Backup Your Jailbroken iPhone with AptBackup

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://lifehacker.com/#!5762257/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-ios-jailbreak-applications-with-aptbackup' target='_blank'>http://lifehacker.com/#!5762257/how...-with-aptbackup</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"While you can't fully backup and restore everything if you lose your jailbreak in a software upgrade or restore, AptBackup is a free app available in Cydia that can help alleviate the trouble of getting all your jailbreak apps back where they belong."</em></p><p><object width="600" height="360" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/ECGsvb-JnX4&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;ap=%26fmt=18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ECGsvb-JnX4&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;ap=%26fmt=18" /></object></p><p>It won't restore your settings, but at least it will automate the re-download and installation process if you need to restore all of your apps. And it does look pretty easy to do, re-download the app and hit the restore button. Done.&nbsp;</p>

[misery94]

There are documented issues with this app and iOS 4. If you try to do a restore after you have already reloaded all of your App Store apps and data, Aptbackup will not only wipe all that out, but also corrupt the app data, as well. It then shows up in the Other category in iTunes. If this happens, your only recourse is to start you restore over again. I experienced this nasty little bug personally, and it cost me a few extra hours.

[dekkerd]

I've never had this app work trouble free. Use cydia to backup your paid apps, and just reload the others.