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iOS 6 Users Expressing Discontent Over Automatic iOS 7 Over-the-Air Downloads

edgonzalez32 said:
It's like people forgot you can still update through iTunes.
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Aaaaand ... here we go again: People seeing invisible "disable automatic update download" buttons in their iDevice settings. (At least concerning the wasted 750 MB space – as to the additional necessary space for installing, you may be correct.)
 
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unplugme71 said:
Can't you disable auto-update? Can't you erase and restore? Problem solved I think.
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You CAN'T disable auto download of the installer. (For difference "automatic download" - "automatic installation", please see above.)

And: Erase and restore - yes, THAT'S the solution. To then have to install iOS 7 you don't want and which was the reason you've erased and restored your iDevice in the first place? Or to install iOS 6 again and have the unwanted iOS 7 installer automatically downloaded soon again on your iDevice?

Problem solved, indeed. :rolleyes:
 
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The key is to never let yourself have more than 3.1GB of free space. I always keep my phone at around 500MB-1GB of free space by sync'ing a bunch of movies onto it.
 
Hard to believe people are defending this. Nobody should be forced to update their software, OS or otherwise. And since there's a setting for automatic updates, the OS should follow that setting. At least for major updates, if there's a x.x.1 released mainly for the sake of security improvements I could see mandating that one.

Really, people are so adamant that the software should ignore user settings and force upgrades on users?
 
minimo3 said:
The key is to never let yourself have more than 3.1GB of free space. I always keep my phone at around 500MB-1GB of free space by sync'ing a bunch of movies onto it.
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Will the installer package not download even if there's more than 750 MB free (size of this file) on your iDevice, but less than 3,1 GB? (with the logic behind it: I couldn't install it at this moment anyway ...) Or will it download nevertheless, although you would have to free more space to install iOS7?
 
Treq said:
FYI, Most of the improvements apple made to the os were stolen from the jailbreak community.
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They were most definetly stolen or copied depending on your preference of words. Apple in its ever so clever manipulation of "facts" would deny that they also borrowed much of their notification panel / control panel improvements from Android & Samsung. It's a great case of corporate "borrowing". At least Tim Cook is adult in his behavior, never losing his cool... Unlike like Steve Jobs threats to "go thermonuclear" a clear effort to incite his worshipers into backing him. :)
 
milo said:
Hard to believe people are defending this. Nobody should be forced to update their software, OS or otherwise. And since there's a setting for automatic updates, the OS should follow that setting. At least for major updates, if there's a x.x.1 released mainly for the sake of security improvements I could see mandating that one.

Really, people are so adamant that the software should ignore user settings and force upgrades on users?
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Nobody is forced to update, just to download (over wifi, when plugged in).
 
yourtoys7 said:
My wife's 4s got upgraded with out her permission, and went to reboot and said connect to iTunes :()
Everything was lost as she doesn't do updates or wants to, she just wants to have the phone to use, she was Not happy at all!!!
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1st world problems ITT

I would wager my wife is less tech savy than yours. And resists change like the bubonic plague.

Yet it took her all of 2 minutes to learn the new UI.
 
foodog said:
No one is forced to update or download. Auto download is an option.
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Where in the settings can I turn iOS7 installer auto-download on and off? Screenshot would be nice as this solves the problem. Great that you have this easy solution nobody else found, please share. Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I'm still waiting ... (and was so hoping for a screenshot of the "Automatic Downloads" switch in the App-Store-Settings.)
 
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lars666 said:
Will the installer package not download even if there's more than 750 MB free (size of this file) on your iDevice, but less than 3,1 GB? (with the logic behind it: I couldn't install it at this moment anyway ...) Or will it download nevertheless, although you would have to free more space to install iOS7?
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That's a good question. Currently I am not presented with any buttons to either install or download the update. The only button I see is for "Usage Settings". The text says "You can make more storage available by deleting items in Usage Settings." I can't be sure it hasn't downloaded the zipped 700+MB ipsw file.
 
I don't get why it's some people's business here to judge others for not upgrading to the latest and 'greatest'. Some may just like iOS and their phone as it is and it's perfectly legitimate to refuse the upgrade to iOS 7, for whatever reason. God forbid that you are swimming against the tide, the average Apple user will look down upon you.
 
For those saying this isn't an issue, it is in several edge cases.

For example, the one I'm dealing with at work. We make iOS software. We need test devices running iOS 6, because we can't mandate our users upgrade to iOS 7 yet. We have support obligations to maintain. An iPhone 5 is the only way we can test the 16:9 aspect ratio UI on iOS 6. So the answer of "just keep a 3GS around" doesn't meet all our needs.

If our testing devices update to iOS 7, getting them back to 6 is a pain in the ass, and not supported by Apple.

Thankfully the space wasted isn't a concern for us with the download, but there is a concern one accidental tap of a popup dialog will cause the update to run.
 
This is the first update I wish I could downgrade back from.

My next device will be an iPhone 1.
I will use it to make calls and listen to podcasts on.
It will look nice.
 
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Amazing Iceman said:
Don't underestimate senior citizens, they are smarter than a fifth grader. They may just play dumb to get your attention.
I haven't heard a single one (of those I know) complain about it yet.

Now regarding your kids, if something as simple as an OS update would drive them nuts, I suggest you get professional help. I know a 6 year old who did the update by himself and told me he was so happy about it. I think you are spoiling your kids too much.
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My concern regarding both age groups comes from years of working with both, as well as helping them with tech support. I know quite a few smart (Masters level or higher education) seniors that struggle with tech. Spoke to one this week that was really struggling with his iPhone 5 after the update.

As for my kids, you can keep your professional help (and that is me being very nice). My 2 year old was stealing my iphone before she was one, and navigating it just fine. The older one spends her time trying to teach grandma how to do things on my iPad. The used iPad 1st gen and my old 3rd gen can't be upgraded, and those are the kids' primary iOS devices. The on occasion get to use my 3rd gen iPad, or one of our phones when we need them distracted in a pinch. It is the going back and forth between the two that I think would mess with them.

Heck, I'm not a fan of Apple's inconsistent UI, so why should I expect them to enjoy it.

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chrono1081 said:
I think you sound more stupid than I do. How is it Apples fault if a developer doesn't update their app for the new OS? How in 2013 is it still a mystery to some people that when new OS's come out, some old apps stop working if the devs don't update them.
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The mystery is who you think the target user for Apple is these days. The candy coated rerelease of the 5 shows they aren't targeting the tech elite, but rather the masses and the 15-25 crowd. They even turned the OS into a game to make people like it more.

I can promise you, the general public (those that don't spend time reading tech sites like MacRumors) don't have a clue about how their phones work, or why some apps get updates and others don't. Even the auto-update was added to make it easier for stupid people to keep happily using their phones without a clue. Those are the people that Apple is targeting these days.
 
captain kaos said:
Bit of a moronic thing to say.

How about the fact that some people on 4 and 4s are having issues installing the OS and then if it does, its buggy. Perhaps some people don't want to update the OS for this reason and also can't afford/don't want to hand over approx $750 to upgrade the handset.
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And it's for that reason iOS 7 should've been for 4S and newer ONLY! 4S was better than 4 but honestly iOS 7 is more optimized for and best run on 5 5C and 5S and yes our organization has experience with them ALL! ALL our company phones were 3GS and newer for the last 2 years and we did iOS 7 beta's from Beta 2 up to GM

1 of the things we compared was effiency Across iPhone 4 4S and 5 as it relates to things we used our iDevices for

Now we have upgraded and traded in ALL our devices so that the entire staff uses iPhone 5 5C or 5S but have not forgotten nor lost performance data we collected

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Millionaire2K said:
ios 1 baby! :rolleyes:
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Seriously? iOS 1? Wtf seriously need an update

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Nermal said:
It's often not up to the users. At my work, company-owned phones may not be updated to 7.
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Here we encourage our staff to keep all their iOS devices be it work or personal as up to date as possible
 
bflowers said:
.......I can promise you, the general public (those that don't spend time reading tech sites like MacRumors) don't have a clue about how their phones work, or why some apps get updates and others don't. Even the auto-update was added to make it easier for stupid people to keep happily using their phones without a clue. Those are the people that Apple is targeting these days.
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You just described 90% of the tech buying public.
 
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