[Quick Ways] How to Transfer Data from iPhone to Another iPhone?

When you have a new iPhone 12, 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, Pro Mac or other iPhone models, you may want to go through the iPhone to iPhone transfer process because you don’t want to lose data on your old iPhone.

Usually during the setup process, the program asks if you need to transfer data from your old phone, you can use the available methods to perform iPhone data migration. But it depends on whether you have a backup of your iPhone or whether you have enough iCloud storage.

Below, we will focus on 3 common methods to send data from one iPhone to another and help you figure out which one is best for you.

Tips to transfer data from one iPhone to another?

Before the process, we suggest that you update your iOS version to reduce the possibility of transfer failures due to incompatibility or system errors.

Method 1. iPhone Data Transfer via iCloud

iCloud is a cloud-based service that offers 5 GB of free storage for an Apple account. And it supports 2TB plan for each month. If you have enough space in iCloud, you can backup your old iPhone and restore data to your new iPhone.

Step 1. Open your old iPhone and go to Settings app > tap your name or Apple ID and tap iCloud Backup.

Step 2. When you enter iCloud Backup, tap “Back Up Now” to backup data on this iPhone.

Step 3. Turn on your new iPhone. Make sure the battery is good or charge your new iPhone. Then follow the setup guide to select your language, WI-FI.

Step 4. You will be asked to choose a data recovery method. Just tap on the “Restore from iCloud Backup” option.

Step 5. Follow the guide to sign in to your Apple ID and select the latest backup. Then follow the rest of the setup guide to complete the iPhone to iPhone transfer.

Method 2. Migrate iPhone data via iTunes

iTunes can migrate iPhone data to another iPhone by restoring your iPhone from a backup. Therefore, you will need to backup your iPhone to your computer.

Warning:

1. This method is more suitable for a new iPhone. Because it will erase the data and settings on the target iPhone. If there is information about this new iPhone, you can proceed to method 3.

2. iTunes doesn’t support selective backup, so you have to migrate everything to old iPhone. If you want to select one or more file types to upload, try other methods.

Step 1. Connect your old iPhone to your computer. Install iTunes for Windows on your computer.

Step 2. Launch iTunes on your computer. Click the “iPhone” icon and you will see this information about the iPhone.

Step 3. Under Backup Settings. Click “This PC” and click “Back Up Now”

Step 4. A window will appear asking you to encrypt the backup. If you don’t encrypt it, you will lose some personal data such as saved passwords, health settings.

Step 5. When the backup is complete, eject your old iPhone and turn on the new iPhone. Enter your new iPhone information and click “Restore Backup”.

You may be asked to factory reset your iPhone as new. If it is OK to erase data on this iPhone, you can just click “OK” to continue.

Method 3. Transfer iPhone to iPhone using a reliable iPhone transfer tool

To transfer data from one iPhone to another, another common way is to use AOMEI MBackupper, which is a part of free iPhone backup software that helps you move photos, videos, music, contacts, messages between two iPhones with blazing speed.

AOMEI MBackupper is flexible. It lets you select the types of data to transfer or back up to your computer, and you can select specific files to send to another iPhone. AOMEI MBackupper works well with all iPhone models, including iPhone 6, 7, 8, X, XR, 11, 12, as well as various iPad and iPod Touch models.

Then you can connect your old iPhone to see how to use this tool.

Step 1. Run AOMEI MBackupper on your computer, click “Custom Backup” on the interface. You can select the data you want to transfer.

Note: You can select specific files by clicking on the icons.

Step 2. Select the location where you want to store old iPhone data and click “Start Backup”.

Step 3. When the process is complete, disconnect the old iPhone and turn on the new iPhone.

Step 4. Under Manage Backup, expand Backup. Hit the “Advanced” icon, then click “Restore” to restore the backup to the new iPhone.

Last words

Here we provide 3 safe methods to perform “iPhone to iPhone transfer” operation. I hope this article can really help you. By the way, backing up your iPhone helps you not only move your data, but also keep it safe. After your iPhone encounters unexpected problems, the amount of data you can save depends on the extent of your iPhone backups.

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