Transfer Sms To New Iphone

[Jessica Wade]

Myold phone is iPhone XS Max with 256 Gb. I've been deleting data to keep in under 128 GB (which my new iPhone 12 Pro has), then I lowered the bar to 110 GB, then to 100 GB, eventually to 80 GB. Each time I spent a lot of my time to find data to delete. Nothing worked! There is no way I can transfer my data to my new phone.

I spent much of my time repeating "transfer your data" from iPhone to the new iPhone process directly from the phone. Each time the same error after minutes of trying "not enough space to transfer data". Why not enough space if iPhone Storage usage shows 80 GB and the new iPhone has 128GB???

Funny part, then I called Apple. They advised backing up via the computer. Firstly, I couldn't find space on my Mac. It has 170 GB free, but complained "not enough space" to back up iPhone. Then I switched to PC with extra space. There I managed to create a backup which was roughly 170 GB!!! (while showing "using 80 GB on the device"). Of course, it didn't work for my new iPhone 12 Pro.

Then I decided to remove all Photos. My guess was that iCloud photo library might be the cause. Yes "Optimize storage" was selected, without it all my Photos would lots of space. I turned off iCloud and checked "remove photos from device". It seems that major number of photos remained on the phone. Actually, used space increased to 170 GB. All other checkboxes for Photos/iCloud didn't make any difference in terms of storage usage (General/iPhone Storage).

Called Apple again, they asked the same questions again and again. Finally, advised me to turn on iCloud for photos, wait till the sync finishes, then try backing up again. The process shows still 1% (after a couple of hours).

While waiting I tried to restore from the backup I created earlier today on the same old iPhone XS Max 256 GB. The backup didn't work for the same device!!! I cannot restore from a backup created from the same device! That's nonsense.

It is great, you, Apple, can make nice animations and art, even turn on nice music while waiting for the support specialist, but you totally useless with the real stuff, the software your devices use. It does not work.

I have the same problem as the original poster. I tried direct transfer, transfer from backup on computer, transfer from iCloud, and factory resetting my old phone and then using that backup. Nothing has worked. I have 65gb on my old phone and my new 12 pro max is 128

Thank you, I did not want to backup my data to iCloud. It does not have end-to-end encryption for backups, so I would prefer another option. Apple should admit their software does not work. They push their iCloud subscription to have us pay more and more. Do they offer "transfer data from backup", "transfer data from another device"? They do. But it does not work. I paid for the new iPhone and cannot transfer my data. The workaround you offered is OK for some, but not for me.

Same issue. Brand new 12 max pro. Transferring 82gb of data, but the new 12 max pro keeps insisting there is not enough data on the new phone. Apple. Come on. This thing is A FORTUNE to have such an immediate and basic bug. So disappointed.

I beat this..just make sure you have turned off icloud for photos, Icloud backup and icloud drive. After disbaling all these i was able to transfer directly data from Iphone x to Iphone 12 pro max smoothly.

No, I did not. I decided to set it up as a new iPhone. That was the only feasible option. Apple Support was useless. I lost some data in the process, but that was on purpose since "trying to make the backup work" was taking too much of my time

it is really disappointing to have an iphone 12 pro for the last one week and spend 5-6 hours every day to transfer the data from Iphone xs and always failed. I have tried the following: restore from icloud which failed. restore from itune ( failed) . restore directly from XS ( failed) . backed up in mac and tried to restore also failed. I have tried many other ways and all failed. I am fed up with this phone and went back using old phone. i have updated all mac, PC and iphones by the way.

I just got a new iPhone 12 pro too, 128GB. I tried to set it up from my old iPhone XS max 256 ( only 80 GB of 256 GB used) and I am getting the same error. I would hope given the many complaints around the same issue, Apple would try to address this with urgency otherwise, that's as good as having features that are not user friendly or rather non-executable. What's the point?

I have the same problem. I bought an iphone 12 pro and tried in vain to easy transfer data from XS Max. 12 pro has 128gb, i'm transferring 50gb from XS Max - keep getting 'not enough space'. Have contacted support twice - they have no idea and offer nothing more than try again. What a waste of time and money

I am moving form an iphoneX 256GB to an Iphone 12 pro 128 GB (probably this is done on purpose to force users to go only in higher memory products than the other way around?) I keep getting the "not enough space" message. I was using 170 GB in the iphone X so started to delete photos, videos, content, apps, offload apps, permanently deleting deleted photos etc. I am now at 115 GB and i keep getting the same message. Weirdly, when I am connecting my phone with USB i see that I only have 77GB free out of my 256, when as per my phone I should have about 140 GB. I have tried backing up after the storage reduction measures, but get the same message. As I understand from the message from @Hickmo, my phone cant even save a compressed version of the photos, because it decides for me that i dont need that - someone has not thought of the migration case, I take, or the users free will option, I take... Now will try to load on my OneDrive app that i have on my phone crazy amount of content hoping to replicate the idea with Netflix with something which will hopefully be less time-wasting. What I wonder after the long series of messages spreading over several months about the product which is supposed to be the latest pride of Apple, is ...where is Apple? I would not expect this to be just a venting space for desperate users or a stack overflow version of Apple, but a support towards the community, not just within the community. Please advise how to proceed. The iphone 12 pro has prompted me as a first thing to update to the latest operative system (which i hope is kept after every time the sync fails i am prompted to erase the iphone). I am beyond annoyed and wonder if i can simply send the phone back.

I purchased the very first iphone and every model thereafter. It has progressively gotten worse and worse. Siri used to be AMAZING and is now useless. I've spent the last 8 hours trying everything to get my backup transferred. I even purchased extra icloud storage and tried that route. This is clearly an issue, yet apple refuses to fix. I'm taking mine back and making the switch to something non-apple.

My issue (and question) is that when I try to turn off iCloud photos I have the options: a) to delete all of my photos from my phone and leave them only on iCloud, or b) to download a copy of all of my iCloud stored photos to my phone.

photos that are on icloud will show on your phone but only a low resolution thumbnail is actually on the phone. this is what the message is referring to. these thumbnails will either be removed from the phone or you can download the full image when i cloud photo library is turned off. there is no other option.

As far as I know,there is phone to phone data transfer program called Mobikin Transfer for Mobile ,which allows user to transfer pics between different model effectively.With it,you can transfer data like pictures, music, video, contacts, SMS, call logs, etc. between Android and iPhone, iPad or iPod without hassle.

You need a tool to transfer selected pictures from iPhone to iPad. As I know, FoneGeek iOS Backup and Restore program is a free tool to selectively transfer photos and other data between 2 iOS devices.

I have an iPhone 14 Pro and want to export some of the text conversion from iPhone to my Windows 11 computer for court hearing. I'm in need of assistance and I'm hoping to find a free solution. I tried doing this with iTunes but I am unable to view the text messages from iTunes backup .

If anyone has experience with this or knows of any effective methods, your insights would be incredibly valuable. I'm open to both free and paid solutions, as long as they are user-friendly and efficient.

Edit: I received several messages asking my if the problem was solved or not. In fact, I am able to transfer dozens of text message conversions from iPhone to my computer. If you need the quick answer, please follow this step-by-step guide instead. Please don't send us PM any more. Thanks

Apple doesn't provide a direct way to export SMS messages to Windows. You need to use third-party software like FoneTrans to help you transfer text messages from iPhone to computer. Here is a simple guide you can check out:

If you only need to save a few important messages, you can take screenshots of these messages on your iPhone and transfer these images to your Windows 11 computer. You can transfer the screenshots via email, cloud storage services like Dropbox or Google Drive, or directly connect your iPhone to your computer and transfer the images.

First, you need to back up your iPhone to your Windows computer using iTunes. Connect your iPhone to your computer and open iTunes. If you don't have iTunes installed, download and install it from the Apple website. Once your device is connected and recognized by iTunes, select your iPhone's icon in iTunes, go to the 'Summary' tab, and then click on 'Back Up Now' to start backing up your iPhone to your computer.

Once you've installed a third-party tool, open it and select the option to extract data from an iTunes backup. The tool should automatically locate the iTunes backup file. Follow the prompts to extract text messages. These tools often allow you to view the messages within the application and save them in various formats like .txt, .html, or .pdf. Save the extracted messages to your desired location on your Windows 11 computer. After that, you can open, view, edit and print iPhone text messages from a PC.

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