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Philcavana Author

Level 1

24 points

anyone else tired of forced Ios updates?

So... I got an I Pad air 2 & an I phone 6...

Of course unlike most here i do not wish to upgrade my 2 apple products.

And! I can't stand pushing that pop up twice a day... APPLE NEED TO STOP HARASSING ME! 😟

And no, it is not for a Jailbreak, but for this simple reason:I like my product to last more then a couple of years before slowing down to a turtle stop!

Believe it or not, i have an Iphone 3g and 4 hanging in a drawer somewhere.

Never updated them,no Jailbreak and they are still as fast (almost) as day 1!

iPad Air, iOS 9.2, null

Posted on Feb 3, 2016 5:35 PM

170 replies

Philcavana Author

Level 1

24 points

Apr 23, 2016 8:31 AM in response to Philcavana

I will repeat part of what i said before.

They can remove it again, but it is what i will do.

I tried to downgrade back to ios 9.3 where my Iphone 6 and Pad air 2 128g were functioning well.

But Aple wont accept this roll back anymore.

I completely erased and restored both devices, still lags and screens halts.

I am going again today to the aple store to meet with the kids working there.

I paid 2k for my devices and i bought aple product because i believed them to be the fastest available on the market.

It has been less then a year and they are already outdated by this latest update.

We will see that aple does now.. it;s in their hands...And it is a shame we're down to me selling these new products because of the lost of performance from a forced update.

And shame on you for erasing these comments.

Free nation... how free?

babowa

Level 9

78,429 points

Apr 23, 2016 8:40 AM in response to Philcavana

These forums are for technical questions and answers and they are user to user forums.

Apple employees - the hosts - run and monitor the forums for compliance with the ToU which you can read here and they may edit or remove posts:

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(see section 2)

I tried to downgrade back to ios 9.3

Unfortunately, you can't do that with iOS and that fact is well known.

It has been less then a year and they are already outdated by this latest update.

Every software and hardware developer issues updates - that does not mean that the device is outdated. Rather, it is quite often simply one or more security updates necessary to keep your device and data safe because of the every changing security threats by hackers.

Philcavana Author

Level 1

24 points

Apr 23, 2016 9:03 AM in response to babowa

Thanks Babowa i did not know that!! I thought it was just for **** and giggles!!!

Now i feel WAAAAAY better that my brand new devices run like old boxes BECAUSE a hacker can't steal my selfie now!

BTW You seems to not know that apple still sign previous update for a while and you CAN roll it back! i'm just too late since i did not plan this update it was FORCED on me!!! That is also a fact that is well known .. ( LoL Much?)

Apr 25, 2017 8:25 AM in response to Iritated in appleton

So you are giving up smartphones altogether then? Most of the ones worth owning will bug you to install updates also.

Jun 22, 2017 1:24 AM in response to Philcavana

OMG I am sooooo sick of updates. I don't think I've ever once been able to use my laptop without being bugged to update.

Oct 13, 2017 4:02 PM in response to Philcavana

Me too! I get tired from waiting for the new update, that I miss my study on the JW Library app!

ThomasD3

Level 1

45 points

Nov 8, 2017 5:13 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

I constantly have low storage warnings on my phone because the ios update keeps coming back, despite being regularly deleted. In a way it's designed to behave like the herpes virus.

dilbert41

Level 5

6,530 points

Nov 25, 2017 6:39 AM in response to ThomasD3

Take a look at this thread on MacRumors - especially the last entry. I installed it on my iPad and..... no more update nagging.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/stop-update-ios-11.2061615/

ThomasD3

Level 1

45 points

Nov 25, 2017 7:51 AM in response to dilbert41

So the solution is to go to https://oldcat.me/web/NOOTA9.mobileconfig with Safari and install the profile?

sallenmd

Level 4

1,142 points

Nov 25, 2017 8:10 AM in response to ThomasD3

And after you check the "Do not as me again" box it still repeatedly asks you?

ThomasD3

Level 1

45 points

Nov 25, 2017 8:26 AM in response to sallenmd

That doesn't work, I did before and it will ask for update again later.

sallenmd

Level 4

1,142 points

Nov 25, 2017 8:28 AM in response to ThomasD3

Annoying indeed. I can't think of anything else to try. Now that iTunes no longer manages apps, I almost never connect my phone to my computer.

ThomasD3

Level 1

45 points

Nov 25, 2017 8:39 AM in response to Raimbow

since not all of us are tech nerds, if you have a working solution, it would be great to share it.

Raimbow

Level 1

8 points

Nov 25, 2017 8:51 AM in response to ThomasD3

All I did was go to google and ask "how do I get apple to stop nagging me with updates.". then I followed directions.I actully couldn't believe I managed it ! So if i could, anyone can do it!

MichelPM

Level 10

81,284 points

Nov 25, 2017 1:14 PM in response to ThomasD3

Those posts that violated the ASC ToU were flagged by higher level ASC volunteers and removed by the ASC staff moderators.

anyone else tired of forced Ios updates?