Surprised by an Iphone 4

[hingyfan]

My wife surprised me an iPhone 4. Just lucky I guess.
I updated it on itunes, using my old profile, but most of my apps did not make the transition. And when i tried to DL them anew, the iPhone says they are installed. I need my radio apps! Thanks!

[Xairbusdriver]

Not sure this applies in your case...

1. Open iTunes and connect the old iPhone.
2. Select the iPhone in the "Devices" list.
3. Click the "Apps" 'tab' in the main screen.

Does the old iPhone show all its installed apps?

No: I have no idea!

Yes: Select 'File->"Transfer Purchases from wHATEVERyOUnAMEDyOURiPHONE" .' Hopefully, you can disconnect the old iPhone when the transfer is compete and then plug in your new one. Since it probably has very few third-party apps, you should be able to use the "Sync Apps" checkbox. You should get a warning dialog stating something like "All the apps on your iPhone will be replaced with those showing in the iTunes list." Which is what I think you want. Click "OK" and call me in the morning...

[hingyfan]

Thanks. That sounds good. I was able to manually drag over a couple before i went out.

[hingyfan]

The apps mysteriously appeared on own. I had read that could happen. The music is still missing but i can pick and choose that. Love the camera on this thing already.

[hingyfan]

Thanks Xairbusdriver!
It worked with the apps. The music however has not migrated, even tough i tried to repeat the app steps with the music selected.

[Xairbusdriver]

It's been years since I put any music on my iPhone, but I thought one simply dragged a playlist/song from its display/sidebar onto the iPhone icon. As you can see, I'm a real iPhone power uzr!

[hingyfan]

Well i wanted the the music to move over from the iphone 3. A friend tells me because i manually managed playlists on the old they won't move over. It's no problem as all the stuff is on my iMac. Just have to get around to creating playlists. I need music sometimes because I take the train and some nights it can get noisy. Otherwise I am not a headphones person. For long rides, I also plug the iphone into my car using a cassette (!) adapter. I also listen to internet radio that way. It's amazing what this former audiophile will tolerate.
Anyway, thanks.

[Xairbusdriver]

I always do the "Manual" sync method, myself. I've never trusted computers doing that sort of thing! Of course, I'm the idiot who told iTunes to replace every thing on my iPhone with stuff on my brand new iMac HD which, of course, didn't HAVE anything to update! Fortunately, I was able to get my Contacts and Calendars from Time Machine...