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Apr 29, 2016 9:33 AM in response to Tsuko17by tonefox,It's fine. You can restore from an old OS to a newer one, but not the other way round.
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Apr 29, 2016 9:35 AM in response to tonefoxby Tsuko17,so it would workout with no issue? because last year I attempted this with an iphone 5s device running ios 8.1 and it would not restore the full content onto the phone
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Apr 29, 2016 9:42 AM in response to Tsuko17by elcpu,To be sure, go to Settings > iCloud > and make sure Contacts are turned to ON. Then go to iCloud.com on a browser (any browser, a computer or iOS), log on and verify that they are there. If so you should not lose them regardless.
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Apr 29, 2016 9:43 AM in response to elcpuby Tsuko17,I see the options to enable but there isn't anything about messages
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Apr 29, 2016 9:50 AM in response to Tsuko17by elcpu,Messages are included as part of iTunes backups. See here.
About backups in iCloud and iTunes - Apple Support
However, as you know with any technology, glitches can occur, maybe infrequent but nonetheless, always a small risk.