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I got my wife a new iPhone right before the war started, and I swear, every time the migration process gets worse and worse. I installed iTunes, took a full bac

I got my wife a new iPhone right before the war started, and I swear, every time the migration process gets worse and worse. I installed iTunes, took a full backup of her old iPhone, restored it to the new one, and it was still missing her music, her movies, her books, despite containing all of that judging by the file size. I had to resort to 3rd party software to rip the data out of it and shove it into the new iPhone. And even then it managed to delete the books when I uploaded the music, forcing me to repeat the exercise. At least with my Android phone I can simply plug it in my PC and copy the files I need in either direction.

mattkevan 5y ago
The migration process has never been easier. Just hold the phones near each other, scan the QR code on one with the other and wait a bit. Complete clone of the old phone, no need to go anywhere near iTunes or even a computer.
- have_faith 5y ago
  Just went through this the other day going from an XR -> 13 Pro. Very smooth compared to what I remembered. It didn't copy all of the apps though just the app icons that needed to be tapped to initiate a download for each one.
Schiendelman 5y ago
If you really used iTunes, it seems like you ignored the phone’s attempt to transfer data for you and forced through an ancient unsupported process. I’m pretty sure iTunes even warned you.