New iPhone restored from old backup off iTunes but keeps telling me to "connect to itunes" after it's done.
Hello-
I just upgraded from an iPhone 4 to an iPhone5s. I was trying to set up my new iPhone. I connected it to my Mac and iTunes and chose "restore backup from old phone". It's now finished syncing but my iPhone keeps on telling me to "connect to itunes". It's as if my new iPhone is not recognizing that restoring is done. What do I need to do?
Thanks for your help.
if the iPhone goes through the cycle again every time it is re-connected to your Mac, there is a problem with the old backup or with the new iPhone.
Try restoring the new iPhone with iTunes as a new iPhone or not from the backup. If no problem after this, bingo.
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