Important steps before upgrading your old iPhone to iPhone 12

If you are planning to upgrade your iPhone to a new iPhone 12  phone , it is important to make sure to save a backup copy of the old phone settings before upgrading.

Here are few steps, you should do on your old iPhone before upgrading to iPhone 12.

1- Upgrade your old iPhone to iOS 14.2:

If you haven't yet upgraded to the latest iOS version, now is the time to do so, as all new iPhone 12.

models arrive with iOS 14.2 pre-installed, so to ensure a smooth transition from the old to the new phone, you must have to update through the following steps.

• Open the ‘Settings’ app on the current iPhone.

• Click on the option ‘General’

• Click on the option ‘operating system update’ Software Update, in case there is a new update you will likely see a notification saying that it is ready, click on the option ‘download and install’ Download and install, can take several minutes.

2- Upload your photos to iCloud:  

If you have a lot of photos in the photo library of your current iPhone, it is time to transfer or backup them to your iCloud account, to do so follow these steps:

• Open the ‘Settings’ app on the current iPhone.

• Select your profile, then select ‘iCloud’.

• Switch the Photos option to ON.

3- Two-factor authentication:

  Turn off two-factor authentication on the current iPhone 12. If you are using an authentication app on your current iPhone to generate two-factor authentication codes, you must turn off two-factor authentication for those sites that use codes before switching to the new phone, and then activate two-factor authentication again when you powered on the new iPhone 12.

4- Create a new backup:

If you are planning to transfer all settings of the old phone to the new iPhone 12 from iCloud backup, it is very important to have a backup of your old phone just before making the switch; This is to ensure easy transfer of settings and applications from your old phone to your new one.