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transfer iphone backup, older phone has newer ios

hi! so i’m switching from my iphone 7 to an iphone x and when i try to do my most recent backup it won’t let me because the iphone x doesn’t have ios 14.4.2 like my iphone 7 does, is there a way to fix this?

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Posted on Jun 17, 2021 10:25 PM

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Posted on Jun 18, 2021 12:13 AM

GingerCutie45 wrote:

hi! so i’m switching from my iphone 7 to an iphone x and when i try to do my most recent backup it won’t let me because the iphone x doesn’t have ios 14.4.2 like my iphone 7 does, is there a way to fix this?

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/959745d8-8242-4c58-816a-49b160228d50

Update the X to the latest iOS version.

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Jun 18, 2021 12:13 AM in response to GingerCutie45

GingerCutie45 wrote:

hi! so i’m switching from my iphone 7 to an iphone x and when i try to do my most recent backup it won’t let me because the iphone x doesn’t have ios 14.4.2 like my iphone 7 does, is there a way to fix this?

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/959745d8-8242-4c58-816a-49b160228d50

Update the X to the latest iOS version.

transfer iphone backup, older phone has newer ios

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