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do you have to have the new sim in phone to do back up from icloud

setting up phone for my daughter and wondering if i need to get her sim out of old phone before using the 'restore from icloud' to set up new phone??


iPhone 12

Posted on Sep 19, 2023 4:27 PM

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Posted on Sep 19, 2023 4:44 PM

No. The SIM card is entirely unrelated to the iCloud backup or restore.

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do you have to have the new sim in phone to do back up from icloud

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