Hi folks, not sure if 'clean setup' is the right expression, but anyway... I've been sporting an iPhone X for 6 years and tomorrow I get my new iPhone 15 Pro. I was thinking of setting it up clean in the sense of manually adding my apps, email data etc, and not doing a simple transfer from the old iPhone.

Maybe it doesn't make sense to do it, maybe it does. I thought it could make sure there isn't any residual crap from the old phone, but to be honest I don't have any data to 100% assert that. Have any of you started with a phone replacement this way, or do you consider it pointless? If you have done it, any tips?

All opinions welcome, thanks!

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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I did that with mine. Just make sure you keep your iPhone X for a bit while setting up the new one for apps that require validation like 2 factor authentication. The big ones for me were Google Authenticator, Steam app, and my bank.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Thanks. Yeah, biggest ones for sure will be Authy app, banking and Whatsapp for me.

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