Process on device to upgrade from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4S

ddublu · Oct 12, 2011, 09:00 AM

I will be giving my wife my iPhone 4 when my iPhone 4S arrives. Do I just back up my device in iCloud, wipe it and give it to her to start syncing with her iTunes account and then activate my 4S and restore from backup?

Chupa Chupa · Oct 12, 2011, 09:08 AM

Backup your iPhone 4 w/ iTunes. Sync new iPhone 4S w/ ITunes. It will ask if you want to set up as new phone or use a backup file. Select backup file & choose your last iPhone 4 backup. It will then xfer everything to new phone.

Next hook iPhone 4 back into iTunes and hit the restore button. When it's done it will ask if you want to set up as new. Hit that option & the phone is now ready for your wife to make as her own.

ddublu · Oct 12, 2011, 09:14 AM

Thanks!

ddublu · Oct 14, 2011, 12:08 PM

One more thing to ask about here.... My wife is coming from a Blackberry and uses Gmail for her email. She hasn't synced anything really in the past and I'd like to get her contacts over to the iPhone from her Blackberry. I dont see the need for her to sign up for a .me account so would like to keep everything under Gmail. How would I do this?

Mademan12321 · Oct 14, 2011, 12:18 PM

If your wife has her contacts in google they should transfer over. At the contacts tab have it sync the data from google to your iPhone and all your contacts should have been added.

Oct 12, 2011, 09:00 AM	#1
ddublu macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2011	Process on device to upgrade from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4S I will be giving my wife my iPhone 4 when my iPhone 4S arrives. Do I just back up my device in iCloud, wipe it and give it to her to start syncing with her iTunes account and then activate my 4S and restore from backup?
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Oct 12, 2011, 09:08 AM	#2
Chupa Chupa macrumors 604 Join Date: Jul 2002	Backup your iPhone 4 w/ iTunes. Sync new iPhone 4S w/ ITunes. It will ask if you want to set up as new phone or use a backup file. Select backup file & choose your last iPhone 4 backup. It will then xfer everything to new phone. Next hook iPhone 4 back into iTunes and hit the restore button. When it's done it will ask if you want to set up as new. Hit that option & the phone is now ready for your wife to make as her own. __________________ Walled Garden ≠ Prison: "People who use Apple products considered their options, and chose Apple. If they regret their decision, they can dump it at any time." -- Harry McCracken, Technologizer.com
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Oct 12, 2011, 09:14 AM	#3
ddublu Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2011	Thanks!
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Oct 14, 2011, 12:08 PM	#4
ddublu Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2011	One more thing to ask about here.... My wife is coming from a Blackberry and uses Gmail for her email. She hasn't synced anything really in the past and I'd like to get her contacts over to the iPhone from her Blackberry. I dont see the need for her to sign up for a .me account so would like to keep everything under Gmail. How would I do this?
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Oct 14, 2011, 12:18 PM	#5
Mademan12321 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2009	If your wife has her contacts in google they should transfer over. At the contacts tab have it sync the data from google to your iPhone and all your contacts should have been added.
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