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I got a new iphone and want to set it up as new - without using an old icloud backup. However, will that erase my icloud photos that I already have when my new phone starts syncing?? I want to retain current data in icloud

I got a new iphone and want to set it up as new - without using an old icloud backup. However, will that erase my icloud photos that I already have when my new phone starts syncing?? I want to retain current data in icloud

iPhone X, iOS 13

Posted on Dec 10, 2020 9:22 PM

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Dec 11, 2020 9:14 AM in response to zinacef

Thanks! And this is true even if I do restore an old backup from icloud? in my case - I have an old backup (June 2020) but photos and videos uploaded to icloud as latest as Nov 2020.. So just trying to ensure that I restore backup from June and still have photos retained from Nov in icloud. I understand I wont have them on the phone storage

I got a new iphone and want to set it up as new - without using an old icloud backup. However, will that erase my icloud photos that I already have when my new phone starts syncing?? I want to retain current data in icloud

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