Bought myself a 5s this morning. Activated, restored from iCloud backup and never got the prompt for the free apps. If I go to the app store they still charge for them. Any ideas on how to get the free apps?
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Free iWork/iLife for iPhone 5s?
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My experience.
I restored from iCloud, afterwards I checked on the App Store and the apps were listed FREE. No problems downloading them.
Kill the app store and see if that changes them having a price tag -> free.
If that doesn't work, kill the app store and restart your phone.
These steps eventually did it for me. Took awhile though as Numbers, then iLife stuff kept showing a price tag instead of free.
If that doesn't work, kill the app store and restart your phone.
These steps eventually did it for me. Took awhile though as Numbers, then iLife stuff kept showing a price tag instead of free.
well you just have to hit the app store button on your 5s and then it automatically ask you if you want to download the iwork suite. Worked fine for me
I just went into the App Store and they were all listed as Free.
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All new iOS purchases since Sept 1st.
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All new iOS purchases since Sept 1st.
Oh sweet, installed on my 5s and its automatically loading on my iPad.
once it's in your ID you can use it for all your iOS devices
I can't seem to get iWork for free on my 5S. Restored from iCloud backup from iPhone 5. Rebooted, reloaded App Store several times etc. Still shows up $9.99 per app. Same on my wife's iPhone 5S (same account).
Any ideas?
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Working on my wife's and as soon as I downloaded it on them on her phone, they're available for free on mine. All's well.
Any ideas?
*edit*
Working on my wife's and as soon as I downloaded it on them on her phone, they're available for free on mine. All's well.
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Shows as $9.99 in iTunes but free from my new 5S. Was never prompted to download them but i restored from a backup before doing anything else. Downloading them now.
Sorry, i'm dumb, so is iWork and all the office programs supposed to be free with ios7 ??
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Because they are still showing £6.99 on my iphone 5
I had the same issue, what resolved it for me was to make a backup on my computer and then do a clean iOS 7 install. When I opened up the app store for the first time on the clean install I was able to download them for free. Afterwards I restored from my backup.
A little convoluted to get the apps but I had the spare time.
A little convoluted to get the apps but I had the spare time.
