I have a iPhone 5 I need to use as a backup to my 6S Plus. When I try to restore from a backup dated 12/13/20 and received a message the IOS is down level and can not be restored. HELP!

Trying to restore an old iPhone 5 to use as a backup to my 6S Plus which was dropped into water today :(

While trying to restore the 5 from iCloud backup, I received a message, “No iCloud backups are compatible with the version of iOS (10.3.3) on this iPhone.

iPhone 5

Posted on Dec 14, 2020 5:44 PM

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zinacef

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Dec 14, 2020 6:43 PM in response to Janicewarren1

Read this to explain further why you are seeing such a message - Restoring an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch backup from iCloud or from a computer when a later version of iOS or iPadOS is required - Apple Support.

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I have a iPhone 5 I need to use as a backup to my 6S Plus. When I try to restore from a backup dated 12/13/20 and received a message the IOS is down level and can not be restored. HELP!

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