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Question

Restore from Icloud with IOS 8.3

Apr 22, 2015 1:02PM PDT

Hi,

I have an Iphone 5s with the latest IOS 8.3
Yesterday I got a new Iphone 6. Before doing anything I backup the 5s to iCloud.

I started my new phone and select restore from iCloud. Impossible to do it because the new phone was shipped to the shop with IOS 8.1 or something and all my backups are done after 8.1

There is a warning that the backup cannot be done because the IOS are not the same.
No written anywhere that restore from iClould only works

if new iPhone have the same IOS of the backups
What I did I just downloaded the IOS 8.3 to the new phone and because was of 552mb took long time.
Now I have a new phone with IOS 8.3 and all backups with IOS 8.3
I was thinking of: getting into reset Iphone setting and select: erase all content and setting, then do the set up again and select restore from iCloud.

Will it work?
If I do this will reset the IOS to 8.1 or to the latest 8.3 downloaded by me??

I really try to avoid downloading all my application one by one
If there is any other way to do it please let me know

Thanks
GL

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I'm going with no.
Apr 22, 2015 1:06PM PDT

Apps can be version dependent so it's never a sure thing when changing iOS. And to rely on icloud alone for your files/data is crazy. It may be good but where is YOUR BACKUP?

As to what will happen, my bet is data will restore but apps won't for very good reasons.
Bob

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Where to backup
Apr 22, 2015 1:34PM PDT

Thanks

((And to rely on icloud alone for your files/data is crazy))

So where else to backup if icloud is not safe?

My backup in on icloud...everything listed there, done it yesterday

My main question was if the IOS 8.3 will be there after erase all content and setting because if yes I don't see any reason for not working but if goes back to 8.1 it will NOT work for sure

GL

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Why not upgrade the iPhone to 8.3
Apr 22, 2015 9:29PM PDT

and then do the restore.

Meanwhile, DO NOT backup up anything to the iCloud from the new iPhone.

Once the new phone is on 8.3, you "should" be able to Restore from the Old backup.

At least that is the way I understand it

P

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backup
Apr 23, 2015 11:45AM PDT

Thanks

i already done the upgrade to 8.3 immediately and will do the restore on Sunday, hope all OK..
what is unbelievable is that not even apple mention this problem anywhere

Rergards

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I didn't write it wasn't safe.
Apr 23, 2015 12:32AM PDT

I will write it's not a sure thing. As to the other backup there is iTunes and in the Itunes store other backup apps.
Bob

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backups
Apr 23, 2015 11:46AM PDT

thanks i will look into it for future backups

Regards

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TYPO.
Apr 23, 2015 11:55AM PDT

I meant "offer other backup apps."

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Backups
Apr 25, 2015 12:52PM PDT

Ok

Thanks

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restore
Apr 25, 2015 5:09PM PDT

i did the restore from iTunes and no problems but i bet it would have worked even from icloud since the IOS are all 8.3

GL

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Clarification on what happens when you restore from iCloud
Apr 26, 2015 2:10PM PDT

Bob-

Just wanted to let you know what happens when you restore from iCloud, since what you write above seems you indicate you might not yet have had to deal with it.

The apps that do not ship with the device end up being re-downloaded from the app store when you restore from an iCloud backup. They do this to help reduce the size of the backups. This is really only an issue when you deal with really old apps that simply never get updated, or with something that for some odd reason ends up being removed from the app store. During the latter, having the *.ipa files somewhere on the HDD in an iTunes backup can come in handy, but not always if future iOS updates remove the ability to install a previously approved app, etc.

It's sort of a mixed issue regarding files, since often they truly reside somewhere else in the cloud, a la Dropbox, as email attachments, etc., so not having them present in an iCloud backup doesn't honestly always mean much. Backups/dealing with large photo libraries and music are still possibly Apple's biggest Achilles heel, although what you can *do* with those types of media on iOS devices is pretty amazing IMNSHO.

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This happened.
Apr 26, 2015 3:54PM PDT

A client had an app that was not ready for the latest iOS and so it didn't restore it. They had to wait till the author caught up.

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Answer
move your settings and app
Apr 23, 2015 9:16PM PDT

Plug in iphone 5s to computer back up evrything to computer using itunes

Remove and plug iphone 6 do the initial setup and update to latest version

Select the back and restor option from itunes select the iphone 5s as the restore option from list

Go on with all restore

All done

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Backup
Apr 25, 2015 12:53PM PDT

Yes i think better this way

Thanks