Complete backup of jailbroken Iphone 3G

[elgor]

Hi,

after having checked the whole interner for backup programs for windows, i decided to ask you guys for help.

Since my Iphone is jailbroken and i have a lot of stuff (mostly cydia apps) on it, i was wondering if it would work to SSH into my iphone and just copy all the files into a folder on my pc. In case of problems i would just delete/replace all files with the ones i have on my pc. Would this work? If i would do the same with a windows pc this would of course not work.
So is this a possibility to really backup my iphone?
If not is there a backup software for all apps (installer, cydia and appstore-apps) and the settings of the iphone?

Thank you guys for your answer in advance.

Kind regards

elgor

[dejawoo]

For app store apps. just sync with itunes.
For cydia apps. install AptBackup from Cydia and run it.It will backup all your apps and put them in a location...

[elgor]

no it wont . Perhaps this worked for all of you guys but not for me . When my iphone crashed last time it was useless. I could not even turn it on.
My question was: If i copy every single data of the iphone into 1 folder of my pc and replace the whole data of the iphone with the files i have on my pc in case of problems with the phone, will this work or will i get a lot of errors since i know that this does not work for windows.
So can i do it this way or will i have to install everything manually after having restored wire itunes?

Thanks in advance.

elgor

[Mes]

Won't work! Biggest reason?Permissions, setuid, and owmerships. You might get all the files there but they won't be set correctly. A complete PC backup is OK, but it's usefulness is limited to the occassional oh sh!...t.

[surfingboy111793]

WRONG check here:
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[SubCool]

WRONG check here:
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[dvs01]

It is possible to back everything up while retaining permissions and ownership. Have you tried rsyncing to a *nix machine? You would have to be able to log in as root to the destination box so that ownership ids are retained. You can also tar the filesystem up, and write the tar file onto the destination box.