Ok so Gman i gave in and got the new ip5! Had a huge problem all day trying to set it up.
I backed up the IP4 that morning as i did the day before.
Went to set up new handset by restoring from old ip backup BUT then my pc crashed thought not a problem went to anther pc, backed up ip4 on there and started again.
The ip5 could not restore said file was corrupt, i then got a virus warning.
Thought as there was a problem i would try and backup ipone 4 to icloud - that didnt work came up with an error.
For some reason i could back the phone up on pc but could not restore from that backup.
Only other backup showing on either pc was back in Jan 2012. Again that wouldnt restore, then realised that maybe that backup was done via icloud.
Sorted! restored from the Jan 2012 icloud backup, BUT then came a problem. Somehow i had 2 apple ids that showed up on my brand new handset - due to restoring from icloud. I could not get rid of them and have no idea how they got on my backup. It took a few attempts to get rid of them. Think i finally did it by then backing up the new ip5 to pc.
I might also add that i think my itunes account might have been hacked, or someone tried to get into my itunes with wrong password. A few months ago i had to reset my itunes password and security questions as the answers i put in would not work and itunes suggested i either make a new itunes account or reset all passwords and security questions.
But how did these ids manage to get onto my backup and was it that maybe that corrputed it did someone manage to put a virus on my itunes which is why it would not restore. I will add a couple of photos of the 2 accounts that i found on my phone.
I could not see a way to delete these from the handset, but as said they seems to disappear after i backed up to pc.
So does that mean that backing up to icloud is NOT secure!!!
I backed up the IP4 that morning as i did the day before.
Went to set up new handset by restoring from old ip backup BUT then my pc crashed thought not a problem went to anther pc, backed up ip4 on there and started again.
The ip5 could not restore said file was corrupt, i then got a virus warning.
Thought as there was a problem i would try and backup ipone 4 to icloud - that didnt work came up with an error.
For some reason i could back the phone up on pc but could not restore from that backup.
Only other backup showing on either pc was back in Jan 2012. Again that wouldnt restore, then realised that maybe that backup was done via icloud.
Sorted! restored from the Jan 2012 icloud backup, BUT then came a problem. Somehow i had 2 apple ids that showed up on my brand new handset - due to restoring from icloud. I could not get rid of them and have no idea how they got on my backup. It took a few attempts to get rid of them. Think i finally did it by then backing up the new ip5 to pc.
I might also add that i think my itunes account might have been hacked, or someone tried to get into my itunes with wrong password. A few months ago i had to reset my itunes password and security questions as the answers i put in would not work and itunes suggested i either make a new itunes account or reset all passwords and security questions.
But how did these ids manage to get onto my backup and was it that maybe that corrputed it did someone manage to put a virus on my itunes which is why it would not restore. I will add a couple of photos of the 2 accounts that i found on my phone.
I could not see a way to delete these from the handset, but as said they seems to disappear after i backed up to pc.
So does that mean that backing up to icloud is NOT secure!!!
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