Looking for help - my son's iPhone 6S was lost or stolen. I have a backup 5C that I've activated until his 6S can be retrieved. I want to restore the 5C to a previous backup in my iTunes, but it will automatically install iOS 10.3.3 and I've read that the iOS is bricking 5C phones. Anybody have experience with a 5C and 10.3.3? The current iOS on the 5C is 8.4. Any advice?
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iOS 10.3.3 and iPhone 5C
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Do you have any iCloud backups for that phone?
Is the backup you are trying to restore to in iTunes of a higher version than iOS 8.4? If so, that may be why iTunes wants to upgrade the phone.
You can't restore a backup from a higher version of iOS to a device running a lower version.
Is the backup you are trying to restore to in iTunes of a higher version than iOS 8.4? If so, that may be why iTunes wants to upgrade the phone.
You can't restore a backup from a higher version of iOS to a device running a lower version.
Thanks guys. His girlfriend gave him her old 6, so he's going to run with that model until he can afford to buy a 7 or 8.