I recently purchased an iPhone 6. I neglected to remove data from my iPhone 5 before activating my new phone. Now it seems impossible to remove data from my old iPhone 5 as it is not active or connected to anything!
IOS – Retrieve data from iPhone 5 after activating new phone
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You have to register/activate the phone first before you can restore it from backup. Even in case you won't get asked during/after activation, you can always connect your phone to iTunes later and click on Restore.
The iTunes store has a 'Purchased' section that you can use to view and re-download purchased music.
Open up iTunes on your computer and select iTunes Store in the sidebar. In the iTunes Store homepage, click the Purchased link in the Quick Links box on the right:
Once on the Purchased page, select the Music tab on the left and the 'Not on This Computer' tab on the right. Select All Songs in the list on the left and click the Download All button at the bottom of the page.
Once your downloads finish you should have all your music in your library, ready to be synced to your new iPhone.
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Best Answer
Make a backup of your old iPhone to iCloud, if you have wifi available, or iTunes, connecting your iPhone with a cable to your computer.
Then reset your new iPhone —provided there is no new information or data because resetting it will erase everything— and when asked choose "Restore from iCloud Backup" or "Restore from iTunes Backup", depending on the case. Chose the latest backup available, and you're set.
More detailed steps can be found here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201269