![]() Once at the home screen, initiate and complete iCloud backup by going through Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > iCloud Backup > Backup Now.Once enrolled, make sure to ensure that an iCloud account is signed in to allow for backups.As you setup the new iPhone, make sure you go through enrollment via Device Enrollment Program/Apple Business Manager/Apple School Manager (or DEP/ABM/ASM for brevity going forward).Open an unconfigured iPhone (completely reset) and setup the iPhone as a new phone.The first attempt of steps to reproduce the issue: There are going to be a lot of steps here for you to reproduce the issue and a subsequent number of steps if you want to work around the issue. The problem: This iPhone is supervised…even after a restore!īefore I continue, note that the following scenario was tested in iOS 12 & iOS 13 and with a MDM profile that was set to be unremovable. Sure, you can just tell the user to erase and setup the phone as new, but reconfiguring an iPhone can be quite a lot to ask of someone! In any case, this blog post is not about the merits of mixing personal and corporate data on one device so that’s all I’ll say on the matter. It’s not unreasonable for someone who is getting gifted a company phone to perhaps want to retain the settings, apps and data on the phone that are personal without having any of the company data on it restored. You might argue, the user should not keep any personal data on a company phone, but the lines get blurred especially as most people prefer to carry one device. The process of personalizing an iPhone can be quite convoluted in some scenarios because there are some remnants that get left behind if you try to simply restore the data on the iPhone after an erase and restore. You would think this would be very simple, but unfortunately it’s not. Apple walks you through the steps of releasing a iOS device from Apple Business Manager with a final note stating: “ After a device is released, it must be erased and restored.” ![]() The first thing that you as an IT administrator want to do is most likely ensure the device is no longer managed and contains no company data. In some organizations, some employees are provided a company purchased iPhone and then allowed to keep it after a certain time has passed.
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