Problem Setting Up New iPad Air6 from an iPhone 15PM iCloud Backup??
Has anyone with a large number of iPad apps had problems moving an app from one homescreen to another?
Because I have 352 apps on my iPhone 15PM, I chose to initially load my new iPad Air6 from an iPhone iCloud backup, which is the preferred way Apple migrates iPhone users to new iPads. I had 20 folders on the primary iPhone homescreen into which all of those apps fit (see pic). Unfortunately, when installing from an iPhone backup to an iPad, the folder structure does not transfer. As a result, I got 343 apps in seemingly random order across 15 homescreens (9 apps must have been dropped from the App Store).
Furthermore, after some unknown number of apps, the iPadOS simply stops permitting you to transfer an app from one homescreen to another to re-create new folders or simply get the most important apps to the front homescreen.
What BS! Two days and several tech-support phone calls and iPad reset/reinstalls from ground zero, I am fit to be tied. Apple TS says it is studying the problem, however, it appears my only solution is to reinstall iPadOS with the Apple apps that come with it, then download whatever else I need from scratch.
I am somewhat confounded that after 14 years of iPads, Apple has not run into another user with many apps on an iPhone who attempted to load them to an iPad per Apples support documents. Apple TS acts like no one has ever needed to transfer a large number of apps from an iPhone to an iPad before so I’m told they’re now studying the iPadOS setup limitations on how much can be loaded successfully.
Please comment if you’ve had similar problems. More to follow.