I sold my old phone and bought a new one, and when I want to restore a copy from icloud, it offers me to update to 26, but I don't want to do it, there is an opportunity to get around it
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Original Title: Help with restoring a copy of icloud
iPhone 11, iOS 18
If your iCloud backup was performed on iOS 26, you would have to update the new device you are transferring to iOS 26 too. You can restore an older iOS backup onto a newer iOS version, but you cannot restore a backup made on newer iOS software to a device running an older version.
If your iCloud backup was performed on iOS 26, you would have to update the new device you are transferring to iOS 26 too. You can restore an older iOS backup onto a newer iOS version, but you cannot restore a backup made on newer iOS software to a device running an older version.
How do I restore iCloud backup without updating to iOS 26 on iPhone 11?
