Ways to Set Up New iPhone 8

iPhone 8 will be released in a few month, many people are waitting for its release and plan to get one. Also they may also want to know how to set up iPhone 8, so in this article, we’ll focus on teach you the ways to set up new iPhone 8. follow this page.

The first thing we will do when buy a new iPhone or iPhone 8 that we’ll need to set up it before using it, for former iPhone user, they have the experience of set up it. But for new iPhone user, they may don’t know how to set up their iPhone 8. don’t worry, now you can read and save this page when you check it, and we’ll show you the ways to set up new iPhone 8.

Backup Old iPhone Data

Firstly, we’ll need to backup our old iPhone data, in case we lost them, and we can trasnfer those old iPhone data to our new iPhone 8. and for backup old iPhone data, there are three ways for you. That is backup them with iTunes, iCloud and third-party software.

If you don’t know how to backup them with those three ways, you can refer to below article for reference:

Backup Text Messages on iPhone SE

Set Up iPhone 8

Now we’ll learn some tips about how to set up your iPhone 8, follow below steps:

1.Open pick up your iPhone 8, and press powr button and hold on to open it, then it will shows Hello on your screen, and the option “Slide to Set Up”.

2.now you can choose the language you need to set, also choose the country.

3.then find a wifi network environment and connect your iPhone 8 with Wifi to continue the set up process. Also you’ll need to insert your SIM card and locate your location.

4.now we’ll need to set the Touch ID password to open our iPhone or use fingerprint to unlock it.

5.now you can continue with set up with a new iPhone if you have no data need to restore. And if you need to restore your old iPhone data, you can choose restore data from iTunes backup or restore data from iCloud backup.

6.now set up your Apple ID and password, and accept iOS terms, then set up your Siri according to its instruction.

Then your iPhone 8 will be finished set up, and you can use it now.

Tips: when you lost or deleted some of your iPhone data occasionally, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and it allows us to preview them before restoring.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



For detailed steps, you can refer to below article for reference:

Download WeChat Chat History from iTunes Backup

Backup Text Messages on iPhone SE

“I have an iPhone SE, there are many text messages on it. Now i want to backup those text messages on my iPhone SE, how could i do it?”

Although chat app is very popular now, still many people are using text messages to send important information. And with a number of text message we send and receive every day, our Message app will be full of messages, and some of them we’ll need to keep them save, so some people may think about backup text messages. And in this article, we’ll show you how to backup text messages on iPhone SE with different ways.

Follow it and backup your text messages.

Screenshot Text Messages

If you only need to backup several of your text messages, the easiest way to backup it is screenshot your text messages, then save them.

1.open your text message app on your iPhone SE, find the messages you need to save.

2.open it, then press home button and power button together, then you can find your message screenshot from your photo app.

3.if you couldn’t find it, screenshot it again. And if you have other messages need to be save, repeat this process.

Backup Text Messages on iTunes and iCloud

iTunes and iCloud are recommend by Apple, so many people are using it do backup iPhone data, but it just doesn’t support us to backup them selectively, so we’ll backup the whole folder. See below steps.

For iCloud:

1.connect your iPhone SE with Wifi, go to Setting--iCloud, log in it with your Apple ID and password.

2.when log in, turn on iCloud server, and tap on “Backup” at the buttom, then confirm with “Backup Now”

Wait for a minutes, the time will depends on the files you’re backup.

For iTunes:

1.Launching iTunes, connect your iPhone SE with PC. Go to Files--Summary, then tap on “Backup Now” on the right page, and confirm with “Backup”.

2.if you’re using Mac, you can go to Files--Device--Backup, and choose the files to backup.



Selectively Backup Text Messages with Third-party Software

If you want to selectively backup your text messages, and don’t want to back any other data, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is an excellent iOS data recovery software, which can recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and it allows us to preview them before restoring.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone SE with PC. Click “Recover from iOS Device”, then tap on “Start” to begin the backup process.



Step 2. then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, click “Text Message” icon, and it’ll be scanned by the software.



Step 3. wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can preview and choose text messages you need to backup, tap on “Recover to PC”.



Remark: if you lost or deleted some of your iPhone messages or other iPhone data, you can also come to iRefone for help.

For detailed steps, you can check below article:

Recover Messages without iPhone Backup Password

Extract Call History from Broken iPhone

“I have an iPhone, which is very old, and i only use it for phone calls. Now it’s broken, i don’t want to fix it any more. But the call history are very import for me, I want to extract those call history from my broken iPhone. Any suggestions?”

“I’m sales, every day I’ll make many phone calls and also i will receive many phone calls, sometimes i just forget to save some phone number. Now my iPhone is broken, how could i extract those call history from my broken iPhone?”

As many people are inquirying about how to extract call history from broken iPhone, in this article, we will show you how to do it with two ways. But it requires your iPhone can still be connected with PC or be open.

Extract Call History from Broken iPhone with iTunes

When our iPhone can still be connected with PC, we can use iTunes to help us.

1.Launching iTunes, connect your broken iPhone with PC. When it’s recognized, go to Files--Summary.

2.tap on “Backup Now” on the right page, and confirm with “Backup”.

When finish backup, you can find those files from below folder address:

For Windows: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup
For Mac ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

Remark: as you can see, it will help us backup many other data as well, so we’ll need to pick up our backup files.

Extract Call History Directly from Broken iPhone

If you want to extract only your call history, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is a best iOS data recovery software, it can help us recover more than 16 kinds of files with three recovery mode, that is Recover from iOS Device, Recover from iTunes Backup and Recover from iCloud Backup. Like contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, WeChat messages ect.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your broken iPhone with PC. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, click “Start”.



Step 2. Then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, click “Call History” icon, and it’ll be scanned.



Step 3. Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can preview and choose call historyou need, tap on “Recover to PC”.



For more similar issue, you can check below article for reference:

Recover Call History from A Water Dropped iPhone

Check Deleted History on iPhone 7

Lost contacts, notes, messages on iPhone? How do you check your deleted history on iPhone 7?

“I have a habit of delete messages or photos on my iPhone 7 when i don’t need it any more, because i think they will take storage of my iPhone, and make my iPhone look mass up. But things are different now, i need to check those deleted history on my iPhone 7. What should i do?”

Don’t worry, when with the help of third-party iOS data recovery software iRefone, it’ll be much easier. iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can not only help us recover deleted iPhone history, it can also help us backup them selectively. Also it can help us extract iPhone data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and it allows us to preview them before restoring.

In order to check your deleted history, now we’ll need to download and install the free trial version of iRefone to have a try.



Check Deleted History on iPhone 7

Now follow below steps and have a try.

Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, click “Start”.



Step 2. now we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, click “Message” icon for example, and it’ll be scanned by the software.



Step 3. Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can preview and choose messages you need, tap on “Recover to PC”.



If you have done backups on iTunes and iCloud backup, we can also help you restore your deleted history from your backups with or without backup.

For detailed steps, you can check below article:

Extract iPhone messages from iTunes to PC

How to Post iPhone Videos to Facebook

“I took a video on my iPhone, now i want to post them on my Facebook. How to post iPhone videos to Facebook?”

Facebook are adding many new users everyday, and we’d like to post videos to show something lively. But the problem is some people don’t know how to post iPhone videos to Facebook. What should you do when you want to post video to Facebook?

No search any more, here we’ll show you some methods about how to post iPhone videos to Facebook. Follow below steps and have a try.

Post Videos through your Photo Album

We can post videos like we share photos on our iPhone photo album.

1.Find the videos we need to post to Facebook on our iPhone photo album.

2.Then tap on the box image icon which is with a arrow on it, and tap on “Share”.

3.Then choose “Facebook” from the options to share it. After edit or text some messages, you can confirm with “Share”.

Then your video will be post on Facebook. Easy, right?

Post Videos Via Facebook

We can also post videos through Facebook directly, see below steps:

1.Open Facebook app on your iPhone, and log in it with your Facebook ID and password.

2.Find the menu button on your left top corner and open it out, then find Photo option at the bottom.

3.Tap on it, and add new photo or videos by clicking “+” icon at the top right corner.

4.Then it will appear two options for us, that is “Take a Photo or Video” and “Choosing Exiting”. Then tap on “Choosing Exiting”.

5.Now you can choose the videos from your iPhone photo album.

6.If you need you can also edit some description, then tap on “Post”.

Now you videos will be post on Facebook. How is your trying now?

Tips: when you need to backup your iPhone photos, videos or other iPhone data, or you want to extract them from your iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, which can recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and it allows us to preview them before restoring.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



For detailed steps, you can refer to below article:

Ways to Access iPhone Photos in iCloud

Access Group Messages from iCloud Backup

Want to view your group messages from iCloud backup? Do you know how to access group messages from iCloud backup?

Generally, we couldn’t access our iCloud backup directly, so we couldn’t view our iPhone data from iCloud backup directly. But someone may see we can log in iCloud on PC, when we can see it, but with small image icon, and we couldn’t see it clearly. What should we do? If so, why should we done backup on iCloud?

Don’t be sad, there are two ways can help us access group messages from iCloud backup. And we’ll show you in this page, but if you want to access and view group messages directly from iCloud backup, you can just refer to method two in below page.

Method 1. Restore Group Messages from iCloud Backup

As we could access iCloud backup directly, but we can restore those group messages from it first, then we check it.

1.Open your iPhone, and connect it with Wifi.

2.Go to Setting--General--Erase All Content and Settings, when all content and settings are erased, go to set up assistant with a hello screen.

3.Swipe to begin the set up progress, choose the files you need. Tap on “Restore Backup”, and confirm with “Restore”.



Remark: it doesn’t support us to restore our iPhone data selectively, and it will need us to erase all content and settings. So if you’re afraid of losing some other iPhone data, you can backup them first.

Method 2. Access Group Messages from iCloud Directly

Here, if you want to access your group messages from iCloud backup directly and selectively, we’ll need the help of iRefone.

iRefone is an excellent iOS data recovery software, which can recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and it allows us to preview them before restoring.

And it can be compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod, now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, choose “Recover from iCloud Backup”, and log in it with your Apple ID and password.



Step 2. When log in, we can see all your backup files on your iCloud, click “Download” at the end of the files you need.



Step 3. After downloading, we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, click “Message” icon, and it’ll be scanned by the software.



Step 4. Wait a few seconds for scanning and analyzing, then you can preview and choose group messages you need, tap on “Recover to PC”.



Remark: when you lost some messages or other iPhone data without any backup,iRefone can also help you retrieve them.

For detailed steps, you can check below article for reference:

Recover Lost iPhone Messages after Updating to iOS 10?

Create Text Shortcuts on iPhone 7

So tired of edit similar words on your text messages? Now in this article, we will show you some how to create text shortcut on iPhone 7?

Create text shortcut on iPhone can help us same some time and work efficiently, so when we heard that we can create text shortcuts on iPhone, many people are trying it, especially those people who use text messages so much. Are you ready to create shortcuts on your iPhone 7?

Now follow below steps and learn about how to do it.

Create Text Shortcuts on iPhone 7

It can be also called “Text Replacement”, and you can create it with words, long phrase, URL ect. After creating it, you don’t need to text those words every time, and you just need to input the key word, and it will show up the “Text replacement” you can created, then choose it, and send it will be ok.

1.Open your iPhone 7.

2.Go to Setting--General--Keyboard, then go to “Text Replacement”.



3.Then in the new interface, tap on “+” icon on the top right corner.

4.Then edit the phrase you need to create, and tap on “Save” when you finish it.

Use Text Shortcuts

When you have created some text shortcuts, and want to use it. You can follow below steps.

1.Open your message app.

2.Input the keywords on the edit words part above keyboard.

3.Then it will show some phrases you have created with those keywords, then select the one you need.

4.After selecting it, you can still edit it if you want to change some words.



Remark: when you want to backup some of your text messages or other iPhone data, or you lost or deleted some of your text messages, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, which can recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, WeChat messages ect. Also it can extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and it allows us to preview them before restoring.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



For detailed steps, you can refer to below article:

Recover Messages without iPhone Backup Password

Retrieve Text Messages without iPhone

“I’m so hurry to catch my train, so i suppose i lost my iPhone. But now there are some text messages are very important for me, is it possible for me to retrieve text messages without iPhone?”

“It’s really a headache that when i lost some of my iPhone data, because I’m not good at recovering them and playing those new tech. So i listened my friends advice and did some backups on my iTunes and iCloud. But how could i recover them from my backups when i don’t have the iPhone any more?”

As you have inquired about this issue, in this page, we’ll show you some ways about how to retrieve text messages without iPhone for example. now we’ll briefly introduce you iRefone, which is a professional iOS data recovery software.

It can recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and it allows us to preview them before restoring.

Also it can be compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod. Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Retrieve Text Messages from iTunes Backup

iRefone can help us recover our lost text messages from iTunes backup, and it allows us to preview them selectively.

Step 1. Run iRefone, launching your iTunes. Choose “Recover from iTunes Backup”, then all your backup files on iTunes will show up.




Step 2. Now click “Select” at the end of the files you need, then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, click “Message” icon, and it’ll be scanned by the software.



Step 3. Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can preview and choose text messages you need, tap on “Recover to PC”.



Retrieve Text Messages from iCloud

Now with the help of iCloud, we can restore text messages from iCloud backup selectively, and it doesn’t need us to erase all content and settings.

Step 1. Run iRefone, choose “Recover from iCloud Backup”, log in it with your Apple ID and password.



Step 2. When log in, all your backup files on iCloud will show up. Click “Download” at the end of the files you need.



Step 3. When finish downloading, new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover will show up. Tap on “Message” icon, and it’ll be scanned by the software.



Step 4. Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can preview and choose text messages you need, tap on “Recover to PC”.



For more similar issue, you can refer to below article:

Transfer Text Messages from iPhone to PC

Ways to use iPhone as magnifying glass

Glass can reflect many different aspect of goods, like camera glass can be used to magnify something for us. Now you may know we’re going to talk about some ways to use iPhone as magnifying glass.

When we take photos with our iPhone camera, we will find out that when we need to take something far away clear, we can use our fingers to enlarge the screen, then we can take a photo with detailed information for some point. In this way, we can find out that iPhone camera can help us magnify goods, so that is magnifying glass.

Now in this article, we’ll show you some ways to use iPhone as magnifying glass.

Use iPhone Camera as Magnifying Glass

As we said iPhone camera can be used for us to checking something small, and take a photo with it clearly.

But it will require the pixel of our iPhone camera, so the higher pixel of iPhone camera, the better of magnifying feature.

Now you just need to open your Camera App on iPhone, focus it on the part you need to magnifying, then use your finger to enlarge the screen, then it will be ok.

Turn on Magnifying Feature

Also there is a magnifying feature on iPhone, then we can turn it on and use it as magnifying glass. And we can achieve better magnifying results when open our camera.

Now we’ll see how to use it.

Go to Setting--General--Accessibility--Magnifier, turn it on. When it’s on, the color will be green.

Now you can open your Camera to have a try, also it allows you to adjust light and color by swiping the three circle icon.



Also we can use camera to video something and take live photos, if you want to know more about it, just have a try.

Remark: when you lost or deleted some data on iPhone, or you want to backup them selectively on iPhone, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, which can recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and it allows us to preview them before restoring, now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



For detailed steps, you can refer to below article:

How to do frozen WeChat account messages recovery

Lost photos on iPhone after Factory reset, what to do?

How do you know about factory reset? What to do when lost photos on iPhone after factory reset?

Although factory reset doesn’t seem to be a good way, but actually it can help us do some iPhone troubleshooting to solve some software issue. So there are still many people will try it, even it may make them lost some of their iPhone data.

If we couldn’t avoid this issue, now we can learn something about how to recover lost photos on iPhone after factory reset. See below steps.

Recover Lost iPhone Photos from Backups

If you have some backups before doing factory reset, things will be much easier. Because we can restore our lost iPhone photos from those backups even we lost them on iPhone.

For iTunes:

Launching your iTunes, connect your iPhone with PC. And click iPhone image icon, go to Files--Summary, then you can see all your backup files on left side bar. Click “Restore Backup” on the right page, and confirm with “Restore”.



For iCloud:

Now connect your iPhone with Wifi, go to Setting--General--Erase All Content and Settings, when all content and settings are erased, go to set up assistant with a hello screen.

Swipe to begin the set up progress, choose the files you need, tap on “Restore Backup”, and confirm with “Restore”.



Remark: it just doesn’t support us to restore them selectively, and it will need us to erase all content and settings, so we may lost some other iPhone data.

Recover Lost iPhone Photos from iPhone Selectively

If there is no backups, and also there is no third-party iOS data recovery software, it’s not possible for us to recover them. Fortunately, there are some third-party iOS data recovery software can help us with it, like iRefone.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can help us recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us recover them with three recovery mode, that is Recover from iOS Device, Recover from iTunes Backup and Recover from iCloud Backup.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, click “Start”.



Step 2. Then new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover will show up. Tap on “Photo” icon, and it’ll be scanned by the software.



Step 3. Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can preview and choose your lost photos you need, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose folder path to save them.



Remark: if you have backups on iTunes and iCloud, and you need to restore them from your backups selectively, you can also come to iRefone for help.

View Family Photos from iCloud on Mother’s Day