ok, i am kind of old school with my iphone cause i never upgrade from my 1.1.4 software....

Anyways, now the caterogies for the iphone is coming out soon, i am finally willing to upgrade, but i have one question:

apple constantly releases new firmwares, but everytime they do i need to restore my iphone with winpwn and do everything from the beginning. Is there an easier way to upgrade firmware without restoring? I cant just press upgrade on itunes because it will lock my iphone, so is restoring it with winpwn the only way to upgrade firmwares?


If so, is there a way to backup all my pictures, apps, and settings?