Restore icon organization when restoring an iPhone

Aug 12, '09 07:30:01AM

Contributed by: ybizeul

When restoring iPhone from a backup, icons are not restored as they were at the time of the backup. This is due to the fact that the applications are restored after the settings, and the system does not check where an application was located from a previous installation.

There's a simple fix for that, though: do a second restore from backup. It will be fast, because no data needs to be transferred, so just the settings will be applied, including the position information for existing applications.

[robg adds: I just restored from a backup on my replacement iPhone 3G, and the icons are all in the right spots. I honestly don't recall if I did the restore twice or not, but I may very well have -- I know I had some issues after the first restore, so it's quite possible I did it again. If anyone can confirm if two restore cycles are needed to restore app positions, please comment.]

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