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Here's How Apple's New iPhone to iPhone Data Migration Feature Works in iOS 12.4
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I absolutely love this. Talking my relatives through transferring to a new phone is always so painful. This will help a lot with that.
I always restore from a iTunes backup but I might give this a shot this year.
I always restore from a iTunes backup but I might give this a shot this year.
Ok then I will change. I want everything to go back to default settings. How bou' da???
This is good news. My wife’s iPhone had been playing up so the other week we took it into the apple store and they told us that, because she’d been restoring from backup from a backup she was carrying over from about the iPhone 5 (she upgrades every year), the backup had become corrupt at some point along the way. So this is great to have an option to basically continue from one phone to the next without using the corruption-prone iCloud backups.
The summary says one iPhone scans an animation on the other iPhone. Similar to QR codes.
"the two devices to one another by scanning an animation" It doesn't use QR codes. It's quite more complicated than a QR. Like when an
watch pairs with a phone. Kind of a sparkly thing. Very complex.Watch the video. It looks like a moving, hi-res cloud of micro-dots. More sophisticated than QR.
The only thing "new" in this process is that it no longer works with iOS 11 and has the option for connecting the devices by cable.
Used this method 3 wks ago to setup new iPP 11. The iPP came with 12.3.1 and I setup from by XR with had 13 b2. The pairing notifications said that both devices need iOS 11 or later. Setup was all wireless.
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You are absolutely correct. It is much more sophisticated than a QR code.
If I understand it correctly the method used with iOS 11 and later is called Quick Start but requires an iCloud backup. This new method seems to be a variation on Quick Start that doesn’t need an iCloud backup. It transfers the data directly between the devices. So, it is completely new.
Except, all photos are compressed, which is a serious no go for me.
Right. You actually a Mac user? If so. Take a look around in the Application Support folders and find the skeletons of applications long since "Deleted". iOS really isn't any different. Not mention the bombs left in iCloud/Game Center etc... from applications that "sync" or back up their settings in there.
Sort of like Target Disk Mode mixed with Carbon Copy Cloner for the iPhone.
Welcome if long overdue.
Welcome if long overdue.
This is just me, but, I always start fresh (except for contacts/calendar/notes/reminders) when I get a new phone.
Yep, I've been burned too many times with (Mac OS) preferences screwing thing up.
You’re paying for the ecosystem and convenience with Apple, not what’s best value for money.
It's also moving, not static like a QR code. My guess it tracks the movement of the dots to represent some ID on the old phone and matches it up on their system. You have to do basic ID setup on the new phone first.
Luckily iTunes 12.6.5.3 still runs on my iMac with Mojave.
Glad to see this feature comes to iPhone. I have been setting up my Huawei P20 this way from my P10 and P30 from P20, from my Redmi Note 3 to Note 4 and from Redmi Note 4 to Note 7.
This is great for carbon copy all my files, messages, app data. Good work Apple
This is great for carbon copy all my files, messages, app data. Good work Apple
The move away from FireWire on the early iPods to using usb was painful for me. Everything seemed like slow motion.
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Expect the free to go away as new legislation prevents them from analyzing your pictures and meta for data collection and facial recognition. When ever their free stuff becomes unprofitable via data dredging, it will be sent to the boneyard.
You clearly did not watch the video.