I bought an additional phone with it’s own number. When I set it up with my apple ID it basically cloned my existing phone. My photos, my contacts, my text messages all appear on the phone. I don’t want that. How do I make it an independent phone?

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I bought an additional phone with it’s own number. When I set it up with my apple ID it basically cloned my existing phone. My photos, my contacts, my text messages all appear on the phone. I don’t want that. How do I make it an independent phone?

I bought an additional phone with its own number. When I signed in with my apple ID it basically cloned my phone even though I set it up manually. My photos, my contacts and my text messages are all on the phone. I don’t want that. How do I make this an independent phone?

iPhone 11

Posted on Apr 28, 2021 7:26 AM

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kb1951

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Apr 28, 2021 7:30 AM in response to gay323

Start here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201351 then set it up with a new Apple ID.

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I bought an additional phone with it’s own number. When I set it up with my apple ID it basically cloned my existing phone. My photos, my contacts, my text messages all appear on the phone. I don’t want that. How do I make it an independent phone?

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