anyone else tired of forced Ios updates?

No one forced you to upgrade to iOS 11.

I still have one iDevice I haven’ t upgraded to iOS 11, yet!

I only get the upgrade/update red notification dot only when a new iOS 11 update is issued and I just delete the upgrade and move on.

It is always advisable, wise and prudent to due some due diligence about computer operating system upgrades/updates before just randomly and blindly upgrading/updating your iDevices to a very new and VERY MAJOR iOS upgrade you knew nothing about!

This fact was very well known and well documented in tech news circles and in the mainstream news media for the entire 6 months prior to the release of iOS 11.

iOS 11 is an all 64-bit iOS written from the ground up, similar to what iOS 7 was, any all older 32-bit iDevices and older 32-bit applications no longer will work with iOS 11.

Older iPad models are still, currently, receiving app updates, but this fact will come to an eventual end sometime in the foreseeable future.

You CAN!

Does everyone here complaining about the red upgrade/update notification dots that annoyed and distracted by these?

Are these red dot notifications really a big problem for everyone?

Everyone complaining A.D.D. much?

Just don’t install it and delete it!

I haven’t upgraded one of my iDevices, yet!

For future reference there is a way to temporarily remove an iOS upgrade/update so it can't 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.

An iOS update notification may return in several days to 2 weeks!

I haven’t received an iOS update red dot notification in a couple of weeks!

No one is obligated to respond with any action to ANY red dot notification presented to an iDevice!

Apple IS NOT FORCING ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING when everyone receives these red dot iOS upgrade/update notifications!!!

Is everyone that persuaded/influenced to do something when some notice is sent to your mobile devices?

Is society, as a world-wide whole, becoming that gullible?

Seriously?...

Kekeller65 wrote:

Well why cant they separate them? Ill tell you why because they don't accept that the device is ours and we should have a say.

****

The device is yours but not the software. Read the terms again next time.

You have a licence to use, that's all.

I've had three iPhones and three iPads, my wife likewise. One would have to be very stupid not to notice what Apple are doing. I will not update my iPhone 4, and when I was at my wits end with my previous iPad, which had of course slowed to a near stop and I was buying a very expensive new iPad Pro, a truthful "Apple genius" agreed that updating your IOS beyond a certain point was very unwise. He advised me not to update beyond ios 9 And said that he certainly wouldn't be updating his to ios 10 when it came. He would not say outright that Apple bricked iPhones or iPads but it itbwas clear as to what he thought. I wish I had taken his advice.

Now, with a less than reliable iPad Pro I'm being hustled to update to ios 11, and now ios 11.2 and being advised by reliable press reviews not to update yet. I suspect something nasty, as each time I click the tiny "remind me later" button and avoid the night time update, I think this also triggers a quiet "brickette" as my iPad gets noticeably worse. I am convinced that Apple are up to no good.

Signed

Your over loyal sap of a customer.

1. You can't update your iPhone 4. Apple stopped supporting it 2 years ago.

2. A New Phone Comes Out. Yours Slows Down. A Conspiracy? No. - The New York Times

3. https://www.futuremark.com/pressreleases/is-it-true-that-iphones-get-slower-over -time

1. I know, that's fine by me, it still works well, I've just put a new battery in it.

2. Yes, they do if you update the ios again and again with faulty updates, it's happened too often with my iPhones and iPads and with yours too I guess. Why do you change yours? Just because you're a "must have"? I doubt that.

'In the meantime" as they say, check Forbes.com dated 14 Dec 2017:

"Apple iOS 11.2.1 Verdict: Install If You Have iOS 11, But iOS 10 Users Avoid

At this point the happiest iOS users who contact me are running iOS 10 (specifically iOS 10.3.3, the last release, which is rock solid). In fact one user delighted in telling me his iPhone 6 still runs like new because he has stuck with iOS 9!

Consequently my feelings towards iOS 11.2.1 are that those already running a version of iOS 11 should upgrade. If you have battery issues there’s a chance iOS 11.2.1 may deliver tangible improvements based on early reports, though if you’ve been lucky enough to avoid them so far there’s nothing much in iOS 11.2.1 which should tempt you to gamble with your device this time.

Meanwhile for iOS 10 (and happy iOS 9!) users with perfectly functioning devices, there’s simply no need to jump on this if you haven’t been tempted by previous updates.

Meanwhile looking at iOS 11 more widely, Apple’s trend of pushing out iOS updates almost weekly clearly isn’t a sensible strategy long term. The company is essentially caught on a hamster wheel right now rushing out updates to fix problems which in turn cause problems which require more rushed out updates."

Forbes is an Apple hater, and, if you read carefully, they just quote this forum. Full circle. And, BTW, going to forbes.com is risky, as they have a long history of serving up malware through their ads, which you can't block if you want to go to the site.

YES! I and 1.5m other people searched the same ****** problem! How are we supposed to use our computer for anything else while we upgrade the ****** software every 72 hours!!! What was so wrong with it in the first place? If they cannot make a decent product to start, upgrading it constantly just broadcasts it. I do not have the time nor the patience to engage in something that keeps me from working on the device I need for work and we are forced to forever upgrade.

Employees, please spend your bonuses on solving this dilemma!

Would you rather have your device disabled because of malware or a security threat? FWIW, direct your anger at the criminals who try to infect your device or steal your private information - Apple is just trying to mitigate that. I'd rather download the updates and know that my device is protected.

Never, and I will repeat, never had any issues with ANY of my iPad models “purposely” being slowed down by any Apple iOS upgrades/updates.

I have a 1st gen, 2nd gen, 3rd gen iPads and an iPad Pro an ALL of these are running just fine on each of their respective iOS versions.

My iPad 2 and my wife’s iPad 3 both are running fine on iOS 9.3.5.

My large iPad Pro is still running great, also.

Not every Apple computer or device user in the entire world is having trouble with their Apple products.

REDiva wrote:

YES! I and 1.5m other people searched the same ****** problem! How are we supposed to use our computer for anything else while we upgrade the ****** software every 72 hours!!!

Why are you upgrading your system every 72 hours? Is something going wrong with the update? What do you have against security fixes?

They get annoying.. fortunately it does not force update.. but sits as a reminded in the settings app. Gets awkward when you are travelling and to busy to update. I like having control of updates, and prefere to backup and prepare for it and make time for it, and when I do it I hold my breath and cross my fingers that all goes smoothly. After when and if an update is completed successfully i sigh with a relief that it is finally over, for the next few months , weeks or days. I prefer updating in iTunes if ever anythings should go wrong turning an iDevice into a temporary paperweight

Zanaelf wrote:

I like having control of updates, and prefere to backup and prepare for it and make time for it,

You should always have a back up, not just when you may want to update your phone. iCloud makes it stupidly easy to do. If you wait until you think you may need a back up to do one, you're going to find yourself without your data some day.

“Planned obsolescence” is a made up, oxymoronic term and “myth”.

What do you to make your iPhone 7 perform better?

How much free data storage space is left on your iPhone 7?

Ideally, it should have, at the least, 3 GBs or more of free data storage space.

In Settings app, General settings panel, turn OFF Background App Refresh.

In Settings app, under General settings, Reset panel, at the right bottom of the list, Reset All Settings.

In Settings app (NOT from the iOS Control Panel) turn OFF Bluetooth when not using any Bluetooth devices.

Also, in general, if you want a faster IDevice, on all of my iDevices, I turn off most of the iOS motion graphics eye candy, by simply turning ON Reduce Motion in Settings app, General, Accessibilty settings.

Make sure you aren't running scads and scads of background apps in the iOS 11 Control Panel/App Switcher.

If you are, you need to quit the bulk of these background running apps by tap and hold a finger on an app window in the switcher and slide your finger upwards to quit an app. You should be able to use more than one finger to quit more than one app window simultaneously.

Also, make sure you don’t have scads and scads of active website tabs running in the web browser.

If you do, greatly reduce the amount of active website tabs your web browser.

Also, if your iPhone 7 is over a year old, maybe its performance would speed up by the benefit of a new replacement Li-ion battery replacement under Apple’s new reduced price iPhone battery replacement program in effect until the end of 2018.

Good Luck to You!