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Can I activate without upgrading to iOS 7?
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Yes--I hate, hate, hate iOS 7.
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Yes, my carrier told me that all of their iPhone 4S models ship with iOS 7. However, a guy I know is willing to sell me a new iPhone 4S still in the box with iOS 5 preinstalled.
Another "I hate bright colors because it fees unprofessional, feminine, etc" post.
I'm sure hackers around the world will be excited to read your email attachments and I hope you don't plan on using Facetime.
Good luck with all that.
I'm sure hackers around the world will be excited to read your email attachments and I hope you don't plan on using Facetime.
Good luck with all that.
Then you're stuck on iOS 5 and not iOS 6. iOS 7.1.2 is the latest being signed by Apple and since the iPhone 4 and 4s can run iOS 7 that is the only version you can update to. If Apple is not signing the OS, you can't install/update to it. Apple is not signing iOS 6 anymore, except for 6.1.6 for the 3GS.
Of course, all of this assumes that this new iPhone 4s being sold to you is one that you can use on your carrier.
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I'm jailbroken on iOS 6.1. So far, I've never had an issue.
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Well, +1 for me with the OP then. My iPhone 5 is running iOS 6.1 and it's jailbroken and black all over. Not white. Not colored. Black.
As for security, I've not had any issues.
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Really?
Every single app of my more than 150 or so apps works on 6.1. Including Facebook and Twitter. The app store still supports iOS 6 too.
I don't really Facetime, so this isn't much of an issue.
Enjoy losing 1-2GB of storage when your iPhone auto downloads iOS 7 and uses up the storage with the installation package.
Even to this day I don't totally understand those who would fault others for wanting iOS5 or iOS6 on a 4S.
There are advantages and there are disadvantages, but none I think that would rise to the level of having to choose party lines.
There are advantages and there are disadvantages, but none I think that would rise to the level of having to choose party lines.
Evidently not.
The iPhone 4s I purchased on eBay was shrink-wrapped in the box with iOS 5.01 preinstalled. After 24 hours I got a message on my iPhone saying update 6.13 was available--did I want to install it? I pressed 'OK' and now I have iOS 6.13 on my iPhone.
Evidently not.
The iPhone 4s I purchased on eBay was shrink-wrapped in the box with iOS 5.01 preinstalled. After 24 hours I got a message on my iPhone saying update 6.13 was available--did I want to install it? I pressed 'OK' and now I have iOS 6.13 on my iPhone.
What the...
Not iOS 7?
What the...
Not iOS 7?
Nope--iOS 6.13.
24 hours after upgrading to 6.13 I received another message offering to update my iPhone to iOS 7 (which I declined).
If I go in to my iPhone 4s and press "General / About" it says:
"Version: 6.1.3 (10B329)"
"Modem Firmware 3.4.03"