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Hi folks, not sure if 'clean setup' is the right expression, but anyway... I've been sporting an iPhone X for 6 years and tomorrow I get my new iPhone 15 Pro. I was thinking of setting it up clean in the sense of manually adding my apps, email data etc, and not doing a simple transfer from the old iPhone.

Maybe it doesn't make sense to do it, maybe it does. I thought it could make sure there isn't any residual crap from the old phone, but to be honest I don't have any data to 100% assert that. Have any of you started with a phone replacement this way, or do you consider it pointless? If you have done it, any tips?

All opinions welcome, thanks!

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[–] infix 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, that's fair enough what you are saying. Although my icloud package is tinyyyyy haha. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think if you bought via Apple it’ll recognise your new purchase and give you a month of free iCloud data enough to do a full backup and restore, for this purpose

[–] infix 2 points 9 months ago

Ah. I didn’t know that, thanks!

[–] IamAnonymous 1 points 9 months ago

Backup to a laptop if you need to.

[–] turbodrooler 1 points 9 months ago

You’re welcome!