So why use this Chronus instead of PkgBackup? Well the answer is, you shouldn’t. Chronus should not replace PkgBackup but it should supplement it. PkgBackup is a great utility that will reinstall all Cydia apps that were installed at the point a backup was made. This is useful as iTune can not restore cydia apps. However Chronus does something completely different. Chronus will save application data such as saved games, bookmarks, settings, high scores, and etc. So basically, you will want to use PkgBackup to get all your Cydia Apps back after a restore, and you would use Chronus to get all your settings and save files back.
Prerequisites
1. A jailbroken iPhone running 2.x-4.x (Yes, chronus is confirmed to be working with iOS4)
2. Chronus 2.2
3. WinSCP
Backup Instructions
1. Install Chronus 2.2 from Cydia.
2. Go into each app you want backed up and set the “Backup All Mode” to ON.
3. Press “Backup All”
4. You can email your back up to yourself one package at a time or you can just SCP into the phone via WINSCP and copied the TimeCapsule Folder at var/mobile/library/preferences to my desktop
5. Done.
Restore Instructions
1. WinSCP to SCP into your iPhone.
2. Navigate to the /var/mobile/library/preferences/
3. Copy the TimeCapsule folder you had backed up before to the directory in step 2.
4. Open Chronus
5. Restore each app one at a time. (Unfortunately I do not know a way to do a restore all.)
