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Sure, a complete restore will do that - but having an image to restore from with all the extra widgets, data and whatnot you’ve collected would make the annoyance of having to ship your unit into for something as simple as a battery change a little more bearable.

Well, between having a disk image versus having the ability to re-sync your data may not be that significant to the user of the iPhone. It would appear that re-syncing after getting the iPhone back again should be what is needed to get going again, where the user was before the unit was shipped off.

But, mind you, we're talking about something that no one even knows will be any kind of problem at all -- in terms of the battery. In fact, my usage of the iPhone so far shows it to be quite long-lived in terms of its usage, before running down. And I don't know how long it will be before it has to be replaced, either. So a lot of this is simply unknown and we're talking about "what ifs" here.

Even so, I've mentioned that it appears that there might be a few pieces of data on the iPhone which are not part of the syncing process. I have yet to reallly find out for sure, but it appears that way to me. I could be wrong, though. And since this is simply a software type of action, even if I were right (about certain information not syncing), that's something which could be changed overnight by Apple if it were needed. I'm not sure if this is something that was perceived as really needed, though. If consumers thought it was (like in syncing "Notes") then I'm sure Apple would include it.

But, what you would have "collected" in terms of data, would be resident in the present syncing process and would not be lost, from my understanding of what is going on. But, as in all things "computer" -- there are details still to understand. And I'm still working on understanding all the "workings" of the iPhone.

However, in the meantime, it still seems to be the excellent product that all the reviews say it is, even while we're all figuring out all the details of its operation. And we'll also see those details of its operation changing in the coming weeks and months, because Apple will do upgrades as time goes along. So, even these present details will change. That's one of the nice things about this iPhone, is that since it's operation is almost entirely software, it can be upgraded and changed without any hardware changes and without any need of bringing the phone in to a repair center to do work on it. "Buttons" can be changed or added or removed, or entire "operations" revised to different ways of working, without anyone ever coming in to an Apple store. It can be done right on the AT&T network without anything needed to be done by the consumer.

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Star Traveler