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Needlerpolitan
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hey guys this is your boy needler and this tutorial is on how to use RealBackup


  1. open up cydia and click on manage
  2. add realblack7's repo by clicking on edit then add
  3. type "cydia.myrepospace/realblack7" and add source
  4. now click on search and type in Realbackup and install
  5. open Realbackup and tap on configure backup
  6. Select from the top Normal,,Full, or Update. Normal lets you choose what you want to backup. Full backups everything. Update updates your existing backups. If you are doing a full backup, skip to step 9.
  7. turn on the toggles for what you want to backup
  8. then configure all of the things by going into its secrtion and turning what you want on
  9. Go back to the main screen and turn on your iphone sound or plug in headphones. tap backup
  10. you will now hear voice prompts telling you what is going on. do not exit the app or lock your device, it will cause it to crash to the homescreen when it is done.
  11. SSH into  /var/mobile/Backups and copy the .tar.gz files to your computer.if you want to restore them, copy them back.

hope this tutorial helped and thanks guys. remember to liek us on facebook, i know our developers would be very appreciative
March 11, 2012 at 9:51 PM Flag Quote & Reply

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