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iPhone backup

How do I back up the rest of my old phone content to my new phone? Only about half transferred over

iPhone 8

Posted on Aug 24, 2019 8:50 AM

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Posted on Aug 24, 2019 12:46 PM

Did you restore a backup of your old phone to the new phone? Try making another backup of the old phone and restore that to see if more will transfer.


Have you signed into Settings/Your Name/iCloud using the same ID used on the old phone and turned on syncing for the desired data?


Transfer content from an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a new device


 Quick Start to transfer data from your previous iOS device to your new iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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Aug 24, 2019 12:46 PM in response to tallulah49

Did you restore a backup of your old phone to the new phone? Try making another backup of the old phone and restore that to see if more will transfer.


Have you signed into Settings/Your Name/iCloud using the same ID used on the old phone and turned on syncing for the desired data?


Transfer content from an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a new device


 Quick Start to transfer data from your previous iOS device to your new iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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