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That little badge in settings

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heycal

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On my iphone 6 settings screen is a badge for the number "1" indicating that there is a new software update available, 9.3. I'm inclined not to update at this time since updates often seem to me cause problems with battery life, etc. But how do I get rid of the badge in the meantime? I don't want to see that little red number on my phone everytime I look at the screen, but see no way to get rid of it.

Is there some way to make it go away without updating?
 
Maybe you can delete it in Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage? I'm not actually sure how you delete software updates, but that's my best guess.
 
No. Have you seen the list of security fixes for 9.3? Maybe worth checking just backing up and installing.
 
t0mat0 said:
No. Have you seen the list of security fixes for 9.3? Maybe worth checking just backing up and installing.
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No way to remove the badge? I removed the update from the "storage & icloud usage" storage section, but badge remains. My icloud storage does not seem accessible right now for some reason, so I can't check there.
 
Speedman100 said:
Maybe you can delete it in Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage? I'm not actually sure how you delete software updates, but that's my best guess.
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And the place you mention does store software update package if it is downloaded.

However, once new updates are available through checking, the badge will remain there forever until you update or maybe do a full DFU restore.
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heycal said:
No way to remove the badge? I removed the update from the "storage & icloud usage" storage section, but badge remains. My icloud storage does not seem accessible right now for some reason, so I can't check there.
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Badge may be removed if you do a full restore. But, as soon as iOS knows there is a newer version of iOS, the badge will remain there.
 
So basically I'm forced to live with badge or do the update. It's visual extortion, I tell ya!
 
heycal said:
So basically I'm forced to live with badge or do the update. It's visual extortion, I tell ya!
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Yes. Visual extortion.

My mom's iPhone 6 Plus is shipped with iOS 8.4. And settings badge is also always there. But she doesn't mind at all. ;)

9.3 is not that bad. You can wait for a few weeks before deciding to jump the ship.
 
heycal said:
So basically I'm forced to live with badge or do the update. It's visual extortion, I tell ya!
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There's a way, but it's not stock.

Mikoto, a jailbreak tweak will kill the entire update system and iCleaner Pro will allow you to disable the Software Update daemon. Effectively this kills the entire shebang including the badge.

But that's only if you're jailbroken.

9.0.2 here and I haven't seen that badge since October 2015.

Of course not everyone wants to jailbreak, but I'm just putting that out there.
 
I've lived with the red 1 on my iPhone 5 (iOS 7.1.2) since the year iOS 7 came out. I was fully ready to just deal with it on my 6S Plus but deleting the update has been removing the icon. I don't have the option to remove the update on iOS 7, it must have been introduced in 8 or 9 I guess.
 
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