UNINSTALL IOS 7

I'm not sure if you can uninstall iOS 7 and change of course half of you don't like it because you're probably not used to change. It's useful when it comes to blocking annoying people instead of having to go through the hassle of requesting the company your phone service is with to do so. Also I honestly doubt that Apple will lose customers because of an update you didn't have to update to it you chose to therefore that is your problem not theirs.

you didn't have to update your phone to iOS 7 you chose to (plenty of people haven't updated their phones to iOS 7) therefore that is your problem not theirs.

It's not the change I don't like. It's how slow everything is. It takes so long to do anthing on the phone now. It really shouldn't be supported on an iPhone 4. Sure it installs but makes the phone useless. Guess I'm forced to upgrade now.. It definately won't be to an iPhone anymore.

well if you've updated it on your iPhone 4 then of course I UNDERSTAND! My iphone 4 has been freezing ever since I updated my phone to iOS7 (but never had this problem with my iPhone 5) unfortunately you cannot go back to iOS 6 which *****.

I downloaded iOS7 and like many others do not like it at all - bad design, slow speed, battery problem, camera flash not working etc.

I have iPhone 4S and iPad 3. On my iPad I still have iOS6. So I have 2 devices, one of them with iOS7 and other iOS6. Can I downgrade iPhone to iOS6 again or is this just not possible at all?

Hi Hazrat,

I have an iPhone 4 and have had no issues with iOS 7. If you are having issues, then you may need to do any or all of the following:

Reset the device (no data will be lost): Hold down the Home and Power buttons at the same time and continue to hold them down until the Silver Apple appears (up to 30 seconds)

Reset All Settings: Go to Settings>General>Reset and select Reset All Settings (you will have to go in and reset your settings but no data will be lost)

Close all open apps: Double click on the Home button to display open apps. Swipe up on the tumbnail above each of the open apps to close them

Cheers,

GB

Well I'm running an iPhone 4s with iOS 7 and have no issues to speak of. My phone updated fine, it is not bricked and it's operating fine with good battery life. Ditto for my iPad 3.

In no way can iOS 7 be described as "a piece of crap", it works fine on the vast majority of iPhones that have installed it. Clearly however some users are experiencing problems with the update. They should first try the documented recovery steps one at a time -- restart, reset, restore, etc. If that does not correct the problem they should take their phone to an Apple Store and get them to investigate.

Following these steps gives you a good chance of ending up with a working phone again, not following them makes that outcome highly unlikely.

There are a several new settings you can change that can significantly improve your phone's battery life with iOS 7. A Google search will turn up hundreds of articles and tips on the subject, but here's just one to get you started:

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57604792-285/for-longer-battery-life-change- these-ios-7-settings/

The auto-updating of apps can be an issue for sure, particularly in the first week or two after iOS 7 is released as so many apps are being updated to support it. I've been noticing many more than the normal number of app updates over the last few days, almost all involving iOS 7 compatibility.

Once the hump of these updates passes it's probably safe to switch auto-app-updates on again, but for now if all-day battery life is critical to you then switching it off will probably help. After that however you may well want to set it to only operate when you're connected to WiFi (Settings>iTunes & App Store>Use Mobile Data: off), using it over your cellular link is probably not a good idea in general.

Why do we keep returning to the self-congratulating term "chose”? Chose only applies with informed consent. If a patient unwittingly goes into the sun after taking a photoreactive drug the resulting rash is the prescribers fault.

I like many others clicked a button asking if we wanted to update. There was no mention of a new, untried operating system. I personally didn’t even know there was such a thing as iOS7 until I called Verizon on a landline and asked why my phone wasn't working.

This new system may or may not turn out to be as wonderful as all the tech savvy users are saying. But for those who do not study IT it is an atrocious mess. But hey, if the tech people feel there is no reason to tailor technical information to a lay audience, then good luck with your next hospital visit.

If you have a Verizon and its dead go ahead and take it to the Verizon store. It will save you some headaches.

If you have downloaded the OS on wireless consider doing it on better connection. According to the Apple support desk weak signals have been responsible for incomplete downloads. They tell me that has caused many problems and mine worked better after they walked me though the process at home.

Contact the IT support of the apps you have that are not working. Ive talked to several companies who have told me that the appstore has not applied the updates. Several of my apps have been resurrected by downloading updates from the company website.

It's your choice to not be informed and therefore make an uninformed decision. They've been testing iOS 7 for months now, the tech press has been full of little else since June. If the patient fails to read the insert warning him of the possible side-effects, and fails to ask his prescribing doctor about any things he should be aware of regarding his new drug, then he has to bear at least partial responsibility for the results.

iOS 7 is not untried, it's been tested for months now. To say yes to a major OS upgrade you know zero about without even attempting to find out what it involves and what the changes are first is simply foolish. Hint: when the new version number ups the digit to the left of the first decimal point it usually indicates significant changes in the software (e.g. 6.1.x to 7.0 is major, but 7.0 to 7.0.x isn't) and you probably should find out something about it and what it involves before you upgrade.

iOS 7 is very different, in some areas more than others, from previous versions, but that's not the same thing as being "an atrocious mess". There are literally oceans of information about iOS 7 available at the flick of a Google search; before you claim it's all terrible I suggest you read up on it and find out how it works and why various changes were made. That way you'll also discover the many new features and very useful improvements it contains.

Over what? I upgraded and now I have a phone that works just fine, it does more than before and does many things better and/or more easily than before too. I have a few quibbles with some of the UI changes (e.g. white text for the homepage icon labels and status bar information was not a good idea) but overall I like them and find it a big improvement on iOS 6 and earlier. (E.g. I love automatic app updates, the new multitasking interface and the new Safari tabs i/f.) Best of all it cost me nothing to get these improvements on a 2 year-old phone but the time it took to run the update procedure.

If you don't say what your problem is it's hard to know what your issue is and what can be done about it. Did your phone not update correctly? Is it bricked? Battery problems, performance problems, apps crashing, what exactly is it that's wrong? Or is it that you simply don't like the UI changes in iOS 7?

If at any point there had been any information suggesting the button lead to a "major OS upgrade" I would never have clicked it. Like I said, it asked if I wanted to "update". Is a "major OS upgrade" the same thing as an "update"? And where exactly was the insert warning I should have read. Perhaps in "the tech press" some people have been so full of since June.

Being very different is not its downfall. Diasbling the phone and the majority of the apps is what made its roll out atrocious.

As I said it's all in the version number, that tells you immediately that it's a major change. The notes that came with the update notification described most of the major changes (you had to click on a link/button to see them in the Software Update pane as I recall) and should have made anyone reading them aware that this was a significant update, not just a minor bugfix or security update. Also the tech press as I said before has been banging on about it for months (and quite a bit of commentary in the mainstream press too, several articles in the NYT and other outlets); heck it's been front page news on www.apple.com for months too!

It doesn't disable the phone for the vast majority of users, I think you indicated previously that you had an aborted download/update due to cellular connection issues? That's not a problem with iOS 7. (I agree however that Apple really shouldn't permit big updates like this to be done over cellular connections, by default anyway, it should require you to be on WiFi or connected to iTunes.)

I've had no problems with any apps since upgrading to iOS 7, many of them were updated shortly before and/or shortly after iOS 7 came out. I knew it was coming so I was on the look out for new app versions and made sure I installed all new versions asap after I was notified by the App Store app that they were available. Same as for every major new release of iOS since 2008. Now with iOS 7's automatic app update facility I don't have to do anything, as new app versions are released they are installed automatically, often while I sleep. That's a big improvement over previous versions given how many people seemed to ignore the little red bage indicator on the App Store icon telling them they had app updates to install. (I've seen people with 20-30 pending updates flagged by that badge, they just didn't seem to understand what it was telling them.)

MacIsEvil wrote:

If at any point there had been any information suggesting the button lead to a "major OS upgrade" I would never have clicked it. Like I said, it asked if I wanted to "update". Is a "major OS upgrade" the same thing as an "update"? And where exactly was the insert warning I should have read. Perhaps in "the tech press" some people have been so full of since June.

So the part that says in very clear English:

"This update features a beautiful new design and contains hundreds of new features including Control Center, AirDrop, iTunes Radio, and improvements to Notification Center, Multitasking, Camera, Photos, Safari, Siri, and more"

Followed by Learn More which was located above the Install Now button, and when pressed, took you to a very long description outlining every major change in detail and headed by the bullets:

New Design

- Redesigned interface updates the entire system and every built-in app

- Subtle motion and animation; layers and translucency provide depth

- Elegant new color palette and refined typography

- Updated system sounds and rigntones

Followed by no fewer than 30 additional fully detailed bullets for every major feature/function in the system, wasn't enough information to enable you to make an informed decision?

Seriously?

GB