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How to restore iOS 14 backup to iOS 12.8.4

Greetings. I was using iPhone X with iOS 14. Unfortunately, my phone stolen and now i have an older one iPhone 6. Fortunately, i backed up my data in iTunes but now iTunes is not restoring from backup by saying i'm using an older version iOS 12.8.4. Is there any way to restore my iOS 14 backup to my iPhone 6(iOS12.4.8).

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Posted on Oct 5, 2020 3:59 AM

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Posted on Oct 5, 2020 4:15 AM

No, unfortunately. You cannot restore a backup made on a higher version of iOS than is running on the device you are trying to restore to. Don't think there's a way round that.

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How to restore iOS 14 backup to iOS 12.8.4

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