iOS 5. Keep contacts

Eire Go Brach

I am looking to upgrade my dad's iPhone to ios5. They thing is I don't know on what pc he first set up his iPhone. It's not his home pc.

So when I use the one at his home. It will delete everything right?
How do I keep the information on his phone? At least the contacts?

Creamy Goodness

you can sync the contacts from the phone to address book or outlook/windows contacts (whatever it's called i don't use windows so don't know).

if you're upgrading to iOS5, just do a backup before upgrading, then restore from itunes backup when the phone asks you to.

Eire Go Brach

I can't. I am not getting that option. All I am getting is this phone has been synced somewhere else.

And to restore to I will need to restore from back up or set up as a new phone.
So if I do this. All will be deleted.

The back up is from an iPad. So that's no use.

Any other ideas?

BrendanD

i use an app called Google contacts Sync it backs up all you contacts to google where you can edit them group the etc very easy to use