote:

> Okay so I sync, restore, and sync again to get all my apps back on.
>
> Question. I put all my apps in folders on my phone. When I sync, will it
> copy exactly how my folders are set up to itunes?
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> And when I restore and sync again, and suppose I hit my recorder app, will
> it have all my previous recordings on it or will they all have been erased?
>
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Bill Boulware <bill.boulware@gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Just plug in and click Restore in iTunes and yes you will lose anything
>> stored on the phone so back sure to sync to whatever services / programs
>> you
>> use for contacts/calendars/etc.
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>> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 13:45, Sandy F. <Bellarose924@gmail.com<Bellarose924%40gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
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>>> I too have noticed an extreme change in my battery life since upgrading
>> to
>>> iOS4. My 3gs used to last forever and now it drains so fast.
>>>
>>> How do I do a restore as a new phone and will I lose everything?
>>>
>>> Sandra
>>>
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