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How are you guys restoring new iPhone?
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So many anal-retentive members setting up as new out of FUD. Your lives are going to be destroyed if you ever get the Apple Watch and wish to retain your activity data (as the Watch backup is stored within the iPhone backup) 
Always set up as new especially now that I am using an S6 at the moment for work and I haven't backed up my iphone since July so new is always a good way to go.
backing up and restoring.... I've had an apple phone for too many years with too many apps that have information in them that I don't want to lose.
there is no good reason for me to start all over again from scratch and lose all that history!
and I do NOT want to lose the history and achievement that I've earned on my apple watch!
there is no good reason for me to start all over again from scratch and lose all that history!
and I do NOT want to lose the history and achievement that I've earned on my apple watch!
Yeah I forgot to mention the encrypted part in my original post but as long as you encrypt everything the restore should be identical whether it's iTunes or iCloud
I've started prepping my phone to go from 128gb to 64gb so that I can restore from backup. 128gb just took forever to sync and I realized that I was only filling it up because I could. But it was nice to never think about having enough space because I always had plenty. Wait. Now I'm wavering. lol.
iCloud restore has never failed me. Photos, apps, contents, music, passwords, all restored nicely. It just takes forever.
Can I just confirm that iTunes restore will NOT restore songs? even though they are all purchased from Apple? I've read conflicting reports on this. It will take too much time to manually add them back in...
I guess worst comes to worst, if iTunes restore fails, I will reset and do an iCloud restore
You could do a restore from iTunes and then Sync your music from iTunes to your phone. Here is a link to an overview of backup:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204136
And here is how you would sync: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201253
I backup to iCloud.
That being said, before I go to collect my phone from
My 8.30am appointment on Friday, I'll be doing a manual backup to my MacBook Pro.
I figure with 16 gig of RAM & a super fast SSD, it will be slightly faster restoring it from iTunes when I get back, as opposed to iCloud (even though I have 152Mb BB, the iCloud servers will be getting hammered, so a one time backup/restore to iTunes and then back to iCloud).
Having said that, I'm thinking of setting up as a new phone this year...
That being said, before I go to collect my phone from
My 8.30am appointment on Friday, I'll be doing a manual backup to my MacBook Pro.
I figure with 16 gig of RAM & a super fast SSD, it will be slightly faster restoring it from iTunes when I get back, as opposed to iCloud (even though I have 152Mb BB, the iCloud servers will be getting hammered, so a one time backup/restore to iTunes and then back to iCloud).
Having said that, I'm thinking of setting up as a new phone this year...
I'm going to have to do an encrypted backup in iTunes because I want to keep the health data from my Apple Watch.
Me too! I'd be gutted if I lost all my Watch data and achievements. Can you explain exactly what we have to do in order not to lose any of this data and have it all work seamlessly on our new iPhones?
I haven't done it yet, but I believe you only have to check "Encrypt iPhone Backup" before starting the backup.
Be aware that if you're restoring a backup from a jailbroken phone, some of your jailbreak data will also be put back onto the phone.
Guys, need your help. I sold off my 6 plus three weeks back. I had taken iTunes encrypted backup at that time. But my phone was in one of the IOS 9 beta OS versions....can't remember which one though. Now my question is...would I be able to restore my 6s+ to this backup?
I personally always like a fresh new start on each phone and generally stay away from restoring previous backups. For me the best part of a new device/gadget is getting to mess around for hours/days getting it dialed.
So even though this says iCloud backups are encrypted:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204136
That doesn't mean it encrypts things like Wifi passwords, Mail passwords etc correct?
The only way to not have to re-enter all the info is a local iTunes Encrypted backup like this:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205220
That's one thing I hate about restores onto a new device.....re-entering all those passwords. I have 2 IMAP accounts and have to re-enter both incoming and outgoing.
Does anyway know....does the iTunes Encrypted backup save app login data? Like Dropbox? Twitter clients? With an iCloud backup I always have to re-enter that as well.
-Kevin
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204136
That doesn't mean it encrypts things like Wifi passwords, Mail passwords etc correct?
The only way to not have to re-enter all the info is a local iTunes Encrypted backup like this:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205220
That's one thing I hate about restores onto a new device.....re-entering all those passwords. I have 2 IMAP accounts and have to re-enter both incoming and outgoing.
Does anyway know....does the iTunes Encrypted backup save app login data? Like Dropbox? Twitter clients? With an iCloud backup I always have to re-enter that as well.
-Kevin
In my experience, it saves the wifi passwords but not necessarily the app login data. I've had to re-enter those for many apps.
Thanks. Also.....how do you restore from iTunes with a new phone? Do you go through the screens until you get to the Restore page? Or do you just plug the phone in on that Hello screen?
-Kevin