Question Did iOS17/iPhone 15 quick start remove the option to choose between phone-to-phone transfer vs download-via-iCloud?

[ralliart122019]

Hi, am "quick-starting" from an iPhone X on iOS 16.7 to the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Was expecting to see this option (photo taken from YouTube) to allow me to choose between using iCloud as a source, or the phone itself as a source:

https://imgur.com/d7UDbD2

but instead, all I’ve got are the following:

https://imgur.com/gR9KdBC

https://imgur.com/U7S0kpg

Where's that particular option to choose “Download via iCloud” now? I did upgrade to iOS 17.02 (on the iPhone 15 Pro Max) during the process, but I "didn't get to choose"...

So did I ended up with the phone to phone or iCloud (to quick start)?

Why I’m uncertain is because after the process completed, I’m experiencing:

• the local video files that’s was in my VLC player, is not being transferred over,
• The Bluetooth pairing to my non-Apple smart watch & non-Apple wireless earbuds were gone,
• Slack messaging app is signed out
• Signal messaging app is not transferred
• Gmail is signed out

Doesn’t sound too convincing (that it may not be phone-to-phone)?

Any other confirmation?

 

[FFR]

Sounds like you downloaded from iCloud and not phone to phone

 

[ralliart122019]

Sounds like you downloaded from iCloud and not phone to phone

May I know what should the phone show under the Apps & data section if phone-to-phone was chosen instead? Mine was showing this:

https://imgur.com/gR9KdBC

 

[FFR]

You have to sync both phones by authorizing and authenticating from your old phone to your new phone then selecting transfer from phone. It’s pretty straight forward.

 

[ralliart122019]

You have to sync both phones by authorizing and authenticating from your old phone to your new phone then selecting transfer from phone. It’s pretty straight forward.

I understand how to get Quick Start started; what I don’t understand is why the “Download from iCloud” option (bottom option of the right-most screenshot that you attached) was missing for me.

 

[FFR]

I understand how to get Quick Start started; what I don’t understand is why the “Download from iCloud” option (bottom option of the right-most screenshot that you attached) was missing for me.

Was it, you be posted it on one of your screenshots.

You can reset your new phone and try again if you are up for it.

 

[ralliart122019]

Was it, you be posted it on one of your screenshots.

You can reset your new phone and try again if you are up for it.

I grabbed that screenshot off a YouTube video

 

[FFR]

If you are unhappy, reset and try again.

 

[Ledsteplin]

Something like this happened to me back in December when I got my new 14 Pro Max. It just didn't work like it did with the 12 Pro Max. I lost a lot of stuff.