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Member's of 2nd Wave. 9:40 crew. This is what we will be going through. Expect no more activity for a while now. The scanning below will not be shown as Apple has told UPS not to release it until Thursday. However, this is exactly what will be happening today. Read from Bottom and up.

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Woke up to some great news, and then 45 minutes later, even more movement in China. Also was able to put my UPS CC Hold request in...probably about the earliest I've ever been able to put the hold request in. My paid UPS My Choice membership expires 10/06 - so just in time. :cool:

At 6:40am, I only had the earlier two updates. Then checking now, it's at the customs clearance facility. On to the flight tracking with you all! Gotta hit back to page 291 and start catching up.

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Members of 9:40 crew! I expect to see Arrived at Facility stamp within 30-45 minutes. Depending on the traffic and road conditions. Expect an arrival scan soon!

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Mine just has arrived at facility hub 10 mins later!
09/11/2022
9:50 P.M.
On the Way
Arrived at Facility
ZhengZhou, China
09/11/2022
9:40 P.M.
Departed from Facility
ZhengZhou, China
 
Member's of 2nd Wave. 9:40 crew. This is what we will be going through. Expect no more activity for a while now. The scanning below will not be shown as Apple has told UPS not to release it until Thursday. However, this is exactly what will be happening today.

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The next scan will be "Departed from Facility" Which will be from CGO, Zhangzhou International Airport. Don't expect to receive that stamp anytime soon.
 
Hi y'all! Excited to be on this journey with everyone! Was able to track my package by reference number but UPS My Choice isn't working for me so I'm guessing I'm with everyone on the 2nd wave.
Give it 2-3 hours it will let you access it. It takes time for the system to register it.
 
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Question and it's somewhat of an aside. How are you planning to move from your existing iPhone to the new iPhone? My initial conditions will be, I think, old iPhone has iOS 16, new iPhone has iOS 15.something. I backup my existing phone to iCloud. I think what will happen is that I can choose that backup but the system will say that the new phone needs updating and I'll have the option to do that then. I don't think it works the same with with an iTunes backup. My existing iPhone, a 12 PM, uses an eSim. What do you think?

The new iPhone should already have iOS 16 from factory. You just need to backup your current device to iCloud. During the transfer, it will ask you if you want to convert or transfer eSIM. If not, go to your carrier website and do a change/update sim where it should give you an option to enter physical SIM card number or eSIM. If you selected the option to connect your carrier for the preorder, there should also be an eSIM on the new device. There are these options restore your data to new device.

1. Restore from iCloud on new device (data and redownload all apps automatically)
2. Device transfer using the camera dongle cable
3. Start as new, sign into iCloud to resync all your data, redownload apps manually as needed

I go with option 3 since I wouldn’t want all 300+ apps to be redownload automatically so I’ll just download as needed. After set up and cellular is working as it should, make sure to migrate Authenticator apps to new device since it won’t automatically when you sign into those apps.
 
Right now, I can change the delivery to a new address, but only to a neighbor near my old house.

It looks like I can change delivery to a UPS location near me in VA, but not the local CC.

Looks like my best bet may be the neighbor route and then have one of my kid’s go over and grab it immediately to overnight to me.
 
3. Start as new, sign into iCloud to resync all your data, redownload apps as needed

I go with option 3 since I wouldn’t want all 300+ apps to be reloaded so I’ll just download as needed. After set up and cellular is working as it should, make sure to migrate Authenticator apps to new device.
I agree with this. This is the most efficient and effective way.
 
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