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   comp.mobile.ipad      Discussion about the Apple Ipad      72,997 messages   

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   Alan to Andrew   
   Re: phone migration   
   20 Jul 24 10:05:37   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.system   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-07-20 09:46, Andrew wrote:   
   > Jolly Roger wrote on 19 Jul 2024 19:06:21 GMT :   
   >   
   >>>>> The primitive toy iPhone is incapable of migrating over the EXACT   
   >>>>> location of every folder and every app icon (and every widget &   
   >>>>> shortcut too).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> False.   
   >>>   
   >>> When I signed back into iCloud on my new iPhone the apps from the   
   >>> previous phone did not migrate over.   
   >>   
   >> These dingbat trolls don't know the difference between transferring your   
   >> data from the old phone (or a backup of it) to the new one and setting   
   >> up the phone as new and signing into iCloud. The former results in the   
   >> EXACT location of every folder and every app (and every widget &   
   >> shortcut too) being transferred to the new device. The latter naturally   
   >> does not.   
   >   
   > Heh heh heh... Now that we've established how the dumb-terminal brain-dead   
   > iOS does it, how do you think Android re-installs apps, Jolly Roger, with   
   > all the app icons, widgets, homescreen folders & even the data itself in   
   > EXACTLY the same locations on the new phone as they were on the old phone.   
   >   
   > I'll wait for you to tell us...   
   >   
   > HINT: No need for the Internet (i.e., no Google, no login, no cloud).   
   >        It just works.   
      
   You can do exactly that with an iOS device.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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