Can I get iOS 18.7.3 WITHOUT public beta??
iPhone SE, iOS 18
If that is the case then it makes me curious as to why 18.7.3 is available as a beta update to download and install on a phone capable of running iOS 26 if what you’re claiming is true? Why provide a beta update if it won’t be followed by a release?
Currently running 18.7.2 on a 15 Pro
After a long talk with Apple support this afternoon Apple has decreed that any iPhone capable of running 26 can only have the update option of 26. They will not allow the 18.7.3 to be installed on these iPhones.
So 3 options all of them bad:
1 Stay with 18.7.2 so your phone is open to malware.
2 Try to find a used XS in decent condition. XS can’t run 26 so will accept the 18.7.3 update. Problem is not clear from what Apple is saying how long XS will be suported.
3 Tell Apple to perform the anatomically impossible act and buy an Android phone. I have an Android tablet and doing things on it is much more logical for me than on the iPhone. But of course major problem is losing all the information I have assembled on my iPhone. And most (all?) Android phones are not supported with O/S updates for as long as iPhones.
No good choice.
Or the obvious solution, update to iOS 26. You will not find any update going back through the years here on this support site when some user did not like the update, yet they managed just fine and come to like it so much that when the next update comes along, they want the one they previously did not like. Yes, it happened last year when iOS 18 was released and goes back every year before that too.
Next year it will be iOS 26 that users want to go back to after an update. It is as predictable as the sun rising in the morning.
18.7.3 is only available for units incapable of 26 or above. No iPhone SE will provide the option of installing it.
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Thanks for your reply. I thought I wouldn’t be able to do it but also I thought someone might come up with a solution!!
How to get iOS 18.7.3 ??
