iPod Touch upgrade to 3.0 (Rant Warning)

[grisjuan]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I don't believe this is correct. The backup files for my iPod Touch certainly seem to include my music and videos.

Now I'm confused, can you check again? The Apple documentation that I linked to above does not include music in the list of things that get backed up. For example, on my iPhone, I have about 12GB of content and my backup files are 112MB.

[HarryT]

We may be talking slightly at cross-purposes here. What I was referring to was the "backup and restore" process which takes place when you install a major f/w update - in my case from f/w 1 to 2. In that situation, it is unquestionably the case that all my "content" got backed up and restored (and it took an eternity to do it, too!). That may be something different to a "normal" backup.

[HansTWN]

Same for me, the iphone is being returned to exactly the same state it was in before the upgrade, songs, movies, podcasts, apps, and all. That is part of the normal upgrade procedure. Except for the apps I installed after jailbreaking, of course.

The backup you refer to must be that the items on the computer's hard disk are not being backed up. You have to do that separately.

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I don't believe this is correct. The backup files for my iPod Touch certainly seem to include my music and videos.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

Originally Posted by Apple

Backing up your iPhone or iPod touch

Your iPhone and/or iPod touch is backed up by iTunes each time you:

• Sync with iTunes (automatically on the first sync, every time you connect it to the computer)
• Update in iTunes (occurs automatically without prompting)
• Restore in iTunes (prompts you to create a backup before the restore process begins)

Although iTunes backs up most of your iPhone and iPod touch settings, downloaded applications, your audio, video, and photo content are not included in the backup.

Originally Posted by HarryT

We may be talking slightly at cross-purposes here. What I was referring to was the "backup and restore" process which takes place when you install a major f/w update - in my case from f/w 1 to 2. In that situation, it is unquestionably the case that all my "content" got backed up and restored (and it took an eternity to do it, too!). That may be something different to a "normal" backup.

Again, only settings, etc are copied to your computer when doing a backup. The backup process is the same regardless of whether you're doing a simple backup or you're updating the firmware. If you try monitoring the backup folder, you'll notice that your music and media don't get copied over. Sure, your media remain intact, but that's because there's really no reason they should be affected by the firmware update process. Besides, why would iTunes need to backup large music and video collections when you already have them in your iTunes library?

If you've replaced an iPhone and don't have iTunes set to automatically sync, you'll notice that doing a restore only transfers settings and other data. Media don't get transferred over until you do a sync.

[Lanx]

Theres an option in the app section of itunes to click for sync and backup. Itunes is just horrible oh and most things should be stored at mydocuments username itunes for apps and music

[carlobee]

i have had my iPhone for a year a now.. having upgraded to 2.2 , 2.2.1, 3.0 and lastly to 3.0.1, good thing this never has happened to me. thank you for sharing lots of tips. useful if this would happen to me sometime.