All os updates served through iTunes or finder are the full .ipsw. Always.
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Apple Releases Revised Versions of iOS 17.4.1 and iPadOS 17.4.1 With Updated Build Number
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Lmao. EU & DOJ have Apple in shambles. They're doing everything to distract us.
No.
Try using Windows, and in particular Microsoft Edge. Two or three updates a week - always breaking and changing things, moving icons and buttons, and their AI Copilot worming its way into your system.
The other week Skype automatically updated itself in the middle of a call - shutting down and restarting.
And don't start me off about their New Outlook garbage app...
(Background: I'm currently in the process of transitioning away from Microsoft and Windows to 100% Apple, but am still using my PC for some tasks in the meantime).
Keep calm and carry on.
Aww, I already updated. Now I have an inferior build. 😭
Of course OTA updates are updating the firmware(s)! You don't see it because the only thing you see when updating OTA is a white Apple logo and a status bar 🤣
The message your are seeing by updating via finder/iTunes is always there when using the finder/iTunes method to update. Even if you "force" to update to the same version via a downloaded .ipsw-file, you are seeing the "updating firmware" message. Nothing new here.
And also the size is nothing new: iOS 17 full images have been around 8 GB from 17.0 beta on (show here for iPhone 14 Pro Max from ipsw.me)! 🤣
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That's fair. And agreed about Outlook! But all those updates seem to be the standard for Windows. I don't remember ever having to update so much between the major iOS updates. I get that they're adding new feature but really- they're fixing more than they're adding.
Nope not really. I have an iPhone 15 Plus and the image has always been over 8 GB (been always downloading them from the dev portal).
Mine was 7.99 GB for iPhone 14 Pro and 17.75 GB for iPad Pro 12.9 gen 3 Wi-Fi and cellular (2018)
If 17.4 is still being signed as per this image then why did iTunes block me from installing a 17.4 IPSW last night whereas it did not a few weeks ago? I tried both the final release and the earlier 17.4 “RC” as well.
Inconsistent behavior like this and arbitrary gatekeeping of their hardware and software makes me glad they are getting sued.
This is a very important iOS update and definitely not a giant nothing burger with no cheese.
You know Apple has more than one Dev team. The team working on bug fixes for 17 is not the same team working on 18.
The new Builds are not yet showing on the Developer's Site.
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Update 7.89 GB downloaded, but I get "unknown error 1170" right away and the update ends.
Any chance this update allows a phone running 17.4.X to connect to a watch running watchOS 9.X.X? I am not brave enough to try since I can no longer downgrade back to 17.3.1. So...anyone still running watchOS 9.6.3 brave enough to try?