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I was given an iPhone 5 as a gift today and I'm having issues restoring it from a backup I made of my 4S. Basically the main thing I don't want to lose is all my text messaging history. I have text conversations from years ago, and I really want to keep them. I have all my music on iTunes and all my photos in iPhoto, so it's really not a problem for me to get that content onto the new phone.
When I first tried to restore the 5 from my backup, iTunes said that it couldn't because the software on the phone was too old. So I updated the software to the latest version on both my 4S and the 5. I made a new backup for the 4S and tried to restore the 5 again, now that it also had the latest iOS.
Well, it's not working. Every single time I try to restore it from my backup, it just keeps erasing everything on the iPhone 5 and reverting it to factory settings.
I'm getting REALLY frustrated. I've wasted hours on this, and I just want it to work.
When I first tried to restore the 5 from my backup, iTunes said that it couldn't because the software on the phone was too old. So I updated the software to the latest version on both my 4S and the 5. I made a new backup for the 4S and tried to restore the 5 again, now that it also had the latest iOS.
Well, it's not working. Every single time I try to restore it from my backup, it just keeps erasing everything on the iPhone 5 and reverting it to factory settings.
I'm getting REALLY frustrated. I've wasted hours on this, and I just want it to work.