Pair existing watch to new phone?

[irishgreenapple]

I want to transfer my existing watch to a new phone using encrypted iTunes backup. Reading through other threads, looks like I should unpair the watch from the old phone first, then backup (encrypted) the old phone to iTunes? Then set up new phone from iTunes encrypted backup? Is this correct? I’m afraid that unpairing the watch from the old phone will remove all my health/workout/achievement data. I want all of my history to transfer over to the new phone.

 

[roncito]

I want to transfer my existing watch to a new phone using encrypted iTunes backup. Reading through other threads, looks like I should unpair the watch from the old phone first, then backup (encrypted) the old phone to iTunes? Then set up new phone from iTunes encrypted backup? Is this correct? I’m afraid that unpairing the watch from the old phone will remove all my health/workout/achievement data. I want all of my history to transfer over to the new phone.

That’s correct. or you could just do iCloud just make sure health tab under iCloud settings is on. No need to plug into iTunes.