Despite the description on Apple's website, Quick Start assists with beginning to restore from any sort of backup. It'sis not a separate process, nor does it only support restoringdistinct method for transferring content from iCloudan old to a new iOS device. It's simply a way of skipping a couple of the more laborious screens in the setup assistant on the new device. It is still necessary to perform the usual steps to ensure that the backup from which you choose to restore is fully up to date. (In particular, the instructions to first unpair any Watch because this "automatically backs up" the Watch, are incomplete at best.)
Using Quick Start, you will skip the following setup assistant screens on the new device:
- Choosing a Wi-Fi network
- Entering your Wi-Fi network password
- Entering your Apple ID for iCloud
- Entering your Apple ID for iTunes and App Stores, if you use a different one
Using Quick Start, you will need to complete the following additional screen on the new device:
- Entering your old device passcode (which you may have to do anyway depending on your setup, regardless of whether you use Quick Start or not)
Quick Start has no effect on how data is restored. You can use Quick Start, then evenmust still choose to restore fromhave first created an Android device — the Wi-Fiup to date backup, and Apple ID will come fromselect that as the device which provided them with Quick Start, then your data will comesource from the Android device (the same applies for iTunes or iCloud backup restoration)which to restore.
