my friend is running iOS 4.3 and she wants to use iMessage, not any other third party app like iMessage, and without having to update because she doesn't have enough free space for the latest update. I have read in places that you can use iMessage on iOS 4 and later. She has FaceTime and says she any find the iMessage icon, so how does she get it, if it's possible? Thanks
If she has FaceTime she has a 4G iPod and thus she can update her iPod to the current iOS 6.0.1. See:
iOS 4: Updating your device to iOS 5 or later
She needs a computer with iTunes 10.7 or later. If she has a Mac, she needs OSX 10.6.8 or later.
To run iMessage on an iOS device, you need to update to iOS 5 or later. I suppose it's possible to run it on an older OS with a jailbreak, but you'll have to look beyond these forums for that info.
Has your friend looked at what is taking up all of her space? She might be able to delete an app or two that she's not using. It's not just music and videos that take up space; sometimes apps eat up a lot of data.
See Settings --> General --> Usage. This will show you how much data is being used by each app.
Thanks, so it's impossible to have iMessage on iOS 4.3 without a jailbreak? She definitely cannot update her iOS to 6 because of the space it requires, her apps aren't taking up too much room and she needs all of them anyway. It's only an 8GB so there's not a heap of room anyway. Without jail breaking or updating, can she have iMessage?
iOS 6 requires very little more storage space than the current iOS on her iPod.
If she uses music she can compress the music so they they up less storage.
how to get iMessage on an older iOS version?
