What do I do if I don’t have a computer and I have an iPhone 5 and a 6 plus that are refusing to update in the App Store or manually through Settings?

What do I do if I don’t have a computer and I have an iPhone 5 and a 6 plus that are refusing to update in the App Store or manually through Settings? all of my apps quit working too. Or most of them anyway.

iPhone 5s, iOS 12

Posted on May 6, 2023 10:54 PM

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Posted on May 6, 2023 11:00 PM

Which iOS version is running on those iPhones?

Neither of those iPhones can be updated beyond iOS 12.5.7

You will need a newer model iPhone to update to iOS 15/16

The apps that are not working on your iPhone 6 Plus is because those apps probably need iOS version 13 or newer to run.


Axel F.

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