Getting earlier iMessages on new phone

Anyone know how to load my earlier iMessages onto a new phone? I only see the text messages and threads since i activated this new phone. The old messages are still on the 4S and show in iMessages there.

You'd need to restore your phone from your 4S back up. Note that that would delete anything you currently have on your phone.

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I have two iphones, personal and work. Same icloud account. Now i get my imessages on both phones. I dont want that. How do I stop it?

I have two iPhones, personal and work. Same iCloud account. I updated my work phone last night. Now I get my imessages on both phones. Incoming and outgoing. No matter which phone I use.
Help, I do not need my work phone to have my personal text.

Settings>Messages>Send & Receive...edit on each phone here.

If i have an iPhone and an iPad on the same apple id, what do i do to NOT have my iPad get the imessages for my phone?

If i have an iPhone and an iPad on the same apple id, what do i do to NOT have my iPad get the imessages for my phone?

On the iPad:
Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > Uncheck your phone number from both sections
To turn it off completely:
Settings > Messages > turn off iMessage

I lost my Visual Voicemail when upgrading to iphone 5. New phone was set up from itunes backup of iphone4 but my Mac tells me there is an iCloud back up of my phone prior to this date. Will my Vis Voicemail be on this and can I get it on my new phone?

I lost my Visual Voicemail when upgrading to iphone 5. New phone was set up from itunes backup of iphone4 but my Mac tells me there is an iCloud back up of my phone prior to this date. Will my Vis Voicemail be on this and can I get it on my new phone?

I see. Apple's documentation on what is included in the iCloud backup doesn't explicitly say that it contains voicemails, but that doesn't mean it does not. You would just have to try restoring the backup to find out.
To restore to your iCoud backup you have to start by erasing the phone. Go to Settings>General>Reset and tap Erase All Content and Settings. Then go through the setup screens on the phone and when given the option, choose Restore from iCloud backup. You will then sign into your iCloud account, accept the terms and conditions, then choose the backup you wish to restore from. To see an older backup, you may need to tap "Show older backups" (see image below). Be sure your phone is connected to wifi and your charger as this may take some time to finish.
If this does not recover your voicemails, you can check to see if you have an older iTunes backup that may contain them. Available backups are shown in iTunes Preferences>Devices on the Backups list.
If all else fails, you could try contacting your carrier. Voicemail is a carrier feature and they may have an archive you could access.

I downloaded ringtones and text tones then got a new phone. How do I get them on the new phone?

I downloaded ringtones and text tones then got a new phone. How do I get them on the new phone?

Transfer your purchases from old iPhone to computer iTunes, then select tones in iTunes with your new iPhone connected, do a sync.

I purchased extra icloud storage to back up my phone and photos. Purchased a new phone and went to download phtotos on new phone and only a portion of my photos are back on my new phone. How do I find all my photos and get them on my new phone

I purchased extra icloud storage to back up my phone and phots. Purchased a new phone and went to pull my photos from icloud and only a portion trasferred to my new phone. How do I get all of the photos moved to my new phone?

Not photos, just data synced with iCloud shown in Settings>iCloud. If you don't have sufficient storage to back up to iCloud, back up to your computer instead using iTunes (connect you phone to your computer, open iTunes, click on the name of your phone in iTunes, go to ths Summary tab of your iTunes sync settings and click Back Up Now). Also transfer your purchases to your iTunes library (connect your phone to your computer, open iTunes and go to File>Devices>Transfer Purchases). If you have photo stream photos older than 30 days tha you wan to save, save these to your camera roll before backing up (tap Select, tap the photos, tap the share icon -- box with upward facing arrow, then tap Save to Camera Roll).
When setting up your new phone, when given the option choose Restore from iTunes Backup and restore the backup you made earlier.

Is there any way to take backed up files from an old OS and get them onto a new phone? They are backed up as txt files.

I have a six year old lap top with an old OS and itunes 10. I backed up my i phone 4 on it. I got an I phone 5 and the version of Itunes compatible is not supported by the laptop. I installed itunes on a different computer and when trying to sync the iphone 4 to the desktop, updated the iphone 4 software. Now my iphone 4 is no longer compatible with my laptop. I am interested in getting my contacts and photos from my old laptop to either iphone at this point. I have the backed up files but they are txt files in the Mobile Sync Back ups. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Generally when moving from one phone to another, individuals will make a backup of the one device and then restore to the second device. However, it seems you are no longer using the computer you made the backup on, so that can be a problem. There is no way for you to take information out of the backup and insert it in the iPhone. It is an all or none proposition. But, just moving the backup folder from one computer to another doesn't work either.
Did you sync the contacts to a supported application on the computer? Also, if you are referring to the photos in the camera roll, you can import them to the computer by connecting the phone to the computer. You do not need iTunes to do that. Just plug in and let the computer photo import utility take the pictures and put them on the computer. Then you would sync the photos back to the photo library on the new phone,
Contacts you can look at a 3rd party app that might help. MCBackup is in the app store and converts your contacts to a file you can email to yourself and then click on it and open it. Suggest syncing contacts/calendar to a supported application on the computer, or to iCloud so you can recover a lot easier.

I just upgraded to the new 4, but not sure how to make sure all my apps (purchases) get over to the new phone from iphone 3. can't seem to find instructions. thanks.

I just upgraded to the new iphone 4, but am hesitant to get it plugged in b/c I don't know how to make sure all the apps purchased on my iphone 3 get to the new phone. can't seem to find instructions so I'm sure it just "does it", but hesitant to literally pull the plug. thanks.

Follow these instructions: iPhone: Transferring information from your current iPhone to a new iPhone, http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2109

HELP! i was trying to get pics from my newer phone onto my computer for a project. i accidentally restored my old iphone and lost all the pictures, texts, from my newer one. can this be fixed? please say yes :(

please someone help me!

You need to check if a back up was made of your new phone when the content that has now gone missing was on their.
Also if you used iCloud you could check if there was a back up made on there and it should have pictures from camera roll if they were on there when the back up was made. Also you could check photostream if you used it and see if the photos are on there aswel.
hope this helps

HT4623 how do I get get old apps on new phone

I got an new iphone 5, (traded in my iphone 4), and can't figure out how to transer my old apps onto the new device. I think I had saved all my old phone's info.... But the only things on my new phone now are the photos, texts, contacts.. Help!

Cant understand why they wouldnt be your library unless you deleted them. Any Apps that were missing you go to the itunes store, look at purchased section and re download them, ifthey arent in your purchase history locate them in the store, if you havr paid for them once you can redownload them for free if they were free apps then simply download again.

Help getting old apps on new phone!!!

I got an iP6 this morning with Vodafone (moved from iP5 with o2). I backed up my 5 to icloud last night and tried to restore from last back up on new phone this morning, I can see my apps but most say "loading" but aren't doing anything. Can someone help?

One way to do it on the phone -- Open App Store, tap Updates at bottom right, tap Purchased at top, tap Not on This Phone, tap download symbol (cloud with down arrow) to the right of each app.

HT201317 My photos are backed up in Icloud but how do I get them to my new phone

I exchnaged an old Iphone 4 for a new 4. The original 4 had not been backed up to my mac at home. I backed up to Icloud though. Apple said go home and restore from Icloud. Started that process and it showed 2hrs to compltee. 1 hr into it it said i lost intyernet connection. Tried to start restore again and it said 5hrs this time......I really just want my photos. Anywqay to get them? An no photo stream was set off on the old 4..............

Welcome to the Apple Community.
You really should have backed up to iTunes before taking the phone to be swapped. Your only option now is to keep trying the iCloud back up.

Can't get old calendar onto new phone. Help!

Hi - just got a replacement Droid Inc. 2 for mine that was dropped and shattered yesterday. Having a problem getting my calendar from my old Inc. 2 to sync with my new Inc. 2. I've never kept a calendar on Google, just kept appointments on my phone. Maybe this is the problem? Someone...please help me. I do not want to have to manually enter everything on my calendar! Thanks for your help!

If you only kept the calendar data on the phone you sure do have a problem because if the device is damaged you can not access the information... You should always backup the calendar to Google if you need to keep the calendars information..
Can you see anything on the screen, if so you might can add the calendar information to Google and have it sync and then you can transfer them that way...

How to get past iMessages to new iPhone?

I just upgraded my Mom from an iPhone 3 to an iPhone 4 (which was my last phone). I made a backup of her last phone (the iPhone 3) as recommended before transferring, and proceeded to restore the phone from the backup, which seemed to work well, and the messages showed as on the last phone. However, now (within the same day) the past iMessages have disappeared from the phone, and cannot be brought back up by restarting the chat box, or by turning off iMessage and reconnecting it by password, or by restarting the phone, or by restoring the phone from the backup made from the previous phone.
Anyone have any further ideas?
Thanks!

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How to get iOS7 on my new phone?

I just got a new upgrade phone which is not giving me the option to download iOS7. Its an iPhone 4s the same as my old one.

There are only two ways:
Over the air by going to Settings>General>Software Update; or
Make sure iTunes is up to date on your computer then connect the phone to your computer, open iTunes, click on the name of your phone in iTunes, go to the Summary tab and click Check for Update.
Be sure you back up your phone before updating. Also, if you are using method #1 make sure your phone is connected to your charger as iOS 7 is a big download.

Getting earlier iMessages on new phone

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