IOS 7 new phone restore

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I have an iPhone 4S that I dropped in the toilet. It's fried. So I just bought another iPhone 4S. It turns on as a iOS 6 device, which I set up and I'm activated. I updated it to iOS 7 and now I can't figure out how to restore my old phone's backup. I don't know how to reset without going back to iOS 6. My backup is on iCloud. Any ideas?

Best Answer

It seems like you have already completed a base setup of your new iPhone (meaning, you have used the Setup Assistant to set it up and have reached the home screen). In that case, follow these steps to restore the old phone's iCloud backup into the new iPhone:

  • Go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings and erase it (enter passcode if prompted). The phone will then restart.
  • Ensure you have a WiFi connection, and when the Setup Assistant shows up
    • Proceed to Set up your device
    • Tap Restore from a Backup
    • Then sign in to iCloud
    • Proceed to Choose backup, then choose from a list of available backups in iCloud.

See:
Restoring from a previous iCloud backup
Restore from iCloud

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