I currently have an ipad2 running on 5.0.1, which was jailbroken by my friend using absinthe.
I want to upgrade to the new iOS 5.1, i have a bunch of apps and which was downloaded from XXXXXXX. I've read a few things about before upgrading you need to backup your apps/tweaks, but i never found any steps or programs to use to do so.

So my questions are:

1) what are the steps i should take before upgrading the iOS and re-jailbreaking/how do i upgrade and jailbreak the new iOS
2) whats the program i should use to back up my apps/settings/tweaks

3) side question, so i've downloaded XXXXXXXX and SBsettings, any other cool app i should look at that might better my experience with my ipad?

Thanks so much for all the help!!!!

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any help will be appreciated! anyone?

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