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restore to older version of phone

i am trying o set up a iphone 6 from a 6s back up , the back up is ios 13.2.3 .....How can I restore to iphone 6 when it appears the ios is up to date at 12.4.4 ?

iPhone 6, iOS 12

Posted on Dec 16, 2019 9:10 AM

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Posted on Dec 16, 2019 9:14 AM

You can't restore a lower iOS version with a higher iOS version backup.

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Dec 16, 2019 9:14 AM in response to gravityfree

You can't restore a lower iOS version with a higher iOS version backup.

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