What will I have to do with a new phone?

[jannkarrasch]

Hey guys,

hopefully this question hasn't been asked yet.

So, when I will probably get a new iPhone within the next weeks, what will I have to do in order to "take over the watch" to the next phone?
I'm afraid that by disconnecting it from my old iPhone I will lose all the settings for the watch-faces and the order of my app icons...

Greetings from Germany!

 

[mattopotamus]

Just repair it. My guess is the settings will be saved in the app, and being it is a native app they will carry over.

 

[jannkarrasch]

Just repair it. My guess is the settings will be saved in the app, and being it is a native app they will carry over.

Okay, thanks!

 

[axantas]

Right guess, jannkarrasch, but only if you enable the encrypted backup of your iPhone in iTunes. Otherwise no passwords or personal data from the phone or the watch will be saved in the backup.
What I just remarked: The iPhone backup in iCloud obviously saves your personal watch data as well.

 

[jannkarrasch]

Right guess, jannkarrasch, but only if you enable the encrypted backup of your iPhone in iTunes. Otherwise no passwords or personal data from the phone or the watch will be saved in the backup.
What I just remarked: The iPhone backup in iCloud obviously saves your personal watch data as well.

Thanks!

 

[SugaredJuggler]

Right guess, jannkarrasch, but only if you enable the encrypted backup of your iPhone in iTunes. Otherwise no passwords or personal data from the phone or the watch will be saved in the backup.
What I just remarked: The iPhone backup in iCloud obviously saves your personal watch data as well.

I am also pretty positive you will want to unpair the watch from the old phone first. (This creates a backup on the device) Then do a encrypted backup onto your iTunes, which saves all your health data. Then restore the backup onto the new iPhone.

 

[exxxviii]

I am also pretty positive you will want to unpair the watch from the old phone first. (This creates a backup on the device) Then do a encrypted backup onto your iTunes, which saves all your health data. Then restore the backup onto the new iPhone.

This is correct. Un-pair the watch first to force a watch backup. Then backup the phone. Then setup the new phone. Then when you pair the watch to the new phone, it will have the final backup from the watch on the original phone.

 

[BarracksSi]

Thanks for the info. I hadn't done an encrypted backup until after reading this thread.

 

[flur]

This should be a sticky post. I'm sure there will be lots of questions about this in the coming weeks.

 

[jannkarrasch]

Thanks for all the answers!
I think this will solve my problems on Sept 25

 

[Julien]

This looks like a decent guide. I'll edit it up as needed.

• Check Activity App on iPhone and Watch to be sure all info is on the iPhone (use calories as the best guide)
• Backup to iCloud or encrypted iTunes backup
• Un Pair Watch (do not wipe old iPhone until you have completed restore on the new iPhone)
• Restore backup to new iPhone
• Pair Watch to new iPhone (all data between the time of backup and pairing will be lost so don't wait)