[Answered] Can I Setup iPhone as New iPhone and Restore Later?

Can I set up as new iPhone and restore from iCloud/ iTunes later?

When upgrading from an old iPhone to a new iPhone, some people will restore iPhone from a iCloud or iTunes backup to keep the previous data during the setup process.

However, sometimes, you may want to skip the restoration part and firstly set up as new iPhone and restore from backup later, but wonder ” Can I set up as new iPhone and restore later? Or Can I set it up as new iPhone and restore it from iCloud/ iTunes later?” The answer is yes. In this way, you can quickly use your new iPhone for a while and then restore data from an iCloud/iTunes backup without resetting and wasting your time.

In this post, we will show you how to restore iPhone from iCloud or iTunes backup without resetting. Before that, let's take a look at the pros and cons of "Set as a new iPhone & Restores from a backup".

Setup as new iPhone Vs Restore from backup

If you choose to set up your iPhone as a new phone, you're basically starting from scratch, here are several advantages and disadvantages to setting up your iPhone as a new:

🐢Advantages:
Run Faster: It will be completely clutter-free and run faster.
Avoid issues: You can avoid some issues on your old iPhone that can be carried over to your new iPhone with a backup.
Set in your way: You can customize everything according to your needs and enjoy your new phone quickly.
😔Disadvantages: 
Reconfigure settings and download everything manually: All settings will be factory-configured, you will have to manually configure it from scratch and download everything.
Lost data: You may lose all the messages, call logs, and other data saved on your phone, and will never be able to get back your backup until you restore it.

In contrast, if you choose to restore from backup later which means restoring all the data on the old iPhone on the new iPhone, there are many advantages and disadvantages to using a backup on your new iPhone.

🐢Advantages:
No setup configuration and download required: You don't need to reset or download too much on your new iPhone.
No data loss: You won't lose any data because everything on your iPhone will be restored from the backup.
😔Disadvantages:
Unexpected issues: If your old iPhone had issues, it will bring some unexpected issues to your new iPhone.
Time-consuming: The backup process will take you a lot of time.
Bring clutter and some unwanted data: Restoring from a backup will bring back some files you might not need, which will immediately clutter your new iPhone.

How to restore iPhone from iCloud or iTunes backup without resetting

Now, follow the steps below to restore your iPhone from iCloud or iTunes backup without resetting.

Restore iPhone from iCloud

Generally, there is an “official” way to restore your iPhone from iCloud that needs you to erase all content and settings on your iPhone to go back to setting an iPhone to make it. In addition to this, you can just sign your iCloud account on your new iPhone and you'll get things like iCloud email and contacts without resetting your iPhone. But You will have to install your apps and set them up from scratch manually.

Note:
🧱Make sure that you have a current backup of all your phone's data. You need to turn on iCloud backup on your old iPhone. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Turn on iCloud Back > tap on Backup Now.
🧱Make sure your iPhone is connected to a stable internet.
🧱Make sure your iCloud has enough storage space, if the storage space is full, you need to buy more space.

Restore iPhone from iTunes

Another way to restore your iPhone is using iTunes if you have a computer. iTunes is a great assistant for Apple users to retrieve data, which means that if you need to restore data from an iTunes backup, an available iTunes backup is essential.

1. Steps to create an iTunes backup

Step 1. Connect your old device to your computer. Make sure you have the latest iTunes on your computer.

Step 2. Run iTunes, tap on Device tab, click Summary.

Step 3. Click Back Up Now, wait a few minutes to finish this process. If you want to encrypt the backup, you will need to enter a password.

2. Steps to restore data to new iPhone from iTunes backup

Step 1. Connect your new iPhone, launch latest iTunes on computer> tap Devices > Summary > click Restore Backup under the Backups menu.

Step 2. Select the iTunes backup located on your computer and then click Restore. Wait for the backup restore process to complete.

How to directly transfer data from old iPhone to new iPhone after setup

From the above analysis, it can be seen that you prefer to choose to set up as a new iPhone when getting the new phone, but at the same time, you don't want to lose any precious data on iPhone.

Therefore, it is a wise choice to transfer data from old iPhone to new iPhone after setup. Here, one third-party tool named FoneTool can help you achieve your goal. It is a professional data transfer/backup software that is fully compatible with almost all iOS devices. Let's see some of the benefits you can get from it.

🔊 You can selectively or completely transfer all the data you want to keep, including apps (data files, preference), Safari (history, bookmarks), system settings, as well as some common data like photos, contacts, text messages, music, video, etc.
🔥 It allows you to transfer data from one Apple ID to another if you have different Apple IDs after getting a new device.
⚡ It provides a variety of transfer methods, you can transfer your data from iPhone to iPhone, computer or other external hard drive.
⏹️ It allows you to back up data on your old iPhone and then transfer it to your new iPhone, but unlike iTunes, its Selective Backup feature will not erase all existing contents on the device.
💥 You can easily and quickly perform all transfer/backup tasks for free.

First download FoneTool and follow the steps below to transfer data to the new iPhone after setup.

Step 1. Connect your iPhones to computer with USB cable > Run FoneTool.

Step 2. Click Phone Transfer > Choose iPhone to iPhone option and click Get Started.

Tip: Here, you can also choose other functions such as, iPhone to PC/PC to iPhone to preview and select your messages, photos, contacts, videos, music according to your needs.

Step 3. Confirm your source iPhone and target iPhone, enable backup encryption to encrypt, and then click Start Transfer to start.

Conclusion

That's all for the answer to the question “can I setup as new iPhone and restore later”. It is obvious that you can restore iPhone after setting up as new from an iCloud or iTunes backup. Besides, if you want to transfer all or selected data from iPhone to iPhone without iCloud/iTunes, please try FoneTool to help you without any data loss.