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inesha2021 Author

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Why are my text messages not being backed up

How can I get my text messages to transfer to my new phone. I tried backing the old phone up but it did not transfer or back up

Posted on Apr 12, 2021 8:44 PM

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ckuan

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Posted on Apr 12, 2021 8:52 PM

If you have in on your old iPhone

Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Messages: ON

then when you signed in on your new iPhone with the same Apple ID & password,

it will auto sync messages to the new iPhone.

Note: Messages are not part of a backup.

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