
I got new iPhone X and backed up my old iPhone to iCloud. How do I restore iCloud texts to new phone? Please I really need your help! Thanks!
With the development of iOS and the releasing of new Apple products, many Apple fans may change their iPhone. However, they usually suffer from the same problem of restoring the old data to new iPhone. Restoring the whole iCloud backup can be conducive to solving this trouble easily, however, this will erase all the existing data and settings on your present device. Don’t be panic. Today, I will show you an effective way to restore old texts to new iPhone X with iCloud with the help of iFonebox.
iFonebox is a professional and reliable iOS data recovery software which allows you to access iCloud backup file and recover iPhone lost files even if you don't have your iPhone/iPad with you currently. You are allowed to recover as many as 17 file types like photos, videos, contacts, notes, safari bookmarks, call logs, reminders, calendar events, messages from WeChat/WhatsApp, and more.
Below are some of its highly useful features:
- It supports to preview the deleted data before performing recovery
- You can use the program to recover your lost or deleted data even iOS 12 is running on your iPhone
- Supports the latest iOS 12 beta 9 and almost all the iOS devices including iPhone X
- It has three powerful recovery modes: recover from iOS device, recover from iTunes backup, recover from iCloud backup
- It’s quite easy to operate all thanks to its clear interface
- Selectively retrieve without losing any current data
Download the free and trial version to have a try! iFonebox has two available versions: Windows version and Mac version. Please make sure to install the right version for your computer. Once you have installed the program, next I will show you how to extract old messages from iCloud backup to new iPhone X.
Step one: Run iFonebox and enter your Apple ID
Connect your iPhone X to computer and run the program, then just click the “Recover from iCloud Backup” at the top right of the software. You’ll be asked to sign in with your Apple ID account and password correctly.

Step two: Download data from iCloud backup
After you have selected an iCloud backup to download, it will start the downloading process. You can select all to download.

Step three: Scan data
Click on “Messages” icon to start scanning automatically. It will take some time, you should wait patiently.

Step four: Preview and download data
Now you can select the text messages you want and click “Recover to device”, then the instruction is accomplished.
