“I’ll let you know how my battery works out.”
While you’re poking around at it ... is there a way to download an image of your memory to your local comp, so when your phone goes back for a new battery ( and you’re down for a few days ) you can be assured that your data is not compromised or that it dosen’t fall into a UPS black hole ?
Where have you been?
Yes. You sync it to your computer with iTunes. All data on the iPhone is duplicated on your computer. If your iPhone is lost, get another and sync it with iTunes and you are back in business.
While you’re poking around at it ... is there a way to download an image of your memory to your local comp, so when your phone goes back for a new battery ( and you’re down for a few days ) you can be assured that your data is not compromised or that it dosen’t fall into a UPS black hole ?
Well, I know that there will be a lot of people poking around on the iPhone for a while to come. Although I don't personally know how to get a "disk image" of the 8 Gig flash drive onto my computer (and that's doubtful, at this point in time), the basic user data (like Contacts) is "two-way sync-able". Now, some of the others are "one-way sync-able" -- meaning that they only sync from your computer to the iPhone. So, it only gets on your iPhone from what was originally on your computer.
But, there is a question about "Notes" since I don't see that as something that originates from the computer, but from the iPhone. So, there is a question there.
As someone else pointed out, yes, you sync your data with your computer -- but that's not the entire question here. There is data on the iPhone which is generated from within itself and may not be sync-able with your computer. I mentioned "Notes" and I'm thinking that your calling data (like missed and received and made calls) is the same. And also, there's a question (in my mind) about "bookmarks" (on the web). I know you can sync all the bookmarks you have on your own browser, onto the iPhone, but I don't want all those booksmarks that I have, and only a select few on the iPhone, so I'm not sure what to do about that.
These are all things to be sorted out -- as a new device and a new piece of equipment and see how it all works. It's still "new in the game" and this is what will be found in in the weeks and months (too) -- as the hackers and users and others find out more information on the iPhone.
I sometimes think you bring some of these things up to try and show problems of one kind or another -- and give a negative slant to the iPhone. However, some of these things I would like to know, too -- but I'm not giving the iPhone a negative slant as I perceive you're trying to do. But, you do mention a few things that I would like to find out about.
The one "big thing" I can see that I would want to save, would be the "Notes" and I don't see how to save that right now. But Apple has a link for users to provide input, so they can gauge what the users want and incorporate these things into the future models of their products. I would imagine that Apple is looking for quite a few improvements, right now, for the iPhone, because they're going to want to keep it "going" and "advancing" for quite a while -- and that will only happen as they improve it as they go along. And, you can believe they will keep improving it as they go along. That's pretty much guaranteed -- as that's the Apple way of doing it.
Regards,
Star Traveler
P.S. -- By the way, if any iPhone user want the "iPhone Manual" you can download it. It's a big file and a long download, or if you view it inside your browser window, you have to wait quite a while for the entire thing to load, first, before it shows up (so it's not stuck...). You just have to wait a while for it to complete...
By the way, I did see from the manual that you can erase all your data on the phone, if you need to send it in for repair or whateveer. I guess that’s for people who don’t want their data floating out there for someone else (in repair) to pick up and use in some way... good idea...