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mido216
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

iPhone transfer keeps ending prematurely

So I'm trying to transfer my iphone 14 to 18 with Quick Start, but the transfer keeps ending prematurely. After all the apple setting setup, the iphone 14 would just say the transfer is done (even before I complete all the setup on 18), and on the 18 when I try to proceed with data migration, it would say the other iphone is disconnected, and I need to wipe and restart the whole process again.

Posted on Sep 19, 2026 12:48 PM

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Lawrence Finch
User level: Level 10 (244,490 points)

Sep 19, 2026 1:37 PM in response to mido216

When it says transfer is done all data that was not synced to iCloud has been transferred. However, apps are not transferred, they are downloaded from the app store. You also need to log in to iCloud on the new iPhone so content synced to iCloud can be downloaded to the new iPhone.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256360654