Wow, replacing a destroyed iPhone is quite the ordeal. You can't log in to restore backup since it needs to text a verification code to the phone that isn't set up yet if you don't have another iOS device. And you can't set up cellular before restoring a backup. - ThreadSky

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patmeenan.com • 18 days ago

Wow, replacing a destroyed iPhone is quite the ordeal.

You can't log in to restore backup since it needs to text a verification code to the phone that isn't set up yet if you don't have another iOS device.

And you can't set up cellular before restoring a backup.

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patmeenan.com•18 days ago

Before it comes up, sending the code to the email for the account is theoretically an option but it follows that with a need to verify by texting a code....

Feels a lot like the teams working on it live in a bubble where not having multiple iOS devices isn't conceivable.

theweeklyedition.xyz•18 days ago

Thank you. Now I have a reason to *never* split my family off my personal account (we all share and deal with it, no one in the EU uses iMessage anyway)

andydavies.me•18 days ago

I’ve always wondered about this process especially as I often travel with my phone, ipad and macbook

I settled for leaving an old phone in the drawer as a back up - turn it on every couple of months to check it still works

ssg.dev•18 days ago

doesn’t emergency backup contact or recovery code work?

patmeenan.com•18 days ago

Not an option that came up in the new device setup flow. All paths ended with trying to text a code to the phone number. Only other path would have been a 3-5 day wait to link it to a different number.

ssg.dev•18 days ago

i meant “recovery contact”. it may not be the same thing as “emergency backup contact”.

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