iPhone keeps coming up with new and better models and you are always enticed to keep up. But then you have to keep setting up your new phone, isn’t it? \
No. It isn’t. Apple’s Quick Start feature offers a very easy way to set up your new iPhone. You don’t need to go through the old-school way of backing up your data, reconfiguring your settings, and then migrating the data to your new phone.
Quick Start is a feature that will set up your iPhone automatically. You just have to point your new phone to the old one, and all of the core settings will transfer immediately. All you have to do is set up the screens for Face ID, Siri, and Apple Pay, apart from that QuickStart will do the rest.
On iOS 12.4 or higher you can transfer the data wirelessly or through a wired connection. So you don’t have to back up your phone.
Back-Up Your Current Device (Optional)
If your OS is updated on both devices you don’t need to back up your data for QuickStart. But, you can have the backup as a precaution, for that you just have to connect your current phone to the computer.
If you are running a Windows device, open iTunes, as the Mac users might turn to Finder. Here, click on the iPhone icon and view the summary page. Under the Backups section, you can select either iCloud or This Computer, then just click on Back Up Now. Now you just have to wait for the backup to complete.
Quick Start
Place both your iPhones next to each other and keep them connected to the same Wi-Fi network. Then press the Home button on the Hello screen of your iPhone to display the Quick Start screen. At this moment, there will be a message saying Set Up New iPhone on your iPhone, asking if you would want to use your Apple ID to set up your new iPhone. Then just confirm your Apple ID and continue on your current phone.
Now, on your new iPhone, a swirling blue pattern is displayed while waiting. Just take your old phone and scan the pattern.
Then your old phone tells you to finish the process on the new phone. You can enter the password of your old phone on the new device if required. Then your new iPhone will start setting up.
Transfer Your Data
Now your phone will ask you to set up the Touch and Face ID, but you can do these later. Then, the phone asks you to transfer your data.
You can transfer the data wirelessly, that’s the easier option where you only need to ensure that both the phones are on the same network and positioned next to each other. Then select Transfer from iPhone, then agree to all the terms and conditions. Then you can choose whether you want to allow Siri, Maps, and the other apps to get back their previous settings or you want to set them up manually., then tap on Continue.
When you transfer the data through a wired connection, it will require both a Lightning USB 3 Camer Adapter and a Lightning to USB cable. Then you have to connect the Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter to your old iPhone and the Lightning to USB Cable to your new iPhone. The other end of the adapter has to be connected to the adapter and connect the adapter to a power source through its Lightning port.
Then you can connect your Apple Watch, share audio recordings from Siri and choose if you want to share your phone analytics with Apple. Then both the devices will show that the data is being transferred. After finishing the process, the old phone will show that the transfer is complete.
Now your new iPhone will start setting up your apps, icons, folders, and all the other data. You may need to wait a while depending on how many apps you have on the phone before the apps become ready for you to use.
Manually Restore Data
If you do not use iOS 12.4 or higher on both of your phones you will have to restore the backup of your current phone. For this, tap on the Other Options link that shows up on the Transfer Data screen. Then your phone will start setting up your Apple ID.
You will have four options shown on the Apps and Data screen. If you have a backup of your old phone and want that data to be restored, just choose to Restore iCloud Backup or Restore from iTunes Backup. In the case of the iCloud Backup, the restore will run over Wi-Fi.
While you are restoring from your iTunes backup you need to connect your new phone to your computer with iTunes running. Then on iTunes, click on the icon of your phone and select Restore Backup. Then choose the correct backup, click on Restore, and then wait till your new phone receives all the apps and data that has been backed up from your current phone.
You can select Move Data from Android if you are moving from an Android phone.
