These are instructions on how to install and use Chronus to make backups of your iPhone.
Chronus is a 3rd party application for iPhone and iPod Touch. It can keep multiple states of a particular program by saving its preferences/settings/databases. These states are restorable.
Currently, Chronus supports backup/restore of the following default apps: Contacts, Call History, Calendar, CameraRoll, Maps (bookmarks & history), Maps (caches), Notes, Safari (bookmarks & history), SMS, Stocks, VoiceMail, Weather, Webclips, WorldClock, and YouTube (bookmarks).
You can also backup and restore data from applications downloaded from the iPhone App Store.
To install Chronus follow these steps:
Step One Press to launch Cydia from your SpringBoard.
Step Two Press to select the Sections tab at the bottom right of the screen.
Step Three Press to select Utilities from the list of Sections
Step Four Press to select Chronus from the list of packages.
Step Five Press the Install button at the top right hand corner of the screen.
Step Six Press the Confirm button at the top right hand corner of the screen.
Step Seven After the installation is completed successfully press the Return to Cydia button.
Press the Home button to return to your SpringBoard. You will notice a new Chronus icon on your SpringBoard.
HOW TO USE CHRONUS Step One Launch Chronus by pressing its icon on the SpringBoard.
Step Two When Chronus opens you will be brought to a list of all the different items that it can backup.
Press to select an item you would like to backup. In this example I will choose Calendar.
Step Three Notice we are now at a blank Calendar list. Press the backup button at the top right hand corner of the screen.
Step Four Notice now a new restore point will be created. Press the blue arrow on the restore point to view the data saved for backup.
Step Five Press the button at the top left to return to the restore point list.
Step Six Press this restore point to view the functions associated with it.
Step Seven A popup will appear asking what you would like to do with the restore point. You can Restore, Delete, or Email the restore point. In this example I will restore so press the Restore button.
You Calendar will now be restored.
Step Eight You can now return to the list of items for backup by pressing the Chronus button at the top left. Or if you would like to email yourself the backup, press the restore point.
Step Nine Then press Email from the popup menu that appears.
Step Ten Mail will open with the backup as an attachment. You can now send it to any email address you like.
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To Colin
1. Read : Cydia : Home : User Guides : Copying files to/from Device
2. Look at : var/mobile/Library/Preferences/TimeCapsule
And do what you want !
how can i use chronus or how do i use chronus with my 500gig TIMECAPSULE? IT SAYS ON THE BOX OF TC & THE MANUALS THAT U CAN BACKUP UR IPHONE USING TC? COULD SOMEONE PLZE EXPLAIN HOW THIS ALLWORKS PLEASE, I ALSO HAVE CHRONUS BUT HOW DO I BACKUP MY IPHONE?PLEASE HELP IM REALLY LOST & CONFUSED ,THANYOU
MY EMAIL IS queenofcoins66@yahoo.co.uk
CAN YOU HELP ME ,IM REALLY CONFUSED HOW MY 500G TIMECAPSULE BACKSUP MY IPHONE ,COULD YOU OR SOMEBODY EXPLAIN AS SIMPLY AS POSSIBLE HOW THIS IS DONE ? AS I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA HOW IT WORKS,MANY THANKS
What can you do with a backup once you've emailed it somewhere?
Can you somehow import it back into Chronus?
Here's what I'd ideally like to do...
Do an ITUNES restore of my iphone to a version from a month ago (i.e. before I lost all of my SMS messages). Use Chronus to backup my SMSs.
Then do an ITUNES re-restore my fresh install of 2.1, and use Chronus to restore my SMSs.
My question is, how do I retain the Chronus backup file?
I thought it had the answer with the 'email' option. But how do I get the emailed backup file back on to a new build of my iphone?
Any help appreciated, because the official website/tutorial sucks.
thanks
C.
I have used this before the tutorial and it's amazing! Really helped out after I broke up with my significant other (deleted everything) and then got back together. Really easy to use!!