Transferring Info From Old Iphone To Newer One

[shivvy]

My father in law has an iphone 6 and I want to swap him to an iphone 7
He doesnt use itunes or icloud with his current phone. Will he need to back it up to the cloud to swap the information to another phone? Or can he set the 2 phones side by side for them to transfer the info? He thinks his phone is iOS 12.2
Thanks

[calmck]

Don't think you can. Basic iCloud storage is free and you would be able to access your data if the phone was lost ,stolen or damaged

[shivvy]

Can I not do it because his phone is too old calmck? Or another reason?
And do you anticipate any difficulties backing it up to the cloud?
Or how long is it likely to take if he has never done it before?

[Buenchico]

See here:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT210216

(Confusingly though, that page says that the host device needs to be running iOS 11 or later to use 'Quick Start', whereas clicking through to the information about it says that it needs iOS 12.4 or later. It might have to be a case of 'suck it and see', I think!)

[shivvy]

Yes, I have done a bit of research and what you are saying is one of the reasons I'm a bit confused.

[Buenchico]

(2-part post):

YouTube might offer an explanation for the apparent disparity in the information.

According to this video, you need iOS 11 to transfer the settings from one device to another

[Buenchico]

However this video suggests you need iOS 12.4 to transfer the data (as well as the settings) between two devices:

[Giggsie]

Yes anything above 12.4 .... google device to device mitigation. Are you sure iPhone 6 is only 12.2 I would check that.

[Giggsie]

Eh? Migration it is

[calmck]

I have just transferred all my data from my iPhone 6 to an 8. All my devices use iCloud storage. I don't use itunes

[Sunk]

The newest os you can get on an iPhone 6 is iOS12, while the the iPhone 7 has the newest version iOS14.

iCloud is backwards ( and forward) compatible so you do not need the latest iOS.

Just click on settings, and then your name.

Then click on iCloud. There is a list of stuff you might want to back up, Mail texts photos etc. Click on all those

Do a back up. When it is finished, set up your new phone.
When you do go to settings - General and reset, which will erase anything on your new phone, and put the backed up icloud stuff on there.

This all assumes you have an Apple ID.

[sddsddean]

I did exactly this a couple of months ago. When you start up the new phone it will 'walk' you through using the wifi capabilities of both phones (ie putting them beside each other!) to transfer the data.
This vid will help

[shivvy]

Thanks for all your help. I have been able to get him to back up to the cloud so hopefully it will go smoothly when we go to visit him.
I don't want to spend too much time with him due to covid so I'm trying to get as much as I can sorted before I'm actually with him.