Wednesday 27 September 2017

Transfer Old Messages from iPhone 6 to iPhone 8

“I have an iPhone 6, it’s old now, and I’m planning to get an iPhone 8, but how could i transfer my old messages from iPhone 6 to iPhone 8?”

Message app on iPhone allows us send audio messages, and also we can attach photos, files in it, even there is no wifi, we can still send them out with our cellular network, so many people are still using it. But we couldn’t keep one iPhone forever, what if we buy a new iPhone? How could we transfer those messages from old iPhone to new iPhone?

Most people has this kind of issue, from this article, we’ll show you some articles about how to transfer messages from iPhone 6 to iPhone 8, read it and have a try.

Transfer Messages from iPhone 6 to iPhone 8 with iTunes

We can restore messages from our iTunes backup to iPhone 8, but firstly, we’ll need to backup them from iPhone 6 to iTunes.

1.Launching iTunes, connect your iPhone 6 with PC. Tap on Files--Summary, tap on “Backup Now”, and confirm with “Backup”.

2.When finish backup, we can go to Files--Summary, and check them on the left side bar.

3.Then connect your iPhone 8 with PC, click “Restore Backup”, and confirm with “Restore”.



Transfer Messages from iPhone 6 to iPhone 8 with iCloud

Also we can restore iCloud backup files to our iPhone 8, when we have done backup of iPhone 6 on it, but please note, it will need us to erase all content and settings.

1.Connect your iPhone 6 with Wifi, go to Setting--iCloud.

2.Log in it with your Apple ID and password, then turn on iCloud driver and message button. Tap on “Backup”, and confirm with “Backup Now”.

3.When finish backup, connect your iPhone 8 with Wifi, log in iCloud with same Apple ID and password.
4.Go to Setting--General--Erase All Content and Settings, when all content and settings are erased, go to set up assistant with a hello screen.

5.Swipe to begin the set up progress, choose the backup files you need, tap on “Restore Backup”, and confirm with “Restore”.



Remark: when you lost or deleted some of your iPhone data occasionally without backup, you can come to iRefone for help.

For detailed steps, you can check below link for reference:

Recover WeChat Recall Messages from a Broken iPhone

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