Restore to older phone

I created a back up on an iPhone 12 with OS 16 and cannot restore it to iPhone6 with OS 15.8.

any ideas

iPhone 12, iOS 16

Posted on Nov 10, 2023 1:23 AM

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ProustGiulio

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Nov 10, 2023 3:49 AM in response to Jimbo1169

Sorry no.

The iOS version used to create a backup must be ≤ to the one currenntly running on the destination device.

Regards

Giulio

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