Some users often afraid to make the switch to iPhone and implying the transfer of your data from one device to another, such as Agenda, important messages, photos, applications and all documents in general. For this reason, then you can find some useful and simple tips to avoid losing all data and pass them to get safely from the old iPhone 5s, 5c, 5 and iPhone 4S, 4 to your new device.
The easiest and safest way to make a backup of the iPhone is undoubtedly making it through iTunes. For this you have to:
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Check that you have the latest version of iTunes on your Mac or PC.
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Get the iTunes Store with the Apple ID you use for all your purchases.
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Plug the old to the computer (iPhone 5s, 5c, 5, 4s, etc.) device.
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Click on the button in iTunes.
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In the new menu we click on the button "Back up now".
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Once you press the button to make the backup waits for automatic synchronization.
At this point you may, if you have not backed up previously on your computer using iTunes, you are requested authorization to transfer all content purchased from the old iPhone to iTunes once followed all these steps, wait until the process is completed.
Now it's time to connect the new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, at this point iTunes will prompt restoration of all data and applications from the old to the new iPhone. It is important to note that this process is not instantaneous and requires time to restore all data and applications on the new device, note that from the data to be restored also can find the music library that you previously synchronized with your old iPhone and not the songs used through iTunes Match.
How to backup and restore all data from the old iPhone to the new iPhone 6 through iCloud
If you're not near a Mac or PC with iTunes, it is also possible to back up all data from the old iPhone and restore them again easily through iCloud. First of all it is important to have backups in iCloud iPhone therethrough, for this you must go to:
Settings> iCloud> Storage and copy> Copy iCloud.
At this point, if you had not already done so, activate the iCloud backup and then backup the old iPhone.
To restore all data from the old iPhone 5s, 5c, 5, iPhone 4S or iPhone 4 in the new device will be required prior to activate the new iPhone, to follow the activation steps will come a point where you will be asked if want to configure the device as new or if you prefer to restore a backup from iTunes or through iCloud, in this case select the option to restore backup via iCloud and you will only be a matter of waiting to be restored all data and applications in the new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus.
This procedure, as in the previous case, will need to have some patience as this process takes time to download all the data and apps.
Tips for making the old Backup iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and other models of iPhone
It is advisable to make iCloud backup automatically, keeping always on the present in the Settings menu on your device function. This way we can be sure that all our data are saved and thus be able to restore all the data in the new iPhone at any time. Obviously this feature requires connection but did not consume the data from the monthly fee as these backups are done when the device is connected to a network and Wi-Fi, as well as being connected to the mains.
Despite having the option to make automatic backup via iCloud enabled, you can always make a backup through iTunes, manually, using the procedure outlined above.
Finally, having two backups through iTunes and iCloud could give us greater confidence when having to restore all data from the old to a new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus.