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“This update requires a WiFi network connection to download.” message when I try to update my iPad

My wife's iPad mini 6 hasn't loaded the last 2 ipadOS updates with this message being the explanation. The iPad has a strong Wi-Fi Connection.


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iPad mini (6th generation)

Posted on Jul 15, 2023 7:27 AM

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Posted on Jul 18, 2023 9:52 PM

Am I crazy or did Apple Customer Support not address the issue. The update says it can’t install with out a Wi-Fi connection even though you have one. And all they can do is first ramble on about how to fix your Wi-Fi connection. Then they give you a possible workaround. Never once did they even mention the actual problem (which my son has on his iPhone 13 and I have on my iPad 11).

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Mar 1, 2024 7:38 PM in response to TheResortKeeper

Yesterday night I tried uppdating to 17.3.1 from 16.6 for my ipad mini 6 and found similar issue where it was connected to wi fi router ( 5 GHz band) with valid IP, was in charging (less than 100%), and storage is around 12 GB free. The update required 3.5 GB space. Multiple restart did not help.

This morning after going through this forum I tried switching my connection to a 2.4 GHz band just to get another IP though the last one was working fine.

Post connecting to a different ssid in the same router now the issue is fixed and update has started. I believe 2 points can be considered here, It may not be an issue with 5 GHz band at all and refreshing the IP might have worked alone. Secondly, when the udate started it was 100 % charged which was not the case earlier. SME’s may answer better in this cocern however, the issue is resolved the way I described above.


“This update requires a WiFi network connection to download.” message when I try to update my iPad

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