Replacing my old iphone with a new one, need guidance/help please

iphonefan1,

To transfer your information from your old iPhone to your new iPhone, you are going to want to do a few things:

1) Backup any information on the old iPhone to your computer. You can use Windows Address book or Outlook (2003 or 2007) to backup contacts and Internet Explorer to backup your bookmarks. You will need to import any pictures you have taken on the iPhone to your computer (they do not sync) or email them if you would like them saved. Sync your old iPhone with iTunes so that it will make a backup of your text messages and other preference information.

This article describes what information can be directly synced from your iPhone to the computer:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306071

2) Take your SIM card out of your old iPhone and put it into the new iPhone. This takes all of your ATT account information to the new iPhone so that you will not have to run through a full activation again. You will have to run through a mini-activation, but all of your information will already be set up.

3) Connect the new iPhone into your computer. As part of the mini-activation process, iTunes will ask you if you want to restore your iPhone from the backup. If you say yes, then it will use the preferences from your old iPhone and put them on the new iPhone. You can then sync any information (contacts, bookmarks, photos, etc.) that you backed up on the computer from the old iPhone to the new iPhone.

This article will help you import the data on your computer to the iPhone:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305741

4) Once you are confident that all of your information has been transferred from the old iPhone to the new one, you can restore the old iPhone and that will put the software back to factory settings. That will also erase all of your old data. (This process cannot be undone, so please make sure you do not need any information off the old iPhone before you restore.)

Hope this helps!
Jennifer B.

As for the contacts I think it’s as easy as just moving your SIM card to the new phone. [SIM on top of phone where that little slot and hole are (paper clip)]

The e-mail stuff, just sync with your comp, then when you sync the new phone to the comp the info should transfer?

The wifi, and pictures, I don’t think transfer. back up the picks beforehand.

I’m not to sure on these things but I think I’m correct.

Well I was an existing AT&T customer. But I’m sure that all iphone must come with SIM, for the simple fact that it just adds the bit more storage space for as you said account and contacts info. Check your phone for a SIM.

Some one jump in here and help!!!!