Path: ...!news.nobody.at!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: badgolferman Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.mobile.ipad Subject: Re: phone migration Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 20:48:08 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 20:48:08 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="137000"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qQevjURXe0yyBGDw+CwE6pxHpD8= sha1:m94L2htMAhQVNMIMFqNZ4pwdaIM= X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBwCAIA7CXhrQg51SF/09YQg+LmwgGOJw6Odd7YUebVSpcXTB8Fe+OTH6FhzpvU8nT1FQu9FZj+ANaBBYF Bytes: 3017 Lines: 41 Jolly Roger wrote: > On 2024-07-20, Alan wrote: >> 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. > > Apparently little Arlen and his best buddy badgolferman have never > heard of Quick Start - yet little Arlen constantly claims he knows more > about Apple than anyone else. > Maybe you didn’t read the original message. I didn’t migrate the phone, the IT technician did.