Can I switch between 2 verizon iPhone 5s?
I've had a iphone 5 for awhile now and my mom just got the iPhone 5s today. After she got home, she decided she wants me to have the iPhone 5s she got today and she'll have mine.
How do I swap phones so my mom has my current iphone and I get her new one?
You can both do a Icloud backup on your current phone. You can do this by going to
Settings -> iCloud -> Storage and Backup -> make iCloud backup.
After you've both made a backup, you go to
Settings -> General -> Rest -> Reset all settings.
It will delete everything on the phone and go back to as if you just bought it.
Then you just follow the installation on your new phone, and it will ask if you want to install this as a new phone or if you have a backup, it will ask you to log in with your Apple ID. Then you click you have an icloud backup, and it's pretty self explanatory.
One thing you should keep in mind that iCloud has limited space, I think it's 5GB? So if you have some insanely big files on there that cause your memory to exceed over 5Gb it won't synchronise that.
But if you lose your downloaded apps, it's no big deal because Apple will remember every app you downlaoded and you can re-download all apps- even paid apps you paid for for free.
in short:
1. Make a backup both, on computer or iCloud
2. Reset both your phones
3. Switch phones.
4. Install your new phone with your apple ID you used before.
5. Use backup.
6. Done!
PS: I'm doing this from memory so I might have some mistakes, but the apple setup is really easy so you should be able to walk through it without any problems.
Yes, just as Chris said before me, you do need to make a full backup of each device. Mom should back hers up to her own iTunes account and you should to yours. Go to your service provider and basically just trade numbers and the devices will each reset as if they were brand new. Like I said, ONLY your service provider can switch the phones' numbers. After all that mess is over, restore the backup to each of your respective devices and you're good to go. Really easy stuff to do just takes some time is all.
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