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Why am I not allowed to get iOS 11 on my iPhone 7

Why am I not allowed to get IOS 11 on my iPhone 7

iPhone 7, iOS 15

Posted on Jun 13, 2023 2:30 PM

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Your iPhone 7 has iOS 15 installed.


The current most up to date software is iOS 16. The iPhone 7 does not have enough storage or memory to run iOS 16. In simple terms, the iPhone 7 is too old.


If you want to run iOS 16, you need an iPhone 8 or higher model

Posted on Jun 13, 2023 2:37 PM

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Why am I not allowed to get iOS 11 on my iPhone 7

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