<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>On Mar 18, 2013, at 6:24 PM, Gert van Santen <<a href="mailto:g.vansanten@upcmail.nl">g.vansanten@upcmail.nl</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Op 18-3-2013 23:18, Peter Korsten schreef:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Op 18-3-2013 23:05, Joost Schuttelaar schreef:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 18 mrt. 2013, at 22:48, Peter Korsten</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:peter@severity-one.com">peter@severity-one.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I've read somewhere that I should reset to factory defaults,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>in essence wiping the thing, and then sync back. What I'm</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>afraid of, though, is that I will delete some of his settings</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>(progress in games, for example) or photos. I'd really hate if</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>that happened.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>When you factory reset that will happen, unless the progress</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>has been saved online in some way...</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Well, for his favourite app, it's stored on a server. But what</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>about other documents, or photos and videos that's he taken? Can</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I just copy the DCIM folder that shows up if you click on 'iPad'</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>in Windows Explorer?</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>I think those are only pics and movies.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Just make a backup before you do anything.</span><br></div></blockquote><br><div>Those should be all the pics and movies yea. I'm guessing on PC these don't sync to anything? Cuz on Mac it syncs to iPhoto. Apple has a whole support page on their site:</div><div><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083">http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083</a></span> </div><div><br></div><div>Don't you sync the iPad with a computer/iTunes or over the air iCloud? Everything else would be backed up and you would do a restore after the reset. It's possible some apps/games may not retain their internal save data, but I think most do now? Last time I did something like this they did not, but times have changed. </div><div><br></div><div>You have to do a reset if you don't have the code.</div></body></html>