Q: after back up the information of my iphone, it says erase your phone,what is it?
after back up the information of my iphone, it says erase your phone,what is it?
what dose it mean "erase" and how? The only way to restore from an iCloud backup is through the Setup Assistant. To get to the Setup Assistant on a device you already set up, you'll need to erase all the content on your device and set it up again.
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Posted on Mar 21, 2016 2:51 PM
You would normally not want to erase after doing a backup. An erase will remove all of your data from the phone. The instructions you referred to are for how to restore rather than how to backup.
Note the following paragraph from the page that your were on ( Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup - Apple Support ) has some words in blue -- you can click on those words in that page (or below) and it will take you to the instructions.
The only way to restore from an iCloud backup is through the Setup Assistant. To get to the Setup Assistant on a device you already set up, you'll need to erase all the content on your device and set it up again.
Posted on Mar 19, 2016 4:29 PM