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Jennie2515 Author

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Fake iPhone updates

Has anyone downloaded a fake apple update? My son did on his iPhone X an now it’s not working at all.. Can it be fixed?

iPhone X

Posted on Aug 7, 2020 10:05 AM

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Phil0124

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Posted on Aug 7, 2020 11:27 AM

What do you mean a fake update? There's no such things as fake updates.

All updates are pushed by Apple directly, and there's no way for any one to push an update to a device outside of the Apple servers. So no chance of an actual update being fake.

If he did something to the iPhone you are going to have to explain what it was. It was definitely not a fake update.

Did he maybe update to iOS 14 Beta? Its not a fake update, its just a testing phase update, which is expected to have issues.

Normally a restore should fix most issues you may encounter. Including removing any potential jailbreaks if that is what he did. Jailbreaking is not an update.

You can try to restore it following the steps here: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support

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