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Which iOS for iPhone 6s and 6s Plus?

slojave

slojave

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I'm assuming the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will come with iOS 9.

If I'm running iOS 9.0.1 and do a back-up can I restore on my iPhone 6s Plus which is running iOS 9?

Any thought would be much appreciated!
 
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I believe you'll have to update your iPhone 6S+ first, it can only restore from backups that are from the same iOS version or earlier.
 
slojave said:
I'm assuming the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will come with iOS 9.

If I'm running iOS 9.0.1 and do a back-up can I restore on my iPhone 6s Plus which is running iOS 9?

Any thought would be much appreciated!
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I didn't think about this. Many of these iPhones have already shipped and are sitting in warehouses waiting for delivery. It's really curious that in light of that, Apple decided to release an iOS update that these devices will not come with. Huh.
 
macduke said:
I didn't think about this. Many of these iPhones have already shipped and are sitting in warehouses waiting for delivery. It's really curious that in light of that, Apple decided to release an iOS update that these devices will not come with. Huh.
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They've done it before. People just install the update when they get their phone.
 
So I chatted with Apple and they told me to set-up as new and update the phone. Then, erase everything and then it will put you in the ability to setup the phone. Again.
 
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They've done it before. People just install the update when they get their phone.
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Yeah. It's just really annoying. Especially if you go to the store to get the device. You either need to sit and download an update, or just not use the new phone until you get home.

I known first world problems. I'm just not going to update to 9.0.1 yet. Make it that much easier to get rolling with the new devices. I have three of them to set up for the family and would prefer to reduce the amount of active time it takes me.
 
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slojave said:
So I chatted with Apple and they told me to set-up as new and update the phone. Then, erase everything and then it will put you in the ability to setup the phone. Again.
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That's terrible and certainly non Apple-like. I imagined there would be a way to update before setting up as new...

Or maybe it's just time I start with a fresh phone... I've been rolling on backups since the 5. Decisions.
 
Cool Pup said:
That's terrible and certainly non Apple-like. I imagined there would be a way to update before setting up as new...

Or maybe it's just time I start with a fresh phone... I've been rolling on backups since the 5. Decisions.
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It's pretty much how it's always been, so quite Apple-like in that sense.
 
Glad I decided to not install the update yet. I thought it might be an issue since the 6S most likely would not have 9.0.1
 
Just my experience…

Unless iOS 9 has changed things, I don't believe point upgrades matter. When I originally got my iPhone 6+ it came with 8.1.2. I restored my iPhone 5 backup to it and that was an iOS 8.3 backup at the time.

Now, major version numbers do matter. For instance, you can't restore an 8.3 backup to a phone running 7.1.2.
 
noobinator said:
Yes, if you first update your new phone to 9.1 then restore.
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Assuming there is a 9.1 beta build for the new iPhone. There isn't one for the Mini 4 yet.

Edit: Now there is for the Mini 4, don't see one for 6s yet, probably update tomorrow.
 
I've decided to take the beta off for now and go to 9.0.1, it will save time and hassle tomorrow when my phone gets here (I'm crossing my fingers that it gets here before 10 so I can set it up before I leave for work!) ;)
 
Yeah,

I've had this happen once, and I just did the above. Went through the new phone setup, updated, reset the phone and restored. Sure it adds 15mins to the process (new setup + erase) but it's simple enough.
 
jess222 said:
I've decided to take the beta off for now and go to 9.0.1, it will save time and hassle tomorrow when my phone gets here (I'm crossing my fingers that it gets here before 10 so I can set it up before I leave for work!) ;)
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I did the same thing, will make it easier tomorrow in case their is no beta build for new iPhones.
 
eyoungren said:
Just my experience…

Unless iOS 9 has changed things, I don't believe point upgrades matter. When I originally got my iPhone 6+ it came with 8.1.2. I restored my iPhone 5 backup to it and that was an iOS 8.3 backup at the time.

Now, major version numbers do matter. For instance, you can't restore an 8.3 backup to a phone running 7.1.2.
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That is what I always thought too, but I thought it was just for the .0.x that do not matter.
 
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9.1 PB2 just came out for OTA. I assume that means they will have it available for 6S tomorrow?
 
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