Apple please allow OS update over cellular data control

You are not talking to Apple. this is a user forum.

You're welcome to leave Apple feedback at https://apple.com/feedback

Currently, it is to possible to install any iOS updates using cellular data unless you have an iPhone 12 or newer with a 5G data plan.

This restriction is at the request of the cellular carriers, not a unilateral decision made by Apple.

iphonicc Said:

"Apple please allow OS update over cellular data control: Currently couple thousand of mobile devices in enterprise cannot be updated because usually they are mobile and do not have wifi connection [...]That is why there should be control (MDM based of course) of the logic if and how to download updates over cellular data (especially LTE which is current technology)."

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See my User Tip: Use an iPhone 12 or later, that is using 5G, in order to update over Cellular - User Tip

iphonicc Said:

"Unfortunately this is not helpful as enterprise won't invest milions just to upgrade all 10000 phones AND IPADS to 5G to get proper update management."

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Time to Upgrade to a Newer Model, Perhaps?:

What's builtin is built in. It cannot be upgraded. It is all integrated as one device. So, consider upgrading to a newer, applicable model.

Your presently-available options are an upgrade to a 5G device, or adding MiFi devices, or using Wi-Fi or a computer, or scheduling a device rotation to perform updates.

Logging feedback with Apple and with carriers will be the path for requesting changes for older iPhone 4G devices.

Hello ~ Enterprise? Who do you mean? The company Enterprise? If so they should take that up through the proper channels and not a user forum where we as users certainly have no power to create that sort of change.

~Katana-San~

I'll just come out and say this. This isn't a big issue. This is a process issue that your org needs to address. Either the devices need to be upgraded to allow for this, or you need to continue with what has been available and working for thousands of orgs worldwide for a decade. I can tell you 100% this is not an issue in my org because I have built my workflows to work the way things have reliably worked. I can also tell you that I've seen more issues with devices that try to upgrade over cellular than I ever have seen over wifi, and the ability to do it over cellular has only been around for a little over a year.

Why is this suddenly such a huge problem for you? It's not like this was a capability you had and then lost after purchasing those 10,000 devices...

This is the enterprise forum. There are most certainly better avenues for orgs to get business support.

Hello ~ Thanks for the information and I appreciate the direction.

~Katana-San~