Do you do a "clean install" when you get a new iPhone?

[Luba]

. . . meaning connect your new iPhone to a Mac and have it erase and install a fresh iOS? Probably no point in it. I'm probably imagining incorrectly that there's an issue with installing the iOS en masse at the manufacturing factory.

If there's an iOS update, a "x.0.1" update, that's required after manufacture which happens sometimes, then I do connect it with my Mac to update, and then restore from a backup versus a device-to-device transfer.

I don't know if any of the above really matters though. Thoughts?

 

[Jman13]

no. I did it when I was on Android because their backup solution is pretty terrible. Apple’s backup and restore is so darn good it just seems silly to not take advantage of it.

 

[azhava]

Nope. Way too much work, only to eventually end up at the exact same point (IF you can remember all the settings you've tweaked). The only way I'd do it is if I was experiencing problems with my old phone and wanted to start fresh to hopefully avoid the same problems.

 

[tarsins]

Never have, going back to the - I think - 3G.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

I did once since the 3G, trying to resolve a particular issue. It didn’t help with the issue 😉 so ended up just being a few hours of my life that I’ll never get back.

 

[Luba]

Thanks all, so unless some special circumstance, I will be doing the device-to-device setup from now on.