My wife and I both have new series 4 watches coming. We're upgrading from S0. Should we restore from backup or set them up as new? My wife's battery has been terrible on hers and I don't want any software issues to come over from a backup (if that's even possible). There's nothing stored on them, no pictures, etc. The only thing I'd like to keep is health data.
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Restore or Setup as New?
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I was thinking about it, but I don't want to lose all my badges I've earned in the activity app.
You won't, they're stored on the phone in the activity app...
All of your watches data is stored on the iPhone and not the watch. If you unpair you previous watch you will have the option of using the backup for setting up the watch. The back up will bring all of your watch settings forward to your new watch.
I set up as new on mine as it only takes a few minutes for me to set up my watch.
I set up as new on mine as it only takes a few minutes for me to set up my watch.
You can indeed, it just restores the settings, watch face setup etc. They other stuff will be pulled from the phone.
He, quick question: did everything work out? In the same situation right now. Thanks.