Michal Ždanský If you want to back up data from an iPhone or other iOS device, you have several options. You can back up to iTunes or iCloud, or you can also extract files from some applications via iTunes. However, if you want to get saved positions out of the game, for example, this is a problem.
iOS in conjunction with iTunes does not yet allow you to download and back up only certain data, you either download the entire backup package or nothing. But imagine a situation where you want to delete several played games for the sake of space. In order to get your data back on a new installation, you will need to restore the entire device from a backup. Even more common will be the situation where you want to transfer saved positions from iPhone to iPad.
I myself was dealing with a similar problem where I needed to get a long recording from a native app on my phone Dictaphone, where I recorded the entire interview with Honza Sedlák. Although iTunes should sync voice recordings along with music, sometimes, especially with large files, it just doesn't work and you just don't get the recording from your phone. If your phone is jailbroken, it's not a problem to use some file manager to view the contents of the entire phone via SSH. Fortunately, however, there are several apps that don't require a jailbreak and still allow you to view some normally inaccessible folders on your iOS device.
One such application is iExplorer, a version available for free for both OS X and Windows. However, it also needs a newer version of iTunes installed (10.x and higher) to run. That access is provided by iTunes, iExplorer only uses a loophole to get deeper into the system than the user is allowed. If you have jailbroken your device, then the app will allow you to browse the entire system completely.
However, without jailbreak, you have access to two important components after connecting your device. Applications and Media. In Media you will find most multimedia files. Let's take the important subfolders in turn:
- Books – folder with all books from iBooks in ePub format. It is important to know that the individual eBooks will not be named as you have them in iTunes, you will only see their 16 digit ID.
- DCIM – here you can find all the photos and videos saved in the Camera Roll. In addition, iExplorer has a function Preview files, which works as Quick Look in the Finder, so when you click on an image, you'll see a preview of it in a separate window. This is how you can quickly copy photos from iPhone.
- PhotoStreamData – All photos cached from Fotostream.
- iTunes – Find all your music, ringtones and album art here. However, just like in the case of books, the file names will only display an identification code, so you will not know which songs they are. For example, Mac applications can efficiently export songs from iOS devices Senuti.
- recording – In this folder you will find recordings from the recorder.
You will find more folders in the Media folder, but their contents will be irrelevant to you. In the second main folder, you will find all your applications installed on the device. Each application has its own folder that contains all files including user data. The files are relatively easy to access, so you can export, for example, graphic files (buttons, backgrounds, sounds) from the application and theoretically change the icon.
However, we will be interested in the subfolders Documents a Library. In Documents you will find most of the user data. There are also all the files that can be transferred through iTunes in the tab Application. The easiest way is to export the entire folder. You can do this by right-clicking on it and selecting an option Export to Folder from the context menu. However, some data such as scores or achievements can be found in the folder Library, so don't forget to export here as well. Exporting the folder does not delete it from the phone, it only copies it to the computer.
For a better overview, create a folder for each backed up application separately on your computer. If you then want to get the backed-up data back to the phone, first delete the identical subfolders Documents and Library from the folder of the given application on the phone via iExplorer (right-click on the folder and select Delete); you can of course back up the data before deleting it using export. Then just import the folders you previously exported back into the application. You do this by right-clicking on an empty space in the folder (see image) and selecting the menu add Files. Finally, just select the folders you want to import and you're done.
iExplorer should assign permissions to folders and files correctly so that the application should have no problem accessing them. If anything goes wrong, for example you accidentally delete the wrong files, just delete the app and download it again from the App Store. iExplorer is a really useful helper, thanks to which you can back up save positions from games or transfer files to/from applications without having to work with the not very fast iTunes. What's more, this great utility is free.
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In this way (tested), you can, for example, copy Pavel Liška's voice or other...
And is it possible, for example, to delete map files from Sygic that I don't need temporarily and are taking up space?
That's how it works, I created a map of Germany, which I don't need at the moment and it took up 450MB on my iPad, that's enough for 16GB.
So Sygic updated - and so did I with the hope that it would be possible to have only the maps I want. This didn't happen.
So the maps can be deleted. But Sygic checks them immediately after starting and starts downloading the missing ones.. You have no idea how to get around it? Czech voices - Liška - I confirm that it works ;-) Anyway, thanks for the tip on iExplorer!
Do you mean that in this way I can update, for example, illegally downloaded games, with the fact that I transfer the saved save back to the game after the update?
If so, then that's great!!
But it's not cool that you're downloading illegal games when they cost a few dollars
The thing is they are games on my brother's iPhone who has about 5 folders full of games and if he bought them all he's broke :) he uses the iPhone as a game console.
I buy games!
And if it works, how come it's not talked about anywhere and people complain that they can't update without losing data? Is there really not much known about this program?
And if he doesn't have a proper car, will he steal it too?
It's hard to download a game illegally without a jailbreak.
If your comment was directed at my post, my response is:
Of course I know that!
I don't know why, but when I right-click anywhere, I only have the options Delete selected and Add New Folder. I have a PC Win7 64Bit
I changed the textures in minecraft with it :D I definitely recommend it :)
Has anyone tried to polish an application and load it in Czech?