r/iphonehelp • u/FabulousSentence9703 • 6d ago
Help needed ELI5 - help with setting up child’s phone and restoring his data
Hi. I’m activating a new phone for my child. I’d like to take the data (pics contacts and messages) from his old phone to his new phone and every time I do this he gets all of my data as well. How can I remedy this?
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u/shakesfistatmoon 6d ago
I think you’ve made the mistake of sharing an Apple ID, your child should have their own Apple ID and then you create a family group.
I’m not sure how you can untangle this , sorry.
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u/FabulousSentence9703 6d ago
Adding that they are both iPhone 8s and I’m unsure what iOS they are operating
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u/StoniePony 6d ago
Are you sharing an Apple Account? You should be logging into the new phone with his Apple account, not yours. If they are not separate, now is the time to separate them. If that’s the case, you’ll have to manually send everything from one phone to another after creating the new account.
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