DaveWT
Well-Known Member
My daughter has an original iPhone SE. She has just ordered a new iPhone SE to replace it. She would like to create a backup of the old and use that to set up the new.
1. Sometime in the past, she created an encrypted password on her computer but has no clue now what password she used. I have read about the steps needed to reset the password but it sounds like there will be some settings lost in doing the reset on the old iPhone to achieve this.
2. Alternately she could do an iCloud backup of the old and I don't believe that asks for an encrypted password? The problem here is that she does not (nor wants to) pay for extra iCloud storage and so a normal iCloud backup is out of the question.
3. I am aware that Apple can let one have temporary iCloud storage for just this use and it is (fairly well) described at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212732 But I have a couple of questions about this:
A. It states "Update your current iPhone... ...to the latest version of iOS..." The old SE won't go beyond 15.7 and the new one will likely arrive with 16.0.3 or maybe even 16.1 So does this eliminate this method as available.
B. No matter what method she uses we are not clear on the time to swap the SIM card over. Do you remove the SIM card from the old and put it in the new before beginning any of these methods? Does it matter?
4. I know there is another method where you can just hold an old iPhone in proximity to a new one and your stuff will transfer over. But was that method available with the old original iPhone SE?
Any other advice would be gratefully received.
Dave
1. Sometime in the past, she created an encrypted password on her computer but has no clue now what password she used. I have read about the steps needed to reset the password but it sounds like there will be some settings lost in doing the reset on the old iPhone to achieve this.
2. Alternately she could do an iCloud backup of the old and I don't believe that asks for an encrypted password? The problem here is that she does not (nor wants to) pay for extra iCloud storage and so a normal iCloud backup is out of the question.
3. I am aware that Apple can let one have temporary iCloud storage for just this use and it is (fairly well) described at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212732 But I have a couple of questions about this:
A. It states "Update your current iPhone... ...to the latest version of iOS..." The old SE won't go beyond 15.7 and the new one will likely arrive with 16.0.3 or maybe even 16.1 So does this eliminate this method as available.
B. No matter what method she uses we are not clear on the time to swap the SIM card over. Do you remove the SIM card from the old and put it in the new before beginning any of these methods? Does it matter?
4. I know there is another method where you can just hold an old iPhone in proximity to a new one and your stuff will transfer over. But was that method available with the old original iPhone SE?
Any other advice would be gratefully received.
Dave