How to transfer your data and set up your new iPhone | Apple Support

Learn three ways you can transfer your data to a new iPhone. We’ll show you how to use iCloud and your previous device, how to transfer directly from your previous device, and how to restore from an iCloud backup if you don’t have your previous iPhone.

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[blazeherring_]

just got the 16 pro.. idk why none of the back up’s are working

[skeemers]

Option 2 worked so perfect. About 10 min start to finish. Then a few more minutes for all my apps to install. Couldn’t be any easier

[DAVID]

I have good wifi but it is taking so many hours to transfer data . Outrageous!

[Unimaginable]

Make sure you're free that day because I was told it only takes up to an hour. Im currently half way done and it says 4 hours remaining. I only have 100gb of storage used.

[Yjun]

I transferred but all the game data got deleted what do I do then?

[AzrinSunbae]

I think if you chose transfer the data from previous iPhone, once you complete, the apps will be downloaded in the background too just like other methods

[valramos]

The last I transferred to a new iPhone, I preferred the wired method so I don’t need to log-in again into every single account and app.

Helpful tip: this your opportunity to purge apps you don’t use regularly _before_ backing up to iCloud. Less data, faster restoration.

Tutorials such as this emphasizing iCloud feels like a greedy attempt at upselling Apple Services like iCloud.

[laithmalky]

But what if i have multi android devices and i want to transfer them to one device my new iphone like i have 2 android phones one for work and other for normal days... Like u should make an app to do that easily like google so when i need to transfer the data from old to new or even new to old phone i can do it anytime using that app and even after i set up the device like xiaomi, huawei and Samsung or u can make an icloud app for Android devices so i can back up my Android to icloud and restore the data to the new iphone easily

[MHAMMHAM]

Apple how to downloaded apps on a family account Icloud

[johnbass]

If I am on 18.1 and new iPhone is 18 will transfer work ?

[nagarajreddy]

Same iPhone, just switching the cameras here and there? No reason to upgrade to iPhone 16 and we are not really impressed this time. Looks like apple stopped innovating.

[MaxKito]

Sick of your boring insults Apple and your zero tolerance for innovation yet expensive crap. Show me a video “How to transfer my data to Android” and open a site to buy out your Apple stuff so I can buy real phones, tablets, and damn watch that can last me more than the miserable 18 hours of battery life. 😤