How to Transfer All Messages from Your Old iPhone to iPhone 16 (With Screenshots)

Updating to a new iPhone 16 is an exciting thing. However, one thing that may cause concern is how to transfer your important messages. There are a lot of important or valuable information stored in iPhone text messages. This guide will show you the best way to transfer all messages to iPhone 16.

Quickly Transfer All Messages to iPhone 16 wth FoneTool

Recently, I upgraded my iPhone to the latest iPhone 16. I tried various methods to transfer the data on my old iPhone, including messages, photos, videos, music and other data.

At first, I used iCloud to restore the data, but found that not all messages could be transferred to my new iPhone. However, the steps of iTunes were complicated, and I encountered various errors and transfer failures.

Fortunately, I found an easy-to-use iPhone backup software that helped me transfer the text messages. FoneTool is a simple and safe iPhone transfer and backup software. It not only supports transferring iPhone data to new iPhone, but also supports selectively back iPhone data to computer or other external hard drive.

Below, I list more highlights of FoneTool.

Simple operation: The interface is simple and easy to use, and you can quickly complete the transfer between iPhone and iPhone with just a few clicks.

Fast transfer process: Use a data cable to transfer data, which is faster and more stable than the transfer process of iCloud and iTunes.

Preview and select backup: This tool supports you to preview text messages on the computer and then select to transfer.

Efficient and full backup: You can use FoneTool to prepare a complete backup.

Safe offline transfer: FoneTool provides a stable offline transfer process using USB cable transfer to ensure that your data will not be leaked.

One-click iPhone transfer: Both iTunes and iCloud require many steps to backup and restore data to a new iPhone, but FoneTool allows you to transfer data to a new iPhone in one click without backup.

Wide compatibility: Supports all iPhone models and iOS versions, including the latest version.

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Simple Steps to Transfer Messages from iPhone to iPhone 16

Now, you can follow the steps to learn how to transfer messages to iPhone 16. With FoneTool, you just need to quickly back up the text messages on your old phone, and then restore the backup to the new phone.

Step 1. Install and run FoneTool on your computer > Plug in the old iPhone to the computer with a USB cable > Go to Phone Backup > Choose Selective Backup > Tap Get Start.

Step-by-step guide to transfer messages from old iPhone to iPhone 16

Tip: If you want to back up all the data on your phone, including photos, videos, text messages, contacts, applications, files, etc., you can choose the Full Backup option to back up iPhone with one click.

Step 2. Click the Messages icon > Preview and select the text messages you wish to transfer, or you can check Select All to transfer all mesages to new iPhone at once > Then click OK to confirm.

iPhone 16 message transfer process with screenshots

Step 3. Tap Bkup Storage Path to decide a path to save text messages on the computer > Click Start Backup to transfer messages from old iPhone to computer.

Transferring text messages between iPhones with detailed instructions

Step 4. FoneTool can move messages from iPhone to computer quickly. Then you can uplug the old iPhone and connect the new iPhone 16 to computer, go to the My Backups > Tap the Restore option > Choose backup which contains your messages to restore.

How to move all messages from old iPhone to iPhone 16

By the way, to simplify the process of transferring data from old iPhone to new iPhone, FoneTool also provides an efficient one-click transfer mode. With just a few clicks, you can transfer all data from old iPhone to another iPhone in one click without losing any files. Just navigate to Phone Transfer and select the iPhone to iPhone model.

iPhone 16 setup with transferred text messages from old iPhone

Conclusion

Transferring all the information from your old iPhone to iPhone 16 is not complicated. Compared to some traditional methods such as iCloud or iTunes, FoneTool simplifies the data transfer process and provides faster transfer speeds, making it an ideal choice for professional data. This professional tool can also ensure that you will not lose any important conversations. At the same time, you can also use it to back up the information on your new iPhone 16 to avoid data loss due to unexpected situations.

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