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Q: Trying to restore my contacts ,at least, to an old 3g from a backup of an iphone 4 and i'm getting nothing

Trying to restore a backup to an old 3g from a 4 and I'm not getting anything.

iPhone 3G

Posted on Sep 6, 2012 1:06 PM

by KiltedTim,Solvedanswer
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You can not restore a backup made with a newer version of iOS to a device running an older version of iOS.

 

The highest the 3G can go is 4.2.1. You will not be able to restore a backup made on your iPhone 4 to a 3G. Your contacts should be able to be synced to the 3G via iTunes if you were syncing them as intended to a supported address book or cloud service.  Unfortunately, if you were syncing them to iCloud from a device running iOS 5.x, the 3G can not sync with iCloud.

Posted on Sep 6, 2012 1:22 PM

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Q: Trying to restore my contacts ,at least, to an old 3g from a backup of an iphone 4 and i'm getting nothing

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  • by KiltedTim,Solvedanswer

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Sep 6, 2012 1:22 PM in response to cvillanueva
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    Sep 6, 2012 1:22 PM in response to cvillanueva

    You can not restore a backup made with a newer version of iOS to a device running an older version of iOS.

     

    The highest the 3G can go is 4.2.1. You will not be able to restore a backup made on your iPhone 4 to a 3G. Your contacts should be able to be synced to the 3G via iTunes if you were syncing them as intended to a supported address book or cloud service.  Unfortunately, if you were syncing them to iCloud from a device running iOS 5.x, the 3G can not sync with iCloud.

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    cvillanueva cvillanueva Sep 6, 2012 1:56 PM in response to KiltedTim
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    Sep 6, 2012 1:56 PM in response to KiltedTim

    Well thanks for the help. I was hoping that wasn't the case, but it's not surprising.