update IOS 10 to IOS 11 for Iphone 5S

I have an Iphone 5S it runs IOS 10.2.1 I wish to update to IOS 11 but not 12 is this possible?

iPhone 5s, iOS 10

Posted on Apr 25, 2019 7:12 PM

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Posted on Apr 25, 2019 7:15 PM

Are you sure it is a 5S? The iPhone 5s is compatible with iOS 12. You can only update to the latest iOS for your device. In this case it is iOS 12.2. You cannot update that device to iOS 11. It is no longer approved by Apple.

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Apr 25, 2019 7:15 PM in response to Picallopete

Are you sure it is a 5S? The iPhone 5s is compatible with iOS 12. You can only update to the latest iOS for your device. In this case it is iOS 12.2. You cannot update that device to iOS 11. It is no longer approved by Apple.

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Apr 26, 2019 1:00 AM in response to seanfromllanelli

Hi, I am new to iphone and using an old phone for a new business. I don't want to slow down the phone with the newIOS12 when I just wanted to get outlook that needs IOS11. So was hoping to be able to select the IOS11 and update to that. There may be better ways to do this but I don't know them.

I also wanted to get a free business card scanner or such like that would put the details into phone contacts not as a separate file again don't know which, Adobe scan seemed good but I think it also needed IOS11.

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Apr 26, 2019 1:10 AM in response to Picallopete

Hi. Dear brother this is not possible. The reason for this is because when Apple releases an iOS it is valid until the next OS is released. This mean that when iOS 11 was released it was valid until iOS 12. Now since Apple is going to release iOS 12.3 in few weeks then even iOS 12.2 will no longer be available for iPhone.

So in short we can say that you can't update your iPhone 5s to iOS 11 instead you will have to update it to latest possible version of iOS.

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May 2, 2019 2:49 AM in response to Picallopete

I had iPhone 5s. I updated to iOS 11 and i found it slower then after the release of iOS 12 i updated and it became even faster. Speed, Rebooting, wifi, cellular, Apps and all other functions became super faster. I'll prefer you to update iPhone to iOS 12.

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