iPhone 6 Plus will not update to iOS 14

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iPhone 6 Plus will not update to iOS 14

Hello, my IPhone 6 Plus will not update to iOS 14. I have an Apple Watch Series 3 and it will not sun to IPhone because IOS is 12. I tried PC update but it just says IOS is current.

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Posted on Jan 4, 2021 4:48 PM

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Lawrence Finch

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Jan 4, 2021 4:51 PM in response to Tee2001

Tee2001 wrote:

Hello, my IPhone 6 Plus will not update to iOS 14. I have an Apple Watch Series 3 and it will not sun to IPhone because IOS is 12. I tried PC update but it just says IOS is current.

That’s correct. A 6 year old iPhone 6 plus does not have the hardware required to support iOS 14. The current highest version of iOS for it is 12.5.

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Feb 6, 2021 6:06 PM in response to Tee2001

An iPhone can't get past iOS 10.

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Feb 13, 2021 6:03 PM in response to deggie

I do have an IPhone 5 running IOS 14.3. It is asking now if I want to update to IOS 14.4.

Even if my wife’s iPhone 6 will not update to IOS 14, why won’t her apple 3 watch connect or Sync with her iPhone 6? Her iPhone 6 tells her she needs to update her iOS to 14 when trying to connect her apple 3 watch but the iPhone 6 software says she is current with software update 12.

help!!!!!

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Tee2001 Author

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Feb 6, 2021 6:04 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thanks for reply but I have an IPhone 5 and it updated to IOS 14 and I am able to connect my Apple Sires 3 watch.

is there another way to connect my wife’s apple sires 3 watch to her iPhone 6 Plus?

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deggie

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Feb 6, 2021 6:09 PM in response to Tee2001

No, you do not have an iPhone 5 that is running iOS 14.

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Tee2001 Author

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Feb 22, 2021 7:10 PM in response to deggie

Hello, you are correct. It is a IPhone SE.

unfortunately, it was purchased in December as a Christmas gift.

can the apple watch 3 work without the IPhone?

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deggie

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Feb 22, 2021 8:21 PM in response to Tee2001

The iPhone SE can be updated to iOS 14.4

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deggie

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Feb 13, 2021 6:08 PM in response to Tee2001

No, you don't. You may have an iPhone SE, which is sometimes mistakenly referred to as an iPhone 5SE, but no iPhone 5 will run anything past iOS 10.x.x.

If this is a new Apple Watch it is probably running a version of iOS higher than can be used with an iPhone 6. If you purchased it within the last 14 days return it and get your money back.

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iPhone 6 Plus will not update to iOS 14

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