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Old 09-15-2008, 03:19 PM
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Backup and restore Just Contacts?

I want to wipe my iphone but want to make sure I can restore my contacts, anyone know how I can do this? I don't want to choose backup when I restore it, as I don't want anything else including the file structure which was modded by bosstool.
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Old 09-15-2008, 03:54 PM
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Manually backup the file ,
but make sure your restoring to the exact firmware to avoid risks!

The directory the has your contacts is "/private/var/mobile/Library/AddressBook"...
Copy the files within the directory to your new wiped iphone .

Hope I helped
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Old 09-16-2008, 08:47 AM
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Manually backup the file ,
but make sure your restoring to the exact firmware to avoid risks!

The directory the has your contacts is "/private/var/mobile/Library/AddressBook"...
Copy the files within the directory to your new wiped iphone .

Hope I helped
Thanks Bro, this is exactly what I needed, and it worked. Now I can finally use snapture without it crashing on me
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Old 09-16-2008, 01:05 PM
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The aptbackup does not work for me. It just sits there spinning when you try to restore after installing new firmware. Yes, I waited long enough to see if it would finish...27 minutes.
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Old 09-17-2008, 12:48 PM
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Manually backup the file ,
but make sure your restoring to the exact firmware to avoid risks!

The directory the has your contacts is "/private/var/mobile/Library/AddressBook"...
Copy the files within the directory to your new wiped iphone .

Hope I helped
I used this method before when updating from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 and last time from 2.0.2 to 2.1, it works fine, the only problem i canīt change or erase the photo from an existing contact, any idea why?
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Old 11-26-2008, 04:08 AM
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just get into the directory where you copy the addressBook file and change permission to 0775 and that all same for photo
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Old 02-08-2009, 08:50 PM
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how do u get the contacts from a previous backup onto an iphone without restoring it
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Old 02-09-2009, 03:25 PM
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how do u get the contacts from a previous backup onto an iphone without restoring it
If the backup was made by iTunes, that's not easy. You have to locate the backup (on Windows it's in CDocuments and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup) and then use mdhelper on a Mac to find the right backup file and extract it.
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Old 08-17-2009, 05:16 AM
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how do you change the permission?
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