So I heard about this important update to keep my old phones working... I have a few around that I use as sound recorders etc.
But my iPhone 5 won’t update past iOS 8. The current y2k-type problem supposedly isn’t fixed until iOS 10.3.4... and the Apple bulletin suggests I should be able to get there normally, by updating through the app store?
iPhone 5
iOS updates are never performed through the iOS App Store. They are performed either over-the-air or using (a current version of) iTunes (or Finder if you use MacOS Catalina) as follows:
Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
There is no iPhone model that was ever produced that is maxed out at any version of iOS 8.
iOS updates are never performed through the iOS App Store. They are performed either over-the-air or using (a current version of) iTunes (or Finder if you use MacOS Catalina) as follows:
Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
There is no iPhone model that was ever produced that is maxed out at any version of iOS 8.
Sorry, I said App Store because I’m old, I was referring to the internal Software Update function in the iOS Settings app.
Anyway, iOS Software Update panel was telling me that the update available was only iOS 8.4.1, so I was confused, but when I told it to go ahead, it seems to have completed the update and now it’s offering me to update to 10.3.4... so it was apparently an intermediate step.
(in the olden days, Software Update was its own function in the Apple Menu up to OS 9 I think, then it was replaced in that menu by the App Store when updating moved there... and so I occasionally refer to built-in Apple software updates as the App Store.. a strange quirk I know)
sberman wrote:
Settings > General > Software Update, which is still around in iOS 13, has been around for many years.
Yes but as I said my brain is still stuck on OS 10.6.5. and so I transpose
“software update” with “app store.”
:-P
Hmm I totally forgot about the “Mac OS X Software” menu item...
In said it's a y2k-type problem, not a y2k problem... that's how I heard it referred to, meaning there's a register of some kind that can't roll over properly, and so on a certain date and time, things go kaput.
flick harrison wrote:
(in the olden days, Software Update was its own function in the Apple Menu up to OS 9 I think, then it was replaced in that menu by the App Store when updating moved there
Settings > General > Software Update, which is still around in iOS 13, has been around for many years.
Not sure if you’re reading closely or what. I talked about the old days and your response was to tell me that things had changed long ago, as if I was asking a question about that. No need to help me out with that, thanks.
What is this in response to?
Elitegate wrote:
Yes, but Wi-Fi only iPads do not feature any GPS recievers, they are simply not built in.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210239
"This issue does not affect iPod touch or any iPad models that have Wi-Fi only. It also doesn't affect iOS devices newer than those listed above."
It has nothing-to-do with the Y2K, it's a GPS rollover bug but anyways, if you cannot update over the air on the phone directly, try to update with iTunes on a computer instead:
Get help with iOS updates
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209571
Get help with over-the-air iOS updates
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201435
Get help with iOS update and restore errors
I am completely lost.
Your original question referred to updating an old iPhone.
Your last response refers to updating a Mac (also with a very old operating system).
Yes, but Wi-Fi only iPads do not feature any GPS recievers, they are simply not built in.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210239
"This issue does not affect iPod touch or any iPad models that have Wi-Fi only. It also doesn't affect iOS devices newer than those listed above."
Elitegate wrote:
Again, it's the GPS rollover, no idea what you are talking about,
“The bug, which some has [sic] described as the Y2K of GPS, will cause problems in some GPS receivers such as resetting the time and corrupting location data.”
from https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/06/gps-rollover-is-today-heres-why-devices-might-get-wacky/
I already solved it by running software update twice.
Again, it's the GPS rollover, no idea what you are talking about, but you can update with iTunes, it's usually the safest method to update. Newest / Latest for the iPhone 5 is 10.3.4.
My iPhone 5 won’t update past iOS 8
