Restore All Data with a Second iPhone

Use a second iPhone to fully restore your backed up data, including App Data.

If you are trying to restore all app data onto a newly supervised iPhone, the process requires an old iPhone in addition to the one you'd like to supervise. The old iPhone must be capable of running the same iOS version that your new iPhone was using when you backed it up. You can look up iOS compatibility on Apple's website .

This process is not intuitive, so please watch this short video to get a better idea of how this process works:

Here is a summary of the process (full details below):

You should have already created a backup of your new iPhone before enabling supervised mode.

You should have already enrolled enrolled your new iPhone in device supervision and are on the iPhone's setup screen:

Next, you'll need to hard reset (erase) your old iPhone and restore the backup that you made for your new iPhone.

On your old iPhone, make a new backup.

Finally, you'll transfer this newest backup onto your new iPhone.

Here are two main ways you can transfer backups:

Option 1: Transfer Backups From iCloud

This option uses iCloud for backing up and restoring. This is the simplest approach.

On your older iPhone, restore the iCloud backup you made of your new iPhone:

On your old iPhone: Go to Settings > General > Reset, then tap Erase All Content and Settings. Note that you may need to disable Activation Lock on the older iPhone first.

On your old iPhone: When the phone restarts, you should be prompted with the first time setup screen. Do the manual setup (skip the quickstart if prompted):

On your old iPhone: Proceed with the setup process until you reach the Apps & Data menu. Then, choose Restore from iCloud Backup and select the latest backup you made.

On your old iPhone: Sign into your Apple Account when prompted.

On your old iPhone: Finish the first-time setup process and open the iPhone's settings app

On your old iPhone: Open iCloud and create a new backup. Wait for the backup to finish.

Switch to your New iPhone

On your new iPhone: proceed with the first time setup. If you see a Quick Start screen, choose Set Up Without Another Device

On your new iPhone: Enter your Apple ID and log in:

On your new iPhone: Choose Restore from iCloud Backup when you get to the screen asking how you would like to Transfer Data.

On your new iPhone: Select the backup you made of your older iPhone.

On your new iPhone: Follow the instruction on your iPhone to finish setup.

Option 2: Transfer Backups From Your Mac

You could use a Mac computer (or Windows PC with iMazing) instead of iCloud to backup and restore data.

3 devices are required for this process:

Follow the same steps in Option 1, but replace these steps:

When prompted to backup with iCloud, replace this step by plugging the device into your Mac (or WIndows PC with iMazing) and backing it up. See backup tutorial from earlier if you need a refresher on how to backup an iPhone using a computer.
When prompted to restore data, use "From a Mac or PC"

Plug in your Newer iPhone

Then, restore the new backup back to your current iPhone (the one you're trying to supervise):

Disconnect your older iPhone to your Mac

Connect your current iPhone to your Mac

Find the Device in Finder

Go to the General Tab and click Restore Backup.

Choose the backup with the newest Timestamp (the one you made from the older iPhone)

Verify Supervised Mode is Enabled

After the first-time setup is finished, open the Settings app and make sure that the device is supervised.

Next Up: Profile Customization

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Supervised Configuration Profiles

Once you've enabled device supervision, you will now be able to add profiles to restrict settings on your iPhone or iPad.