Part 1: Back Up Your Old iPhone
Although backing up of old iPhone is not the part of activating iPhone 6 (Plus), it is really a must to transfer data from old iPhone to new iPhone if you are already an iPhone user and you upgraded from an old mode of iPhone, such as, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, or iPhone 5C. Absolutely, if you upgraded from an Android or Blackberry smart phone, you can skip this part and proceed to Part 2.
If you are planning to restore your new iPhone 6 (Plus) from iTunes or iCloud, this part is quite essential and necessary for you. As every iPhone user know, Apple iTunes and iCloud service make it possible to back up your iPhone content freely. Follow the steps to back up your old iPhone via iTunes or iCloud:
1. Back up your iPhone with iTunes: Connect your iPhone to computer > Run iTunes if it doesn't open automatically > Click the Device button > Click This Computer on Backups column > Choose Back Up Now.
2. Back up your iPhone with iCloud: Go to Settings from the homepage of your phone > Choose iCloud > Storage & Backup > Click Back Up Now.
3. Back up your iPhone with AnyTrans - the best iTunes alternative, an all-in-one iOS contents manager: Launch AnyTrans on your compute, and connect your iPhone to it > Select the content you want to backup > Enter the Manage Page > Choose the content > Click To PC/Mac.
Check the pros and cons of the above mentioned three methods, and choose the one you prefer. Get more detailed info, please refer to How to Back Up iPhone 4/4S/5/5S/5C before upgrade to iPhone 6 (Plus) >
| iTunes | iCloud | AnyTrans | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pros | 1. Do not need to rely on a third party service- iCloud. 2. No need to pay for more storage. 3. Requires no Wi-Fi connection. |
1. Very Easy to Use. 2. Back up wirelessly and automatically. 3. No need to own a computer. |
1. Manages to selectively back up your iPhone content. 2. Requires no Wi-Fi connection. 3. Back up all your personal info and media files to iTunes/computer/any iOS device, including the non purchased music and movies. 4. Allows you to access the iTunes and iCloud backup, and even download the selected items to the computer. |
| Cons | 1. Not include content synced to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, such as movies, music, and photos. 2. Need to own a computer and connect your device to this computer. 3. Doesn't support selective backup. |
1. You need to have a Wi-Fi connection. 2. Not include your media files (music, movies etc) that you did not purchase from the iTunes Store. 3. Not include your files (podcasts, photos etc) that you originally transferred from your computer. 4. You get 5 GB of free storage for backup, if you need more, you need to pay. |
1. Need to own a computer and connect your device to this computer. 2. Not free. |
Part 2: Activate Your iPhone 6 (Plus)
If you purchased your iPhone in the Apple Store, maybe you have already activated it with the help of an Apple Specialist. While if you have received your new device in the mail, or you chose to not activate immediately, here is a guide on how to activate iPhone 6 (Plus) and how to set up new iPhone. Let's get it started!
How to Set Up an iPhone 6 (Plus) – Step 1-32. Pick up your language and country.
3. Choose a Wi-Fi network.
4. Choose to enable Location Services or disable Location Services. This also can be changed in Settings App latter.
5. Set up your iPhone
When setting up your new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, you have 3 choices: set up your iPhone as new iPhone; restore your iPhone from iCloud backup; restore your iPhone from iTunes backup. To help you set up your iPhone correctly, here we offer detailed information about the 3 choices as bellow:
How to Set Up Your iPhone 6 (Plus) Correctly
1) Set up as new iPhone
If you plan to start fresh or you don't have any iDevice, the first thing you need to decide is whether to supply an Apple ID. If you don't have one, you need to create one for buying Music, Apps, Books and other contents from App store. Absolutely, you also can skip this step by tapping on Skip This Step link on the bottom of the screen, and add or create an ID from the Settings App latter. But you can't purchase anything from iTunes store or set up iCloud until you adding your Apple ID.
If you plan to start fresh or you don't have any iDevice, the first thing you need to decide is whether to supply an Apple ID. If you don't have one, you need to create one for buying Music, Apps, Books and other contents from App store. Absolutely, you also can skip this step by tapping on Skip This Step link on the bottom of the screen, and add or create an ID from the Settings App latter. But you can't purchase anything from iTunes store or set up iCloud until you adding your Apple ID.
2) Restore from iCloud Backup
If you had a previous iDevice and you made an iCloud backup in advance, you can choose to restore your iPhone 6 (Plus) from an iCloud backup you created before. Follow us to restore your device from iCloud backup: Select Restore from iCloud Backup > Enter your Apple ID and password > Agree to the iCloud terms and conditions > Pick up the correct backup from the list of all the compatible iCloud-hosted backups.
Note: Compared to restoring from iTunes backup, restoring from iCloud backup is much slower. If you want to spend less time in restoring your device, read on our post to learn how to restore your iPhone 6 (Plus) from iTunes backup.
If you had a previous iDevice and you made an iCloud backup in advance, you can choose to restore your iPhone 6 (Plus) from an iCloud backup you created before. Follow us to restore your device from iCloud backup: Select Restore from iCloud Backup > Enter your Apple ID and password > Agree to the iCloud terms and conditions > Pick up the correct backup from the list of all the compatible iCloud-hosted backups.
Note: Compared to restoring from iTunes backup, restoring from iCloud backup is much slower. If you want to spend less time in restoring your device, read on our post to learn how to restore your iPhone 6 (Plus) from iTunes backup.
3) Restore from iTunes Backup
If you had an iDevice and also synced your device to iTunes, you can select this option and connect your iPhone 6 (Plus) to computer with USB cable. Then follow us to restore your new iPhone from iTunes backup: Select Restore from iTunes Backup when the screen asking " Set up Your iPhone as New Device or Restore from a Local Backup" > Choose Restore from this backup > Select the desired backup from pop-up menu > Click Continue > Name your device > Decide whether to sync songs and videos and contents to your device automatically > Click Done. Then iTunes will performs its first sync. Once the process is complete, the setup process continues.
If you had an iDevice and also synced your device to iTunes, you can select this option and connect your iPhone 6 (Plus) to computer with USB cable. Then follow us to restore your new iPhone from iTunes backup: Select Restore from iTunes Backup when the screen asking " Set up Your iPhone as New Device or Restore from a Local Backup" > Choose Restore from this backup > Select the desired backup from pop-up menu > Click Continue > Name your device > Decide whether to sync songs and videos and contents to your device automatically > Click Done. Then iTunes will performs its first sync. Once the process is complete, the setup process continues.
Once you choose to restore your iPhone 6 (Plus) from iTunes
or iCloud backup, all the contents stored in iTunes or iCloud backup
will be restored to your new iPhone. Therefore, if you just want to move
some data from old iDevice to new iPhone 6, you can set up your iPhone
as new iPhone and then use iMobie AnyTrans
to extract what you want from iTunes or iCloud backup to your iPhone,
or transfer data to your new iPhone from old iDevice directly.
AnyTrans supports extracting many types of iOS contents from iTunes and iCloud backup, such as, Photos, Videos, Calendar, Contacts, Notes, Safari Bookmarks, Messages, Call History, Apps and Voice Mail are in the AnyTrans' supportable list. About how to extract some specific type of iPhone data from iTunes or iCloud data, or how to transfer contents between two iDevices, please visit AnyTrans Support Centre.
6. Final stepsAnyTrans supports extracting many types of iOS contents from iTunes and iCloud backup, such as, Photos, Videos, Calendar, Contacts, Notes, Safari Bookmarks, Messages, Call History, Apps and Voice Mail are in the AnyTrans' supportable list. About how to extract some specific type of iPhone data from iTunes or iCloud data, or how to transfer contents between two iDevices, please visit AnyTrans Support Centre.
Once you have restored your iPhone 6 (Plus) or set up it as new iPhone, you have a few more steps to follow as bellow:
Use iCloud or Don't Use iCloud
1) Set up a network connection and then sign in with your
Apple ID. You need to agree to the terms and conditions and tap on
Agree twice.
2) Decide whether to use iCloud or not. If you choose to
not use iCloud now, you also can add iCloud account in Settings App
latter.
we strongly recommend you should enable iCloud backup on, or you can't back up your iOS contents and important settings to your iCloud account, and also can't restore your device via Wi-Fi network when your computer is not at hand.
we strongly recommend you should enable iCloud backup on, or you can't back up your iOS contents and important settings to your iCloud account, and also can't restore your device via Wi-Fi network when your computer is not at hand.
3) If you choose to use iCloud, and Find My iPhone feature
will be enabled automatically, you just need to tap on Next button to
enter the next page.
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4) Pick up the phone number or email addresses that can be used to contact you via iMessages and Face Time.
5) Decide whether to upgrade to iCloud Drive or not now.
About whether you should upgrade to iCloud Drive now, this depends on whether you have upgraded your Mac to Yosemite. Because iCloud Drive requires your iDevice has upgraded to iOS 8, and your Mac is working with OS X Yosemite, which will be released in Mid-October, this means you can't access to your cloud files on your desktop if you choose to upgrade now.
About whether you should upgrade to iCloud Drive now, this depends on whether you have upgraded your Mac to Yosemite. Because iCloud Drive requires your iDevice has upgraded to iOS 8, and your Mac is working with OS X Yosemite, which will be released in Mid-October, this means you can't access to your cloud files on your desktop if you choose to upgrade now.
Standard and Zoomed Display
6) Place your finger or thumb on the Home Button to set up Touch ID or choose set up latter.
7) Create a passcode.
8) Set up iCloud Keychain.
9) Use Siri or not.
10) Choose send Diagnostics automatically or not.
11) Choose how you would like to view iPhone as Standard or Zoomed.
As iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is fitted with larger screens than their past brethren, so they are added an new feature called display Zoom that scales up the pixels on your device to make everything (like text, touch targets, buttons, and keyword) bigger. You can opt to turn on it during the setup process.
As iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is fitted with larger screens than their past brethren, so they are added an new feature called display Zoom that scales up the pixels on your device to make everything (like text, touch targets, buttons, and keyword) bigger. You can opt to turn on it during the setup process.
12) Tap on Get Started on Welcome Page to enter Home screen.
As you can see, it is easy enough to get started with your
iPhone 6 (Plus) with the help of this detailed what-to-do list. But it
is far enough to make your new iPhone work efficiently and offer you
better service like. You need to transfer your data to your new device,
such as, Music, Videos, and other contents are not included in iTunes or
iCloud backup.
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