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!


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iPad Air, iOS 9.2, null

Posted on Feb 3, 2016 5:35 PM

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Posted on Dec 7, 2017 6:31 PM

You could just leave update there.

Until you actually proceed with the install, it is not installed.

You ARE NOT forced into actually installing any upgrade/update!

It does take up space on your iDevice, but it is NOT ever installed.


For future reference there is a way to temporarily remove an iOS upgrade/update so it can't ever be downloaded at all!


Go into the Settings App, General Settings panel.

In the right hand column, tap Storage and iCloud Usage.

At the top in the first block of 3 panels where it is titled at the top of this block Storage, tap the panel that says Manage Storage.

A list of every app will generate itself.

Once this list stops generating, look through this list until you see something like iOS 10.x.x in this list.

Tap on the arrow at the far right on that iOS 10.x.x panel.

It will bring you to another screen that will allowing you to completely delete/remove the entire iOS upgrade/update.



This removal/deletion of an iOS upgrade/update is not permanent and may return at anytime when the iOS upgrade/update at some point will get re-pushed to your iDevice, where you can simply perform this procedure, again, to delete the iOS upgrades/updates.

For the most part, iOS upgrades/updates typically, wii not reappear for several days up to a week to two week intervals.

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Feb 26, 2018 1:47 AM in response to Zanaelf

I purchased a 32 GBs iPhone SE, through Walmart.com, for my wife, just after the end of the holidays in 2018.

Paid in full for $160.

I was able to purchase an additional Mophie battery case and docking unit for only another additional $25.

Total cost of the iPhone SE with taxes was STILL slightly under $200!

That phone offer has a SIM that supports our monthly “pay as you go” cellular plan under Family Mobile (part of T-Mobile).

That was a GREAT deal for an iPhone!

I will wait it out for another year, until around the holidays, again, to see what iPhones Walmart will discount with support for our monthly plan to get an iPhone for myself.

Not paying $300 or more for an iPhone, if I can help it.

Mar 16, 2018 7:37 PM in response to ThomasD3

Well, for some reason, the only way I have found NOT to get an automatic download is to actually download the Mac OS installer and leave it in the Applications folder without installing it (e.g. High Sierra); I do have automatic updates disabled. The app store background process scans your hard drive (and any attached external drive) in order to know what it should "offer" you.

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