I'll be getting the iPhone 6s Plus on 9/25 if all goes well. Are there any things I need to know to get the new phone working with my Apple Watch?
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What's the Procedure when Replacing iPhone?
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- 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)
You will want to unpair the watch before you back up the phone, as unpairing the watch forces the watch to backup to the phone.
- Check Activity App on iPhone and
- Backup to iCloud or encrypted iTunes backup
- Un Pair
- Restore backup to new iPhone
- Pair
The Watch is continuously backed up to the iPhone, but yes, it's better to unpair the watch right before you back up the phone as that forces the iPhone to do a last-second backup of the watch (as opposed to however long has passed since the automatic backup last occurred).
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Unpair you watch
Make an encrypted backup via iTunes
Restore new phone with backup from iTunes
Pair watch with new phone
Done.
Make an encrypted backup via iTunes
Restore new phone with backup from iTunes
Pair watch with new phone
Done.
So if you want to start with a fresh new phone there is no way to get the activity data to the new phone short of restoring the new phone with a backup from the old phone?
I'm just on my second day with my new Apple Watch Space Gray Sport but I will be upgrading from an iPhone 6 to an iPhone 6s Friday and was hoping to be able to keep what I have accomplished so far but no big deal if I can't but next year when I upgrade I will hate to loose a years worth of data. It would be nice if this information was stored on the iCloud.
I'm just on my second day with my new Apple Watch Space Gray Sport but I will be upgrading from an iPhone 6 to an iPhone 6s Friday and was hoping to be able to keep what I have accomplished so far but no big deal if I can't but next year when I upgrade I will hate to loose a years worth of data. It would be nice if this information was stored on the iCloud.
Simply restore from your iPhone 6 backup. The practice of restoring as new is rather anal retentive and unnecessary.
AMEN! i've had an iPhone for several years.... i use it for other things WAY more than i use it as a phone and have a TON of historical stuff on there.... that's the whole reason i ended up in the whole apple eco system with and iMac, iPad, apple tv, apple watch....
and i'm looking forward to many more achievements! including the 365, 500 and 1000 move achievements (and whatever else they are adding when we finally get OS2!
now if i only used the phone as a phone and an occasional we browser... then i guess there'd be no issue with restoring as new.....
Sorry but are you saying you should restore your brand new iPhone 6s before you switch it on for the first time to set it up?
Turn it on, restore from your iPhone 6 (or 5s/5) backup, then you can set up the Watch (since its backup is stored in iPhone's backup).