My company just shipped me an iPhone 5 for work use. I already own a 4.
Is there a way to have all the current info from my 4 go to the new 5 without removing the 4 as my current device?
I would rather not carry both phones and don't want to cancel my current personal phone plan.
My plan is to simply forward calls from the 4 to the 5. Anyone know if text messages get forwarded as well?
Any other suggestions on how to manage this?
I'd like to keep everything as simple as possible.
Just back up your iphone 4 on your iTunes, setup the iphone 5 on iTunes and when it asks to restore/use the latest back up copy select that. Well it worked from my 4 to my new 4 anyways.
Can't you just back it up iTunes and move the sim card to the new phone?
or back it up to iCloud and switch the SIMs.
for the phone/text/etc...get a google voice account.
Quote from: aaen on November 20, 2012, 11:55:03 AM
Just back up your iphone 4 on your iTunes, setup the iphone 5 on iTunes and when it asks to restore/use the latest back up copy select that. Well it worked from my 4 to my new 4 anyways.
I'll try this. Thanks.
Quote from: duccarlos on November 20, 2012, 12:25:51 PM
or back it up to iCloud and switch the SIMs.
Quote from: hbliam on November 20, 2012, 12:23:57 PM
Can't you just back it up iTunes and move the sim card to the new phone?
How do you remove the SIM? Sounds difficult.
Quote from: herm on November 20, 2012, 12:37:25 PM
for the phone/text/etc...get a google voice account.
Hmmm....I hadn't thought about that. But wont that give me ANOTHER phone number, bringing the total to 3?
On the right side of the phone look for a pin hole. Use a pin to open the little compartment. Remove card. Put it in new phone. Done.
If the carrier is Verizon it doesn't have a SIM card, or doesit?
The 5 does, it's supposed to be a world phone. The 4 is just CdMA.
Quote from: duccarlos on November 20, 2012, 05:46:41 PM
The 5 does, it's supposed to be a world phone. The 4 is just CdMA.
Palabra ;) ...so he doesn't have a SIMM card in his 4 to transfer if he's using Verizon. The AT&T 4 does though. (?)
4 = AT&T
5 = Sprint
So if I did the SIM card switcharoo where would my calls/texts from the 4 go to?
I don't think you can run the same number on two different carriers. (?)
Quote from: Pedro-bot on November 20, 2012, 02:47:19 PM
Hmmm....I hadn't thought about that. But wont that give me ANOTHER phone number, bringing the total to 3?
yes, but that number will ring on both your mobile phones, your office, and even your home if you want it to.
you can even port your existing number to google voice so you wouldn't have to give everybody a new number.
http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1065667 (http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1065667)
Too bad us canucks can't benefit from that feature with google voice
Quote from: derby on November 20, 2012, 08:32:07 PM
yes, but that number will ring on both your mobile phones, your office, and even your home if you want it to.
you can even port your existing number to google voice so you wouldn't have to give everybody a new number.
http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1065667 (http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1065667)
Ok, ditch all these ideas. Just do the backup of your phone through iTunes so that everything is xferred to the 5. Then enable call forwarding on your AT&T plan.
If you went the Google Voice route you would have to port out your current number to Google, rendering the 4 useless, unless as you said would need to get a 3rd number.
Two phones can share apps and still have two different phone numbers. At one point I gave the old lady my 3gs & I upgraded to a 4. Both phones used one itunes account, same user name/ password. if I'm not mistake you can have up to 3 or maybe 4 devices on the same itunes account. When you set up the iphone 5 just use your existing apple id.
You will have to pay for two data plans ect from whoever your carrier is.
cheers
Mike
bump
Quote from: extra330 on November 21, 2012, 08:12:30 AM
Two phones can share apps and still have two different phone numbers. At one point I gave the old lady my 3gs & I upgraded to a 4. Both phones used one itunes account, same user name/ password. if I'm not mistake you can have up to 3 or maybe 4 devices on the same itunes account. When you set up the iphone 5 just use your existing apple id.
You will have to pay for two data plans ect from whoever your carrier is.
cheers
Mike
If I'm not mistaken you can have up to ten devices.
But yea I cloud is probably the easiest thing to do.
Moving the sim Card is the same as moving the phone number. I'm not sure if it will work with different carriers though.
It would need to be unlocked, which I doubt since his company is probably getting it subsidized. I misunderstood what you wanted to do. When you sync your phone, via iCloud or iTunes, you are basically storing your contacts/music/apps/whatever in a computer. When you configure your new phone, it will ask you for your iTunes ID. If you synced with iCloud, then it should automatically download all your data. If you sync with iTunes on your computer, then you just need to connect the new phone and select to restore it. It's actually pretty easy to do.
The forwarding of the calls is actually done through your provider, in your case AT&T. It's a feature that comes with just about any plan. Call Forward FAQ for AT&T:
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=53957&cv=820&_requestid=852034#fbid=bizODYkJizs (http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=53957&cv=820&_requestid=852034#fbid=bizODYkJizs)