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  • Hi, this is Luke Abell with GuideMyJailbreak.com.

  • And in this video, I'm going to show you how to back up all your Cydia apps

  • restore or update your device, and then restore back your Cydia apps to your device.

  • I'm going to show you a few different methods of doing this.

  • Just as a quick outline, the first method is going to be screenshots. I'll show you

  • how to take screenshots of your apps. The second method is going to be how to use the

  • Cydia Store to reinstall your apps that you've purchased from Cydia. And the third method

  • is going to be an app called PkgBackup, which is going to allow you to reinstall all of

  • your apps, no matter if you purchased it from Cydia or not, back to your device. It does

  • cost $8, though. So let's get started.

  • So the first method is just take screenshots

  • and I'll show you how to do this in a second. This is my favorite and it is free.

  • Okay, so let's get started.

  • First step is to open up Cydia.

  • Tap on 'Manage'.

  • Tap on 'Packages'. And then simply take screenshots. So scroll over the apps that you want to take a

  • screenshot of. Tap the home button and the sleep button at the same exact time. Tap and

  • just press it once.

  • And the screen will flash white like this. And you've taken a screenshot.

  • Now just scroll down to the rest of the apps that you want to take screenshots of and take

  • the screenshots. Upload them to your computer and then restore and after you restore, look

  • at the apps on your computer and just redownload the apps that you have in your device previously.

  • One thing to note is that those screenshots that you just took are saved to your camera

  • roll on your iPhone or iPod Touch or iPad. So when you upload them to your computer,

  • either you use iPhoto on the Mac or just My Computer on Windows.

  • Okay, so method 2 is using your Cydia account, this only works for purchased applications

  • from Cydia. To find that, go and tap on 'Cydia'. Go to 'Manage Account'. Log in with your Facebook

  • or Google account.

  • And after you log in, click 'Installable Purchases'. And this will show

  • you a list of all the apps that you have downloaded or purchased from Cydia and this is only for

  • paid apps. This will transfer for every one you log in on your newly jailbroken device

  • after you restore or update to the new firmware. So this is another way of recovering those

  • apps that you've purchased.

  • Okay, method 3 is an $8-dollar app. It's called PkgBackup.

  • And basically what it does is it saves all your apps to your contact list or

  • dropbox a list of them and once you update and rejailbreak, you just download the

  • app again and it'll download all your apps again. So this is probably the all-in-one

  • solution but it is 8 bucks. So I'll walk you through how to install that.

  • Tap on 'Cydia'. Tap on 'Search'. Type in 'pkgbackup'.

  • And this is going to cost you 8 bucks, so tap on that 'Purchase' button.

  • Log in with Facebook or Google. After you log in with Facebook or Google

  • you're going to need to log in with Amazon or PayPal. I've already

  • logged in to Amazon. Tap on 'Pay'. Wait a couple seconds. Tap on 'Close'. Tap on 'Install'.

  • Tap on 'Confirm'. And it'll install. After you install it, tap on 'Return to Cydia'.

  • Click the home button. Tap on 'Settings'. Scroll down to PkgBackup. And then scroll

  • down to 'Scan packages'. Tap the home button. Scroll over to PkgBackup. Tap on the refresh

  • button. Tap on 'No'. And then tap on 'Do Backup'. You're going to need to name the backup something.

  • So in my case, I'm just going to say 'Backup'.

  • Tap on 'OK'.

  • It'll back everything up. When that's done, tap on the home button.

  • Tap on 'Settings'.

  • Tap on 'iCloud'. Tap on 'Storage & Backup'.

  • And then make sure the iCloud backup is turned on. If it's not turned on, turn

  • it on. And then tap on that 'Backup Now'. This will backup all your device and settings

  • and everything to iCloud. If you don't have iCloud, just plug in to your computer and

  • just click that 'Restore' button, it'll back up on iTunes. Okay, so in iTunes, click that

  • 'Restore' button. Make sure 'Backup with iCloud' is checked if you have that. Then, click on

  • 'Backup'. Then click on 'Review & Update'. I'm going to speed this up. It's going to

  • restore your device to 5.1.1 or to the newest firmware that's out currently.

  • Click 'OK'.

  • And when it comes to this screen, just click 'Continue'.

  • It'll restore your iPod from backup.

  • Click 'OK' again.

  • And again, this is all very sped up, so it will take longer on your side.

  • Okay, so now that you've actually gone and updated or restored your device, you need

  • to go jailbreak it on the new firmware. So go to GuideMyJailbreak.com/howtojailbreak

  • and there's a full tutorial and video for how to jailbreak your specific firmware. After

  • you've jailbroken, come back to this video and watch the rest.

  • Okay, yay, you've jailbroken your device again. All right, so go ahead and open up Cydia.

  • Tap 'Search'. Type in pkgbackup again. Tap 'Install'. It'll install that app.

  • Once it's finished installing

  • tap 'Return to Cydia'.

  • Click that home button.

  • Scroll over and find PkgBackup and tap on it.

  • Tap on 'OK'.

  • Tap on 'View Restore'. Then tap on 'Do Restore'.

  • Not sure why I chose that as the text for the button, but that's okay. Now it'll restore

  • all your apps, all your tweaks from Cydia. Once it's finished, you're going to need to

  • reboot your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Just go ahead and tap that 'Reboot' button.

  • It will reboot your device. Once it's finished rebooting, go ahead and slide to unlock and

  • let's make sure that the apps and tweaks have been installed back on your device. So tap

  • on 'Cydia'. Tap on 'Manage'. Tap on 'Packages'. And scroll through and make sure those apps

  • and tweaks that you had on your device before are back on there. As you can see, FakeClockUp

  • is on there and that's for having that before. But if it doesn't work, open up PkgBackup

  • again and tap that 'Restore' button once more. Hopefully this helped you and you figured

  • out how to update and back up all your apps. Check out GuideMyJailbreak.com for a complete

  • guide to jailbreaking and some other great videos.

  • Thanks for watching.

Hi, this is Luke Abell with GuideMyJailbreak.com.

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