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No one here can know for sure, but it would be surprising to me if devices with only 512 MB of RAM could run iOS 10. It's amazing that they can even run 9. One thing that I commend Apple on is their support of older devices.
I laughed because what in the world made you upgrade a 4s, a device with only 512mb RAM, to ios9 and then expect it to run well. had you left it on ios6 or ios7, you would have been fine.
[it seems, just replying 'LOL' is frowned upon by the mods even though my intent was not malicious.]
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Hmmm, forgive me, but despite the fact that what you said does make sense, you have to understand that most of us like to have the latest IOS. So, to laugh about it...well, not exactly friendly, wouldn't you say.
Anyhow, to the OP, it seams that 9.2.1 works fine with 4S...why don't you try it, you don't have anything to lose, right
You can read about it here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...9-2-1-rivals-ios-8-4-1-on-a5-devices.1951708/
Anyhow, to the OP, it seams that 9.2.1 works fine with 4S...why don't you try it, you don't have anything to lose, right
You can read about it here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...9-2-1-rivals-ios-8-4-1-on-a5-devices.1951708/
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I have the 5S and the 6S Plus... to think when apple release the 7 the 4S will be worth even less.Hmmm, forgive me, but despite the fact that what you said does make sense, you have to understand that most of us like to have the latest IOS. So, to laugh about it...well, not exactly friendly, wouldn't you say.
Anyhow, to the OP, it seams that 9.2.1 works fine with 4S...why don't you try it, you don't have anything to lose, right
Hmmm, forgive me, but despite the fact that what you said does make sense, you have to understand that most of us like to have the latest IOS. So, to laugh about it...well, not exactly friendly, wouldn't you say.
Anyhow, to the OP, it seams that 9.2.1 works fine with 4S...why don't you try it, you don't have anything to lose, right
You can read about it here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...9-2-1-rivals-ios-8-4-1-on-a5-devices.1951708/
the real root of the problem is that Apple provides no way of downgrading even if the user accepts any proviso that it would then fall outside of "official support". it's criminal how Apple forces you to update even if you may not want to.
For example, if you have some software problem with your iphone or ipad, one of the things Apple support will do in their troubeshooting is wipe the device and put the current "supported" iOS on it. So soneone who was happily using a 4s on iOS6 will be forced to iOS9 if the usual steps to fix something don't work.
when I got my hands on my sister's ipad3 a few weeks ago and saw she was running iOS 8.41, I laughed about it, and asked her why...she said she upgraded because one app (i think it was a publication or something related to publications) required iOS 8.
as a result of putting ios8 on her ipad3, running an app update took nearly 8 minutes when the same update on my ipad2 on ios7 took under 2min.
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the real root of the problem is that Apple provides no way of downgrading even if the user accepts any proviso that it would then fall outside of "official support". is criminal how Apple forces you to update even if you may not want to.
For example, if you have some software problem with your iphone or ipad, one of the things Apple support will do in their troubeshooting is wipe the device and put the current "supported" iOS on it. So soneone who was happily using a 4s on iOS6 will be forced to iOS9 if the usual steps to fix something don't work.
the real root of the problem is that Apple provides no way of downgrading even if the user accepts any proviso that it would then fall outside of "official support". is criminal how Apple forces you to update even if you may not want to.
For example, if you have some software problem with your iphone or ipad, one of the things Apple support will do in their troubeshooting is wipe the device and put the current "supported" iOS on it. So soneone who was happily using a 4s on iOS6 will be forced to iOS9 if the usual steps to fix something don't work.
Yes it is. Original iOS ftw!
Not necessarily. My iPhone 6 runs as well if not better on iOS 9 than it did on its original iOS 8. I always keep my devices up to date with the lastest OS, and even after 2-3 years they're usually performing fine.