What to do before update to iOS 10.3.3

“Now iOS 10.3.3 has been released, should i update my iPhone with it? What to do before update to iOS 10.3.3?”

iOS 10.3.3 supports for iPhone 5 and later, as for its security feature and other efficient features, many iPhone user are waitting to update it. Now just like updating our iPhone with other iOS version, we’d better do some backup, in case we lost some iPhone data. Now from this article, we’ll learn how to backup your iPhone before updating to iOS 10.3.3.

Selectively Backup iPhone Data

As you may know how to backup your iPhone with iTunes and iCloud, so here, we’ll firstly introduce you another way. When with the help of third-party software iRefone, we can easily backup more than 16 kinds of iPhone files selectively, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, WeChat messages ect.

Also when we lost or deleted some of our iPhone data, it can help us recover them with three recovery mode, that is Recover from iOS Device, Recover from iTunes Backup and Recover from iCloud Backup.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC. Then tap on “Recover from iOS Device”, and now click “Start”.



Step 2. Then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, find “Contact” icon for example and click it.



Step 3. Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can preview and choose contacts you need to backup, tap on “Recover to PC”.



Remark: when you lost some contacts and want to recover them, you can also choose “Recover to Device”, and “Recover to Device” only works for contacts, notes and messages right now.

Backup iPhone Data on iTunes

Also you can choose iTunes to backup your iPhone data, and don’t need to worry about its storage, but it just doesn’t support us to backup them selectively.

1.Launching your iTunes, connect your iPhone with PC.

2.Then when it’s detected, go to Files--Summary, tap on “Backup Now” on the right page, and confirm with “Backup”.



Backup iPhone Data on iCloud

If your iCloud storage is enough, you can also choose iCloud to backup your iPhone data. But the problem is when we restore iPhone data from iCloud, it will need us to erase all content and settings.

1.Connect your iPhone with Wifi, go to Setting--iCloud.

2.Then log in it with your Apple ID and password.

3.Now turn on iCloud driver, and related app button.

4.tap on “Backup”, and confirm with “Backup Now”.

Then you’ll have your backup files on iCloud.

Tips: when you lost or deleted some of your iPhone data, or you want to extract your data selectively from iTunes and iCloud backup, you can also come to iRefone for help.

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