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iPhone Iphone 3G - Apps?
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The 3G has a Arm6 processor, and the 3Gs and newer uses Arm7 processors.
Apple dropped support for Arm6 in iOS 4.3, but supported compiling for Arm6 for a long time, they dropped this support at the end of iOS 5 lifecycle or was it iOS6.
So yes, it is just old
If you payed for your phone I'd try to get my money back, cause apps are one of the biggest selling points, and you aint getting any.
Some apps in the appstore run older versions you can see them using the iP 3G, but these apps are few and far between. I come to mind Dropbox and Spotify.
Apple dropped support for Arm6 in iOS 4.3, but supported compiling for Arm6 for a long time, they dropped this support at the end of iOS 5 lifecycle or was it iOS6.
So yes, it is just old
If you payed for your phone I'd try to get my money back, cause apps are one of the biggest selling points, and you aint getting any.
Some apps in the appstore run older versions you can see them using the iP 3G, but these apps are few and far between. I come to mind Dropbox and Spotify.
I agree that this is moraly right to do, but it still illegal, and that is an important thing to know.
Well thanks for the replies.
I actually got the phone for free, so that's not a problem.
So just to clarify this, if i jailbreak the phone i can search for "old" apps that will work on my phone? Is this worth the effort or are those apps really outdated?
If it's jailbreaked, can i run new apps as well, or is this out of the question?
Info: I'm just interested in some games and maybe instagram, facebook, ...
I actually got the phone for free, so that's not a problem.
So just to clarify this, if i jailbreak the phone i can search for "old" apps that will work on my phone? Is this worth the effort or are those apps really outdated?
If it's jailbreaked, can i run new apps as well, or is this out of the question?
Info: I'm just interested in some games and maybe instagram, facebook, ...
Not necessarily. Apple made it impossible to target 2nd-gen iPhones starting at Sept/2012. That is, in most cases, most non-game apps dated before Sept/2012 work on the 3G (not so with games).
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Phasing out old platforms isn't necessarily an architectural (arm7 vs. arm7) question. For example, previously (with Xcode 4.1? 4.2?), Apple has phased out (made it impossible to target) pre-iOS4 (for example, 3.1.3) versions - that is, you could still compile for Arm6, "just" not for pre-4 iOS versions. (That is, you in no way could support first-gen iPhones and iPod touches.)
All this boils down to Apple's greed and forcing people to upgrade hardware by rendering their "old" hardware non-targetable by devs.
I've posted a LOT on these q's at https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=16894761 - worth a read
So yes, it is just old
It's not because it's old that you can't target it - it's because of Apple's greed.
Just download Whited00r 6 on your old iDevices. It will look like the new iOS 6 and it has an Application called App Time Machine which can download iOS 6 Apps for iOS 3.1.3. I hope it helps.
I hope it helps.most Cydia apps will have to be old and outdated to work with your phone. I know your pain, cause I had the i3G until November last year.
You won't be able to install 95% of App Store apps, such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Skype, Dropbox, Gmail and Google Earth. Basically, any apps that are regularly updated will not work with your phone. Even if you had these apps, the phone is super slow. It sometimes took a whole minute to open and fully load Facebook.
If you could get your hands on a 3GS at least, that would be totally different. You could install any app the iPhone 5 does. It's slower, but at least it's usable.
Maybe its time to move on and get rid of that slow dinosaur iPhone 3G.
You can get a 3GS or iphone 4 that can run ios 6 and all apps available in the appstore for around $150-250.
You can get a 3GS or iphone 4 that can run ios 6 and all apps available in the appstore for around $150-250.