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Personally, I set it up the new iPhone “as a new iPhone” in the set up process so I can start off with a clean slate. It is the quickest way to nuke the apps, I haven’t been using for a long time, and eating up valuable storage space. The same goes for the thousands of photos and videos I have taken in the last year. But if you want to transfer data from your old iPhone to the old iPhone, you can follow the instructions provided below. This process will transfer your saved messages, email accounts, photos, notes, and other personal settings to your new iPhone. Reset) and restore the data from the iTunes or iCloud backup. If you have an Apple Watch and you’re planning to move content to your new iPhone, then you need to unpair your Apple Watch from your current iPhone first so that it automatically backs up your Watch. Ensure that you’ve installed the latest version of iTunes. You can update it via Software Update or download it from Apple’s website. Select your old iPhone in iTunes under Devices.

Transfer Purchases to save content you’ve download from the iTunes Store or App Store. Click Back Up Now. Devices. You should see the name of your old iPhone, along with the date and time of the latest backup. It should see the current date and time. Now you can transfer your iTunes backup to your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus. Turn on your new iPhone. When your device turns on, follow the on-screen instructions. When prompted to Set Up iPhone, tap on Restore from iTunes Backup. Now connect your new iPhone to iTunes (on the same computer you used to back up your old iPhone). Tunes will ask you to restore from backup or set up as new. Select the backup of your old device and choose Continue (Ensure that iTunes is showing you the latest backup of your old iPhone). Please note that restoring from the backup can be a time-consuming process and depends on the size of the backup and on the speed of your Internet connection. When the restore process is complete, your new iPhone will restart. Then it will be ready for use.

You should keep your new iPhone connected to iTunes to sync data not contained in the backup (such as music, videos, apps, and so on). You can verify and change which data are synced by clicking the syncing tabs in iTunes. If you haven’t encrypted your iPhone backup, then you will also need to enter your password for your Apple ID, email, and other accounts, and voicemail again. The passwords are not restored to a new device due to security reasons. Cloud backs up your device once a day. But it is good practice to backup your old device to iCloud one last time before migrating so nothing is missed out. Storage & Backup and tap on Back Up Now. This may take time depending on the amount of data to be backed up. After the backup is complete, check the Last Backup time (should show current time) to ensure that your backup was successful. Now turn off your old iPhone. Now you can transfer your iCloud backup to your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus.

Turn on your new iPhone. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup assistant by selecting your language and country, and choose whether to enable Location Services. When prompted, choose your Wi-Fi network. When prompted to Set Up iPhone, tap on Restore from iCloud Backup. Enter your Apple ID and password, and tap Next at the top right corner. It will prompt you to agree to the terms and conditions. Tap on Agree in the bottom right corner. You will now see a list of backups. Select the latest backup of your old device and tap Restore. Wait until the device has finished restoring from the backup. Please note that it can be a time-consuming process and depends on the amount of data contained in the backup and on the speed of your Internet connection. When the restore process is complete, your iPhone will restart. Then it will be ready for use.

You should also connect the device to iTunes to sync data not contained in the backup (such as music, videos, apps, and so on). Phone will also start re-downloading all your apps in the background. You will also need to enter your password for your Apple ID, email, and other accounts, and voicemail again. The passwords are not restored to a new device for security reasons. However, if you want them to be restored then using the iTunes method above. You should now be able to use your shiny new iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus. After the data has been restored, you can turn on your older iPhone on and erase all the content all the content and settings. It is advisable to keep your iPhone connected to Wi-Fi and plugged into a power source until the data from iCloud is downloaded to your device. The data is downloaded automatically from iCloud in the background.