On September 9, Apple will announce its new iPhone and the date for the public release of iOS 9. Previous years have shown that updating the iOS of iPhone or iPad devices is not totally free from incidents including failed upgrades, iTunes restore errors and data loss. Be sure to have a safe iPhone backup in at least two separate locations.

Follow this guide to get ready for an easy uneventful update to iOS 9.

How to backup iPhone without iTunes before the iOS 9 update?
iTunes is often blamed for elusive backup and restore error messages, and unneededly cumbersome features. While I keep my iPhone backed up with http://www.mobiletransf.com/ iTunes, many people don��t use iTunes on a regular basis and fear having their iDevice erased and synced.

MobileTransf is a full-featured iTunes backup alternative that backs up the same iPhone contents as iTunes including iPhone contacts, messages, notes, calendars, iOS settings and passwords.

1. MobileTransf is designed to work on Windows PC. Download the program from here:
2. android data transfer Run the program and connect the iPhone to the USB slot of your PC
3. Click on ��Backup��

MobileTransf program window
What I particularly like about this program is its ability to save the iPhone backup to a location of your choice, a feature missing from iTunes backups.