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  1. Encrypted Backup

    Requesting your support on iPhone encrypted BackUp's lost password.

    99 votes
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    • Extract from icloud backup not just the itunes one.

      I noticed the only backups were my itunes backups none of my icloud ones which was the back up I was trying to restore the deleted texts from my icloud backup but unfortunately I cannot choose it.

      55 votes
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      • allow a way to extract the backup and after create our own backup from the backup to use in iTunes

        After extracting from a backup we should be able to mod any files and extract from them, afterwards be able to convert it back into a itunes compatible format to be able to backup from it afterwards.

        51 votes
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        • icloud

          Please come up with a similar program for iCloud (not just iTunes). Please please please please please! (even incolmplete backup with iCloud).

          30 votes
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          • look at deleted messages

            Hi, on your next update can you make it so I can see deleted messages, from the message pieces table?

            19 votes
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            • extracting mms messages

              also would like you to extract mms messages as well...some messages are included with pictures and such...

              12 votes
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              • Default location

                for me it is necessary to open backup files from another location. the programm always starts with the location of my itunes. but i would like to start the programm with another location, so i dont have to change the path to the backup files always. Maybe it could be possible to spezify the path to the backup files on the commandline or in a .ini file

                11 votes
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                • whatsapp support

                  Please include support for showing whatsapp backups.

                  Like the tool Whatsapp Backup Messages Extractor:

                  forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24603294#post25249308

                  blog.digital-forensics.it/2011/12/whatsapp-xtract.html

                  10 votes
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                  • improve key recovery

                    you should have the app prompt for your registered email address and if valid, update the license. this process is frustrating -

                    7 votes
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                    • Also backup or extract the sms-legacy.db file, that's in the same location as the sms.db, in case someone deleted a mesage on accident.

                      The SMS legacy file is where messages are soft deleted. I don't know if it's true with iOS 4 but it was for iOS 2 and maybe 3.

                      5 votes
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                      • support for simple upgrade of iphone

                        Simple one click extract/transform/load from old backup to new to make it easy to move from iphone 3 or 4 to 4 or 5.

                        5 votes
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                        • 4 votes
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                          • Are you able to extract text with photos together yet?

                            When will you release this way of viewing

                            4 votes
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                            • very

                              good

                              3 votes
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                              • Give option to export without the directory structure

                                - for example I'd like to export all photos into a single flat folder that does not reflect the iphone folder structure

                                3 votes
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                                • good

                                  good

                                  3 votes
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                                  • Copy new backups to a safe location

                                    It would be nice if your program automatically started when I turn on my computer and then immediately searched for iPhone/iPad backups and copied them to a safe location. This way, I wouldn't unknowingly let iTunes overwrite an important backup. There's been a few times I didn't know I needed an old backup until after the file had been overwritten.

                                    3 votes
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                                    • add a function to delete files from inside backup

                                      I installed an iNav theme and subsequently encountered the problem of deleting blank web clips. Although I can use SSH to remove them from the iDevice, it appears they are stored in my iTunes backup and hence are put back on the iDevice after a sync.
                                      Would be great to delete them from the backup! Not sure there are many other uses for such a feature though?
                                      Cheers

                                      2 votes
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                                      • sms gmail backup

                                        Mimic the Droid version of SMS Gmail backup. I want to store texts in a separate Gmail account.

                                        2 votes
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                                        • its good

                                          gooddd

                                          2 votes
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