Thank you B.L>, some very useful info there. Like you, I don't intend to carry my 3GS around either. It's more about the 30 pin connector, for which I have some devices that may become obsolete depending on proper fitment of the adapter. The 3GS solves that.
I like the idea of changing the name and will do so this evening.
About getting the data contained within an app off the older phone, I'm wondering if that is an issue pointing to restore or restore as a new device. From the beginning, with the 3G, I trimmed the bulk of iTunes as to what songs,apps,podcasts, etc, would go on the phone on a fairly regular basis. When the 3GS came and I restored as a new device, everything was the same as it was on the 3G (I think), 'twas a while ago.
Thanks for the great reply, gave me new areas of thought...Cal
--- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Barbara-Lynn Smith <bl_smith25@...> wrote:
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> Cal,
> I just went from a 3G to a new 5. It takes care of everything for you including the activation of the new and the deactivation of the old. I've still got my 3G with my old sim in it and while I could use it as an iPod Touch, I've already got enough devices to carry around and my new 5 has my music and apps and everything that that old one had, so I find I don't need it.
> You can change the name of the old and new iPhones in iTunes so you can differentiate them, but iTunes does that through the serial number and can recognize the different devices. It actually gave my iPhone 5 a new name automatically. I renamed my 3G from just iPhone to iPhone 3G in iTunes so I knew which I was dealing with.
> The software is smart. It really is quite seamless.
> Now, I restored my new 5 from the backup of my 3G so I got all the stuff on my old phone and had to do some reorganizing, but others have set it up as new and manually specified what they wanted on it. It's more work and takes longer, but here's where experience plays in. You've used your old phone for some time, so you know what you use and what you don't and what you don't want on the new one, so here's your chance to clean all that up. Since I didn't do that, my concern on that is how do you get the old 'data' from the app from the old phone to the new one?
> Anyways, I had all the same questions and concerns and it turned out to be quite simple and the software knew what to do.
> Good luck and enjoy your new toy!
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> Cheers,
> B.L>
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> On Oct 5, 2012, at 10:13 AM, "Caleb Dunham" <sonar@...> wrote:
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> > Thanks, Jay. I have used iTunes to sync pads, pods and phones but never two of the same devices, in this case two iPhones. Can the phones have the same name and still be distinguished within iTunes?
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> > I have iTunes on both Mac and PC, but all iDevices are synced via iMac, seems to be less worrisome by keeping the family together.
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> > I think, when I switched from 3G to 3GS, I restored the 3GS as a new device. Would be valid for the iP5? Just trying to get those ducks in a row prior to delivery.
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> > Thanks to all for such timely reply's...Cal
> >
> > --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Jay Abraham <jaygroups@> wrote:
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> > > iTunes will treat the phones as different devices. You can sync different things to the different phones. At least on a Mac - I believe same thing is true on iTunes for Windows. Note this is even if you when you first get your new phone you restore it with the stuff that was on your old phone.
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> > > Jay
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> > > On Oct 4, 2012, at 9:12 PM, Caleb Dunham wrote:
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> > > > I do wish someone would advise the sync issue with two devices registered under the same name/ subscription.
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