Is this even possible?

[djole]

Here is the challenge I am expecting I'll face soon: I gave away my iPhone 5 the other day, and I had made a backup. Now when I get a 6, which runs on iOS 8, I won't be able to restore my old settings and iMessages etc. Am I right?

Thanks!

 

[Richardgm]

Here is the challenge I am expecting I'll face soon: I gave away my iPhone 5 the other day, and I had made a backup. Now when I get a 6, which runs on iOS 8, I won't be able to restore my old settings and iMessages etc. Am I right?

Thanks!

You will be able to restore with the new iPhone. No problem.

 

[Brian Y]

Here is the challenge I am expecting I'll face soon: I gave away my iPhone 5 the other day, and I had made a backup. Now when I get a 6, which runs on iOS 8, I won't be able to restore my old settings and iMessages etc. Am I right?

Thanks!

You just restore the backup onto your 6. It will work fine.

 

[xero9]

You just restore the backup onto your 6. It will work fine.

This was my thought too.. You can restore older backup on new device, but not the other way.

I gave my mom my iPhone 4 a few years ago and she restored it from her 3G backup.

 

[djole]

I've done the same, but the issue here is not restoring backup to a newer device that runs the same OS as the old one. It is restoring an iOS 7 backup to a (new model) phone that runs iOS 8.

 

[saudor]

I've done the same, but the issue here is not restoring backup to a newer device that runs the same OS as the old one. It is restoring an iOS 7 backup to a (new model) phone that runs iOS 8.

This is fine. I did it with ios6 backup over a 7. SAme with ios7 backup on a ios8 gm

 

[Chundles]

I've done the same, but the issue here is not restoring backup to a newer device that runs the same OS as the old one. It is restoring an iOS 7 backup to a (new model) phone that runs iOS 8.

It's fine. The version of the OS doesn't matter so long as the device you're installing it on has an equal-to-or-newer version.

You're not installing the OS onto the phone from the backup, just the content and settings.

 

[djole]

Thank you gentlemen. You've made my day. Cheers!

 

[Stuke00]

Correct.

Incorrect. You can restore an iOS 7 backup to iOS 8

 

[Richardgm]

Incorrect. You can restore an iOS 7 backup to iOS 8

I guess my succinct answer was ironically confusing.

 

[kevroc]

I've done the same, but the issue here is not restoring backup to a newer device that runs the same OS as the old one. It is restoring an iOS 7 backup to a (new model) phone that runs iOS 8.

I've always been able to go up without issue, but never down a version.

 

[MinEderPlayz]

I've done the same, but the issue here is not restoring backup to a newer device that runs the same OS as the old one. It is restoring an iOS 7 backup to a (new model) phone that runs iOS 8.

Of course you can do that. Just restore the iPhone 6 from backup, iTunes will take care of the rest.

 

[nerdAFK]

Here is the challenge I am expecting I'll face soon: I gave away my iPhone 5 the other day, and I had made a backup. Now when I get a 6, which runs on iOS 8, I won't be able to restore my old settings and iMessages etc. Am I right?

Thanks!

It's Apple.
It all just works!