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I should receive a new iPhone 15 soon. How do I upgrade it to iOS 17.0.2 before going through the setup process? I need 17.0.2 so that the transfer from my old iPhone can work, but doesn't that mean it has to be on the new iPhone before I set it up?
Good question:
Caveat: I’m not a 15 owner so am not speaking from personal experiences, but the following is excerpted from another well-respected community member’s post re: setting up a brand new iPhone 15:
Note that they started w/ the quick transfer … it asked if they “wanted” to update … to which the user HAD to reply in the affirmative.
It then updated … and then the user had to initiate a quick transfer a 2nd time.
Note too that this was an “early adopter, pre-ordered, first day of delivery” user experience back on or about 9/22 … prior to the release of 17.0.3 … so Apple might have “tuned-up” this process a bit. (i.e. Today it might not even give you the opportunity to NOT update)
Also, your newer phone might actually ship w/ a newer iOS already installed.
Excerpt of 9/22 post:
Good question:
Caveat: I’m not a 15 owner so am not speaking from personal experiences, but the following is excerpted from another well-respected community member’s post re: setting up a brand new iPhone 15:
Note that they started w/ the quick transfer … it asked if they “wanted” to update … to which the user HAD to reply in the affirmative.
It then updated … and then the user had to initiate a quick transfer a 2nd time.
Note too that this was an “early adopter, pre-ordered, first day of delivery” user experience back on or about 9/22 … prior to the release of 17.0.3 … so Apple might have “tuned-up” this process a bit. (i.e. Today it might not even give you the opportunity to NOT update)
Also, your newer phone might actually ship w/ a newer iOS already installed.
Excerpt of 9/22 post:
You’re very welcome.
You are correct that getting this process right is particularly important.
Again … Carefully read … Re-read … THINK … and only then … “click.”
The device migration process is NOT the time to get into a rush or to allow yourself to become distracted.
Enjoy your new phone. 👋
Hi Chattanoogan,
One more question. Was your advice based on using Quick Start, or another method of setting up the new iPhone? I was planning to use Quick Start, so I hope the update comes before the data transfer starts. The 17.0.2 update is supposed to fix a data transfer error during Quick Start, so I want to make sure that the new iPhone has this before I start that process.
Thanks,
Walter
Turn on the new phone normally.
Read the on-screen prompts carefully.
If / when prompted to update … accept.
Thanks. That seems straightforward. It's been long enough since I'd set up a new iPhone that I don't recall that at all.
How to upgrade a new iPhone 15 to iOS 17.0.2 before setup?
