Re-Jailbreak by Backing up your App Data in a DropBox

Now you don’t need to save any files via iPhone Explorer or SSH because there is an alternate and an easy way to backup your app data. DataDeposit is an app that allows you to save all your app data in your DropBox account, if you don’t have it then you might have to create one. Before performing a restore or a jailbreak on your iPhone you can back up all the app data via this app and after you have jailbreaked your iPhone you can restore it.

To use this app you need to have a jailbroken device. If you haven’t jailbroken your iPhone yet, follow the guide posted here.

Below are the steps on how to backup your data and then to restore it.

1. Go to Cydia and search for ‘Data Deposit’. Download this app.

2. Before performing a backup make sure that there are no apps running on the background.

3. Open DataDeposit, select ‘Backup My Save Data’. Now you will have to sign into your DropBox account.

4. Once you have signed in, a list of of apps that are installed on your iPhone will come in front of you.

5. Select those apps for which you would like to create a backup.

6. After selecting all the apps, select Backup.

Before starting with the jailbreak process, make sure that your apps are in the DropBox. For Mac users, you can check it from the DropBox if you have installed it.

1. Once you have restored/jailbreaked your iPhone you can restore your app data. Download DataDeposit from Cydia and launch it.

2. Tap the ‘Restore From DropBox’ option from the DropBox.

3. Sit back for a while and eat some snacks. Data Deposit will restore all your app data from your DropBox account.

4. Once the restoring process is completed, you will be informed.

If you face any problem during backup process go to change settings and change HTTPS option.

[via Redsn0w]