Well, I still don't have any clear answer about Quick Start. But I did just find this about restoring from a backup made on a different device:
Can I use my device's backup for another kind of device, like an iPhone backup for an iPad?
You can restore a device from a backup of another kind of...
Well, J.A., that sounds pretty definitive. But just to be clear, are you also saying that Quick Start cannot make a direct transfer of any data from an iPhone to an iPad?
If an Apple support person had told me that from the start, I could have saved a hell of a lot of time. It would also be...
I am posting this after spending hours on many days with 7 different Apple support people, and waiting a week for a call that never came from higher level support. No one has said what I want to do is unusual or can't work.
Background:
I have a brand new iPad Mini gen 6 purchased directly from...