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My iPhone (6s plus) and IPad are jailbroken. Since these devices are about 5 years old, I am thinking of replacing them with new ones. Do you think malware can be transferable from my current devices to the new ones? If that’s the case, what should I do? I am not a tech-savvy guy, by the way.
Thanks in advance.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 13
If you go to the setting I listed (Settings/[your name]/iCloud) you can turn on switches for contacts, photos, calendars, etc. That will sync them to iCloud. On the new phone turn on the same switches and iCloud will sync those items to the new phone. You should not establish a new Apple ID.
You can keep the same phone number. Either move the SIM card from the old to the new phone, or call your carrier for a new SIM. It doesn’t matter which you do.
If you go to the setting I listed (Settings/[your name]/iCloud) you can turn on switches for contacts, photos, calendars, etc. That will sync them to iCloud. On the new phone turn on the same switches and iCloud will sync those items to the new phone. You should not establish a new Apple ID.
You can keep the same phone number. Either move the SIM card from the old to the new phone, or call your carrier for a new SIM. It doesn’t matter which you do.
You can use your current Apple ID. If you have been syncing content from built in apps to iCloud (Settings/[your name]/iCloud - check the switches) you can resync that data on the new phones. However, ONLY sync data from built in apps.
Hi Lawrence,
Thank you for your quick response again.
I have got into my iCould on my current iPhone. But I don’t see a switch for syncing content. So does it mean that I have to establish a new Apple ID on the new iPhone?
Other questions are 1. Can I keep the same phone number?, 2. Can I still see my photos on my current phone after switching to the new iPhone?
Hi Lawrence,
At first you said, “Set up the replacement phones as New and don’t transfer anything from the jailbroken phones”.
But later you said that a new iPhone can sync with my current jailbroken phone so that I can transfer photos, contacts, etc..
These statements seem to be contradicted. So I am confused.
Hi KiltedTim,
In my iCloud, I see from the top, photos, contacts, calendars, Notes, Messages, Safari, Siri, Keychain, iCloud Backup, iCloud
Drive, Maps,, myMail are turned on. Can I sync them to my new phone? “myMail” might be a third party app.
Hi Kilted Tim and Lawrence, and others,
I did not jailbreak my iPhone. A hacker put malware in my iPhone and he takes full control of my phone.
I have an antivirus software installed in my phone, but he was still able to install malware. Is there a way to delete this malware?
In order to install malware on your phone he would have needed physical possession of your phone while it was unlocked for about a half hour. Did that actually happen? If it didn’t there is no malware on your phone except possibly for the antivirus software installed on your phone, as there is no such thing as antivirus software for iPhones that can actually do anything useful. Unless, of course, you installed the antivirus from a website and not from the App Store. In that case you may have jailbroken your phone yourself.
He didn’t possess my phone physically. I have an antivirus software called Trendmicro on my phone.
The fact that he messes up lots of things on my phone led to believe that I have malware. For example, this morning he stop
ped me from using camera and record function. He also control my emails, when to receive them or not receive them. Facebook doesn’t work properly either. The other day he did not allow me to open lots app icons.
Set up the replacement phones as New and don’t transfer anything from the jailbroken phones.
Jailbroken devices are completely unsupportable.
As already suggested, set up the new phone as a new device. Don't attempt to transfer anything. And don't jailbreak it this time.
Thanks for your quick response. I will follow your advice. So when I set up the new iPhone, do I need to create a new Apple ID? I so, does it mean that I cannot use my current email address?
Phones do not sync with other phones at all, jailbroken or otherwise.
Phones sync with cloud services like iCloud, and email servers.
No one is doing that if you didn’t physically give him the phone. There’s probably something wrong with your phone, but it isn’t caused by malware.
Antivirus software on an iOS device is completely worthless. No one hacked your phone.
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