Possibly. But if he wants the extra iCloud temporary storage to hold all the data on his phone in iCloud, he needs iOS 15.
Kelly On 12/5/21, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: > Kelly, > > I don't think both iPhones must be running iOS 15 in order to do a wireless > phone to phone transfer. The source iPhone must be running a version of iOS > that supports this transfer and it must not be running a newer version of > iOS than the target iPhone. Other than that, I don't believe there are any > restrictions. > > Alan Lemly > > Sent from my iPhone with Outlook<https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Kelly > Pierce <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 5, 2021 4:19:05 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Need advice on how to migrate data from old iPhone 7 to new > iPhone 13. Anything I should know? > > You are missing the wireless iPhone to iPhone transfer. I had 100 gigs > transfer in less than an hour. Both phones need to be running iOS 15 > so if the iPhone 7 is not currently running 15, you will need to > upgrade. At the end of the process, you will need to enter in your > Apple ID and password and verify your identity by entering a code sent > by text message to download the apps from the app store. > > I upgraded to an iPhone 13 Mini in November from a 7. I also backed > up the 7 on my computer and used Apple’s new feature in iOS 15 that > backs up the entire contents of your phone to iCloud for a few weeks > when upgrading to a new phone. This means I was actually triple > backed up: regular iCloud, temporary iCloud for phone upgrades, and a > computer backup if iCloud is unavailable. Fortunately, things went > smoothly. > > Enjoy your phone. I am glad I upgraded for the better battery > management and Face ID. > > Kelly > > > > On 12/4/21, Kevin Gibbs <[email protected]> wrote: >> thanks for all the help. why is it I can only reply here from my Mac and >> not from my pone? >> >> On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 9:48:38 PM UTC-6 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> I would think so. The phone to phone transfer will get everything >>> including ring tones. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of >>> *Kevin >>> Gibbs >>> >>> *Sent:* Saturday, December 4, 2021 10:34 PM >>> *To:* VIPhone <[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* Re: Need advice on how to migrate data from old iPhone 7 to >>> new iPhone 13. Anything I should know? >>> >>> >>> >>> when you say, make sure your stuff is backed up, I assume I'm good >>> because >>> >>> my stuff is both in the cloud and on my Mac mini. so, if the Mac mini >>> is >>> >>> not involved because I chose to do the phone to phone wireless transfer, >>> I >>> >>> should have the Mac mini and the Time Machine for the Mac Mini as >>> backups. >>> should I not?Granted, that will be a real bear if it comes to that. >>> But >>> >>> I should be covered. Right? >>> >>> On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 1:30:22 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> Hi Kevin, I've always done an iCloud transfer. And it's not hard to do. >>> Just make sure that all your stuff is backed up, meaning photos contacts >>> etc. etc., then whenever you perform the steps that somebody posted from >>> Allan, skipping the iTunes part would definitely be the easier way. You >>> will have all of your stuff in about 20 minutes. >>> >>> > On Dec 4, 2021, at 12:14 PM, Kevin Gibbs <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > Guys, >>> > >>> > I just got a new iPhone 13 in the mail. I have an iPhone 7. >>> Historically, I always moved all my stuff from one iPhone to another, >>> (iPhone 6 to iPhone 7 most recently,) by connecting a cable from my >>> ancient >>> Mac mini 2010 and doing a hard transfer through iTunes. This would take >>> forever. >>> > >>> > It occurs to me that since my iTunes and iPhoto libraries are in the >>> cloud and all my apps should be there as well, I wonder if it’s possible >>> for me to simply sign into my iCloud account and connect the phone to AC >>> and let it do its thing over night. Is that an option? Would it be any >>> faster, more effective, more efficient? 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