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Setting up Iphone 6

BlazingSaddler · 2015-04-24 08:49:25

I did an icloud backup on my old iphone 5 with iOS 8.3 and wanted to install on my new iPhone 6 but it only has iOS 8.2! Can I do/use the backup after I chose "install as new iPhone"? Because I cannot update the software until I chose if I want to begin with a new phone setting or download a backup. But the backup is of…

24-04-2015 9:49am

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BlazingSaddler

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I did an icloud backup on my old iphone 5 with iOS 8.3 and wanted to install on my new iPhone 6 but it only has iOS 8.2! Can I do/use the backup after I chose "install as new iPhone"?

Because I cannot update the software until I chose if I want to begin with a new phone setting or download a backup.

But the backup is of course not compatible with the old iOS.

So will it be possible to get the new iPhone going, then do the software update to 8.3 and then download / use the data from my Iphone5 icloud backup.

Thanks

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#2 24-04-2015 9:50am

AndyBoBandy

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Set it up as a new phone, update the iOS, then restore it from the iCloud back up.

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