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Does my phone need to be locked while updating

Does my phone need to be locked while updating? I feel like back in the day it said on the screen that it needed to be locked in order to finish updating but it doesn’t say that anymore.


iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Apr 3, 2023 9:58 AM

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Posted on Apr 3, 2023 10:06 AM

Beautiful-Tragedy3 wrote:

Does my phone need to be locked while updating? I feel like back in the day it said on the screen that it needed to be locked in order to finish updating but it doesn’t say that anymore.


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/4c38787d-908b-4051-92dc-d2c0ced809ad

No but you'll need to plug phone to power source in order to update.

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Apr 3, 2023 10:06 AM in response to Beautiful-Tragedy3

Beautiful-Tragedy3 wrote:

Does my phone need to be locked while updating? I feel like back in the day it said on the screen that it needed to be locked in order to finish updating but it doesn’t say that anymore.


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/4c38787d-908b-4051-92dc-d2c0ced809ad

No but you'll need to plug phone to power source in order to update.

Does my phone need to be locked while updating

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