lily18

My boyfriend backed up his iPhone and installed iOS4, but now it won't restore. The backup is there though, on the computer (it's a Windows PC). Can the backup be transferred to another computer, with a USB drive or something? Or would this not work? Thanks.

lily18

Sorry for the bump, but does anyone know?

G-Mo

I've transferred a backup from Mac to Mac... Don't know about PC to Mac.

thadley

I would think so. I know you can restore from created .ipsw files when jailbreaking, I think you just have to say Restore from Backup and maybe Shift-Click that in iTunes?

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hdh607

you could look into moving from PC to Mac on the Apple website, specifically at transferring your iTunes account, information and files - including music, videos, and...backups.

to be clear...after installing iOS4 it was running okay, but now you want to restore iOS3 [or whatever the backup OS was]

You've gotta wonder, though, if you'll run into the same problem on a Mac.

Good question though.

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lily18

No, I'm just trying to restore the phone's backup - pictures, contacts, apps, etc. The iOS installed fine but I get that error when trying to get everything back on the phone.