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Lutherf

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Seems that my phone decided to take a crap this afternoon. I got it restored and my contacts are still there but all my apps seem to be gone. Is restoring them one by one from the cloud the only way to get them back?
 
Depends if you had icloud backup of settings activated..

If not.. then no.
 
Somebody enlighten me please and tell me what is iCloud?

It seems that to be able to restore all apps in one setting could be a potential problem in the future. Why risk it?
Each app is a separate entity with its own password code so I would imagine restoration will need to be done singly.
 
Glowpun said:
Somebody enlighten me please and tell me what is iCloud?

It seems that to be able to restore all apps in one setting could be a potential problem in the future. Why risk it?
Each app is a separate entity with its own password code so I would imagine restoration will need to be done singly.
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I think you're confusing "restore" with "reset". Resetting your device back to factory settings/condition is what gets rid of everything and is a separate process from iCloud. iCloud in this particular case is essentially just a back up of settings, contacts, photo's, and video's for whatever particular device you have backed up. As such "restoring" is what happens after you have already lost everything.
 
Glowpun said:
Somebody enlighten me please and tell me what is iCloud?

It seems that to be able to restore all apps in one setting could be a potential problem in the future. Why risk it?
Each app is a separate entity with its own password code so I would imagine restoration will need to be done singly.
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iCloud is basically a back up of your iPhone or iPad if activated. This means if you get a new phone, then you can download contacts and settings from the iCloud. As for restoring apps.. dunno if iCloud does this or how it does this, but on Googles services it is basically a list of what apps you have and it re-downloads them to your device.. if you want.
 
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