How to transfer SMS from one iPhone to another?

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Sep 3, 2016

When acquiring a new iPhone, some need to transfer SMS. How to do it?

Many owners of iPhones when changing one version to another want to transfer the available SMS to it. None of the Apple gadgets has a special application for such purposes. Therefore, basically people try to find various workarounds for the implementation of planned ideas. So, how to transfer SMS from one iPhone to another? There are several effective ways for this.

How to transfer data through a backup copy of iTunes?

Transfer of files from one iPhone to another

Transfer of SMS from one iPhone to another

Of course, this is a wider operation, and besides messages, a lot more is copied, but this is the easiest and more so free way of postponing messages. It consists in creating a backup from an old iPhone, and then restoring it on a new one.

  1. Connect your old iPhone to PC and open itunes
  2. In the right corner at the top, select the name of your device
  3. In the window that opens in the section of backups, mark the lines “This computer” and “Create a copy of now”
  4. Now the creation of a backup will start. When it ends, disconnect the first phone from the PC, and connect the second

By the way, there are two small conditions:

  • The firmware should match the version
  • There should be no jailbreak on the devices

After connecting the second apparatus, do everything that is in the above points, but only you already need to create a copy, but make a restoration out of it. Therefore, it is better to use this method when you still do not have files on your phone, since they will be used.

How to transfer SMS via iCloud?

How to transfer SMS to a new iPhone from the old?

How to transfer SMS to a new iPhone from the old?

This method no longer requires connection with the computer, but the Internet is necessary. You also need to log in to this system through the same Apple ID.

  1. On the old iPhone, open the settings
  2. Select the ICLOD data cloud
  3. Go to the section of storage and copies
  4. Select the creation of copies
  5. In the absence of this item, turn on the cutter of the copy of the iCloud
  6. After turning on the new iPhone, a quick setup will start independently
  7. Then you will see the recovery section from a copy
  8. Now the device will begin to restore all the data stored in iCloud
  9. How much the operation lasts will depend on the speed of your Internet
  10. We use special utilities

Programs created by fans are often useful. For example, Wondershare Mobile Trans makes it possible to quickly transfer messages from one phone to another. It is not necessary that it be an iPhone, it can be any other device. The disadvantage is that the program is not free, and the functionality of the free version is very limited. All that she permits is the transfer of five contacts. The program will be useful only if you pay for it. But this is neither more nor less - $ 40. Is it worth it - decide for yourself.

  1. Download and open the application
  2. In turn, connect the device to the computer
  3. The program itself will install drivers
  4. In the window of the program, a button for choosing the contents for transfer
  5. Mark with a tick that you need to transfer and start copying

This program is so far available only for Windows, but it is planned soon for other systems.

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