Q: how do i uninstall IOS7
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Nov 5, 2013 5:05 AMby SPQR42,Mark D Larsen wrote:
If anyone is interested, after talking twice to customer support, including two supervisors, and after submitting written feedback twice, a month has gone by without any response from Apple to address my particular situation.
Since my iPhone is now orphaned, and will no longer sync with the very same PowerPC version of iTunes that installed it... today I re-activated my old LG cell phone, de-activated the iPhone, and threw it in a drawer. A very expensive paperweight.
Thanks so much, Apple, for emasculating my iPhone --with nary a warning of the incompatibility with the prompt to upgrade to iOS 7.
Apple don't care . I sent 3 emails to complain that I could not read the text that the animations were sickly and I just wanted to have ios 6 back because my phone was slow and and also the iphone with ios 7 looks like it should belong to a 6 year old girl with the icons. Sadly Apple don't listen or do options you can not question Apple dream ios you just except it or get another phone .
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Nov 5, 2013 5:17 AMby William Kucharski,Bob7677 wrote:
I still have 6.1.3 on my iPhone and just came to find out if I wanted to upgrade...
The decision is made; I will stay with my current iOS. When the Apps are no longer compatible, I will either go to a different brand, or Apple will relent and not make my phone look like a comic book.
How long do think I have before I have to make that decision?
iOS 6 should work indefinitely, it's just a question of when Apple will stop supporting it with new bug fixes and such.
Note however if you have AppleCare and need to have your iPhone replaced for any reason, the replacement will likely have iOS 7 preinstalled.
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Nov 5, 2013 5:44 AMby SPQR42,William Kucharski wrote:
Bob7677 wrote:
I still have 6.1.3 on my iPhone and just came to find out if I wanted to upgrade...
The decision is made; I will stay with my current iOS. When the Apps are no longer compatible, I will either go to a different brand, or Apple will relent and not make my phone look like a comic book.
How long do think I have before I have to make that decision?
iOS 6 should work indefinitely, it's just a question of when Apple will stop supporting it with new bug fixes and such.
Note however if you have AppleCare and need to have your iPhone replaced for any reason, the replacement will likely have iOS 7 preinstalled.
to add to that I planned to stay with ios 6 too but when i had problem with my iphone I had no option but to download iOS Hello Kitty so be careful also Apple will download the ios software on your iphone if you have enough space but it will give you a option to install but if it's downloaded it will take up a lot of space on your iphone if you don't install.I know quite a lot of people who are sticking with ios 6 .Good luck
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Nov 5, 2013 6:04 AMby TJBUSMC1973,KC7GNM wrote:
TJBUSMC1973 wrote:
paulcb wrote:
...there are Apps in the App Store that allow you to customize most icons.
???. That would be new... please explain.
Free: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id619910206
Just read the reviews and all these are is links to the real app so it doubles your icons instead of replacing them. Not a good way to do it.
So, just put the original icons in a folder, put that folder on your last Home Screen, and ignore them.
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Nov 5, 2013 8:06 AMby Mark D Larsen,FelipeV wrote:
PowerPC technology was discontinued by Apple in 2006. And PPC supported versions of iTunes that were capable of connecting to then latest available iPhone or iOS were supported at least through 2012.
You have had ample time to upgrade.
Wow...! The epitome of rampant consumerism.
Whatever happened to the sage wisdom of: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
My PowerPC still works perfectly fine for everything I need to do daily in my profession and private life, thank you very much. It runs Mail, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Skype, Fetch, PageSpinner, GraphicConverter, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, DVD Player, Acrobat Pro, Preview, Director, Safari, iCab, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, QuickVoice, EpsonScan, Quicken, Calendar, Time Machine, EyeTV, QuickTime, iTunes, and a plethora of other programs, utilities, and games. It works with my Airport Express seamlessly, has Bluetooth capabilities, and interfaces with scanners, printers, external hard drives, cameras. Its version of iTunes syncs with my iPods without a hitch, and Apple most certainly does *NOT* prompt me to upgrade those iPods --or any other Apple software-- to a newer version that's incompatible with my setup.
Yet Apple knowingly "broke" the tether to my iPhone, and expects me to "fix" it by spending thousands of dollars for a new computer, as well as upgrades to many --if not most-- of my programs...?! Just to continue to use my friggin' phone...?! Which also worked perfectly well before Apple prompted me to upgrade...?! A tail should wag the dog...?! Again... wow.
Someday, this PowerPC will indeed break --and I'll have to replace it. But until then to treat computers, appliances, automobiles, and other major devices like "disposable" items, when in reality they still work just fine, is one of the reasons our planet is becoming more cluttered and toxic. It is also one of the reasons homo sapiens is becoming more materialistic and greedy than ever, believing that what they have defines who they are. The notion that we need to possess the latest, greatest, "new-and-improved" gadget, only because it is "new-and-improved" is deplorable.
What you're saying echoes what another oh-so-helpful moderator asked in another post: "How long did you think you could get away with not upgrading?" So now *I* am "getting away with" something...?! *My* behavior is shady, underhanded, unconscionable if I don't replace a possession with a "new-and-improved" version --even though the one I have still works fine...?! Just... wow.
Enjoy your consumerism. I'll pass, thanks.
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Nov 5, 2013 8:11 AMby gail from maine,Your point is well taken, but the reality is, that in the world of technology, if you stick with the old, you cannot expect it to be supported forever. I have an iPad 1, and have no intention of replacing it. I can't upgrade past 5.1.1, but that is just the way it is....it still works fine for me, so not a huge issue.
If you want to stick with older technology because "it ain't broke" that is your perrogative. But you are going to have to then accept the ramifications of doing so. Life isn't fair....deal with it.
GB
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Nov 5, 2013 8:44 AMby Mark D Larsen,gail from maine wrote:
Your point is well taken, but the reality is, that in the world of technology, if you stick with the old, you cannot expect it to be supported forever.
I do *NOT* expect Apple to continue to support my PowerPC. That has never been the point. Just the opposite!
What *IS* the point is that Apple did, in fact, continue to support alerting, downloading, and installing an upgrade on my PowerPC, yet not running that upgrade.
Apple most certainly does not do that with upgrades for my iPods, Airport, cameras, scanners, hard drives, or any other tethered device. So please do *NOT* support upgrading an iPhone on my "old" laptop, Apple!
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Nov 5, 2013 8:42 AMby Mark D Larsen,TJBUSMC1973 wrote:
Mark D Larsen wrote:
Apple knowingly "broke" the tether to my iPhone
Support the claim that they 'knowingly broke' the tetherwith verifiable facts, please.
(1) Apple knows that iOS7 will *NOT* sync with older PowerPC versions of iTunes.
(2) Apple nonetheless prompts customers to upgrade to iOS7 via those same older PowerPC versions of iTunes.
Now you tell me: has Apple ever --even once in the past-- prompted you to upgrade one of its devices or programs, only to discover after installation that it will no longer run on your setup? If so, provide verifiable facts, please.
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Nov 5, 2013 9:03 AMby Mark D Larsen,hot_spur wrote:
Me thinks thou dost protest too much. Get over yourself.
Hahahaha...! Get over myself, huh? The same old "you're the problem if you can't see the Emperor's New Clothes," i.e., Apple is perfectly justified to prompt customers to install an update using a program that will then not work with the updated version.
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Nov 5, 2013 9:06 AMby TJBUSMC1973,Other than having to update my iTunes to 11 for free after updating my iPhone to iOS 7 for free, that's about it. I still haven't seen where Apple 'knowingly' interfered with your setup.
Did you read the Terms & Conditions of iOS 7 before updating?
7.2 YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, USE OF THE iOS SOFTWARE AND ANY SERVICES PERFORMED BY OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE iOS SOFTWARE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU.
Seems pretty clear to me.
