Apple Releases iOS 8 With Continuity, Third Party Access to Keyboards/Touch ID, Family Sharing, and 'Health' App

[Richardgm]

sooo question....since iPhone 6 is going to be iOS 8, does this mean we have to download iOS 8 on our current phones in order for the backup to work on the iPhone 6?

No. iPhone 6 can restore from an iOS 7 backup.

 

[rohitp]

Just became AVAILABLE ON iTUNES for me! Downloading now… but slooooowwwwly. 1.74 GB for the 4S

 

[sjwk]

Now seems to be on itunes so downloading on that to see if it works better than the OTA!

 

[pr10wrx]

Been On Prepairing update For 10 minutes now after the download finished

 

[LordQ]

Shazam Siri is working now!

 

[whsbuss]

Just became AVAILABLE ON iTUNES for me! Downloading now...

Not here yet.

 

[Tbone999]

On my 5s, the download bar in under the second "p" in Apple.

Hey! That's just where my download bar is too! Maybe we have the same phone.

 

[bknida]

Am I the only one not getting an ETA on the download? All it says is "downloading..."

 

[pauliaK]

OTA worked amazingly well, took 5 minutes to download, though at first it seemed I've been placed on some sort of queue. It was saying update requested but nothing was happening and then minutes later it started downloading, took about fives minutes to download and now preparing the file. Looks like Apple has taken a different approach this time around and at least in my case it was flawless. Still remember the pain it took to update to iOS7. Took me hours and countless attempts.

P.S. Update didn't show up in iTunes.

 

[840quadra]

itunes wont connect to the store, anyone have direct links?

Been posted at least twice before you replied to the thread.

Here is a website with direct links to the ipsw:

http://www.redmondpie.com/ios-8-download-links-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-released-direct-links/

DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS

http://www.redmondpie.com/ios-8-download-links-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-released-direct-links/

 

[jamesryanbell]

So it needs 6.9GB free on 16GB iPad Air, and 5.7GB free for my iPhone.

Really? Ugh....

 

[xraydoc]

iPad air needs 6.9GB free space, ****** you Apple -.-'

Do it via iTunes and you wont need the extra space on your iPhone to unpack the compressed archive.

 

[jchiou]

No. iPhone 6 can restore from an iOS 7 backup.

thanks

 

[avanpelt]

My question is...

Why are they still selling 16 GB versions of the newest iPhones and iPads at all? They know how much space is required to be free on the devices to install iOS updates. I suspect that next year, they will do what they should have done this time and make the starting capacity on the flagship devices 32 GB.

 

[Brenster]

Been On Prepairing update For 10 minutes now after the download finished

Same here on an iPhone 5. Guessing that there is a lot of unpacking going on.

 

[BreuerEditor]

Anybody else getting "7.1.2 is the latest iOS" and "Update server cannot be connected"?

 

[AllergyDoc]

1.6 GB for iPad Air but need 6.9 GB free to download and install over the air! Needless to say, I had to delete a lot from my poor 16 GB iPad Air.

Same here, except I finally got it to go through iTunes.

 

[cjmillsnun]

Wait, I thought HealthKit was delayed... wouldn't that cause them to delay iOS 8?

HealthKit is not delayed.

 

[iPhil]

I'd like to hear more about this... Anyone download this?!

Well I'm DL the tv and IOS 8 now I'll try to up date my post with tv update via pics from iPhone after updates..



edit: tv update 7.0 vs. 6.13 = 7.0 looks sharper edges n cleaner / clearer .. Left side pic is tv os 6.13 and right pic is tv 7.0 ... Don't know why the Attachment server is flipping the pics upside down ?

 

[TheBuffather]

Ha, my iPad Air needs 6.9 GB of free space. My iPad is 16GB. This should be interesting clearing up space....

Wow. Mine says the same thing, too. The download is under 1.5GBs. In previous updates, it was just 3GBs it needed, I think. With many of their products only having 16GBs, this is outrageous. Very poorly implemented.

 

[md6597]

OTA update 5s. Started at 8 min crept up to 12 and is back down to 6.

 

[Yendog]

Coulnt connect to server. Many times. Quit iTunes and start again and voila there is the update! 50 minutes remaining in iTunes dowload!

 

[Johnf1285]

advice : don't upgrade to the icloud drive until OSX yosemite comes out.

Agreed. I had the opposite issue and upgraded to icloud drive from the Yosemite Beta and have been waiting patiently for ios8!

 

[AppleRobert]

Preparing update = banging head against the wall.

 

[redboxcar]

Stupidest OTA update... needs 5.7 GB on my iPhone 5S and 5.1 GB on my iPad mini. Really!?