Can't set up iphone 6 (ios 8.0) as old phone has 8.1.2, backups not compatible?

Trying to set up a new iphone 6 (ios 8.0), old is 5 with 8.1.2 and says it cant restore from either itunes or icloud due to incompatible backups, help?

You need to update the iPhone 6 to 8.1.2 and then restore the backup.
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