I just have lots of Apple products and don’t want any issues with them interacting with my phone - Apple TV, Watch, CarPlay, AirPods and HomeKit - stuff like that. I haven’t had capacity to look up if there are specific issues, but it seemed like 15.0 was kind of a **** show.
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Apple Stops Signing iOS 15.0 Following iOS 15.0.1 Release, Downgrading No Longer Possible
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You choose the wrong platform if you wanted user choice.I thought that Apple was going to be supporting iOS 14 with security updates for a period of time for users who did not move to iOS 15 right away? Is that not a thing anymore? (Users on 14.x below 14.8 now have nowhere to go except 15, if I am reading this right.)
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Talking about this:
Apple will let iPhone users keep iOS 14 after iOS 15 launches
The tech company will continue updating the old OS even after iOS 15 is released in the fall.www.cnet.com
If you're on iOS 11.3 or above, you can technically use the delayed OTA update mechanism I mentioned above to do that, but it requires supervising your device with Apple Configurator 2 or iMazing and installing a configuration profile. This is mainly meant for enterprises.
For the average consumer, this is not an advertised feature, the official answer Apple would tell you is "if you haven't updated to 14.5 or above already then you can only update to iOS 15".
No, they're correct. The 14.8 OTAs are not signed in the usual way, they require a special certificate that's generated by the Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) for Apple's servers to authorize the update. These certificates contain a unique device identifier and a nonce and expire in 3 days from the time of the request, therefore it's not easily possible for ipsw.me to track its signing status without someone manually replacing the certificate every 3 days.
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Does this version use my CPU and battery to scan my photos to enable Apple to do its mass surveillance since they're too cheap to do it with their cloud resources?
At least they’re not hammering all of us 6 times a day with notifications to upgrade to the newest version of iOS like they used to. That behavior made me despise the company.
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@LFC2020 fixes and features are we looking for 😂 this one should be easy.
Still not over it? Apple isn’t reversing course
iOS 6 forever. The later trash sucks and is not needed.
You can stay on 14.x and update to 14.8 from settings and get future security updates, but once you update to iOS 15 or restore your device from iTunes/Finder you cannot go back to iOS 14 anymore. See my earlier comments for some technical details on how they accomplished this.
I trust you. I just thought I heard people praising Apple for making the update flexible. Which it sounds like they met objections halfway.
H]That makes total sense seeing that 15.0 seemed to have a bunch of issues and they don't need the extra headache.
iOS 15 was awesome up until beta 7, gone to trash now.
If only I could roll back to iOS 14.8. 😤😕
I wasn’t sure if you and @TheYayAreaLiving had something specific in mind. I’ve noticed more force closes than I had on 14 (iOS hides them well) and I also do not like how buttons look/act in Safari now. Other than that and the ongoing struggle with maintaining a solid signal…15 hasn’t been the worst I’ve had.
Please try turning them on and using them. It might make a difference.
Thank you; this is helpful information.
On a related topic, do you know if a S6 Apple Watch on watchOS 7.6.1 can still update to 7.6.2? I tried this with my iPhone 12 Pro after updating to iOS 14.8 and the S6 would not update. It said the iPhone had to be updated to iOS 15. I assumed the watch is looking for watchOS 8. This struck me as odd since I assumed Apple would allow the watch this security update given the phone is allowed to remain on iOS 14.
Just wait until either apple force you to go iOS 15 or brick your iPhone iPad etc or they backport CSAM to iOS 14.
You can’t avoid CSAM forever. Sad reality but it is what it is.
Apple will do that, quietly. You can’t avoid it, one way or another.
If only we could install it on iPhone 13 pro max. That would be hilarious.
Unless apple has major culture and mindset overhaul, this will never happen.They should allow downgrades
iOS 15 pre beta 7 is still iOS 14. After beta 7 it is iOS 15.
I thought so too.... but clearly notI thought that Apple was going to be supporting iOS 14 with security updates for a period of time for users who did not move to iOS 15 right away? Is that not a thing anymore? (Users on 14.x below 14.8 now have nowhere to go except 15, if I am reading this right.)
[Edit]
Talking about this:
Apple will let iPhone users keep iOS 14 after iOS 15 launches
The tech company will continue updating the old OS even after iOS 15 is released in the fall.