Need to reformat my 3GS and was wondering which iOS is should put on it? Seems that Apple wants it to have 6.1.3 but will the phone cope with that?
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Which iOS for 3GS?
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I found 6.1.3 to be better than previous 6.x.x! But it still lags sometimes! The perfect iOS would be 4.x.x it's super fast but you lose in apps
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PsstGreek
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You can only go down to 5.x.x or 4.x.x if you've saved the SHSH. Otherwise downgrading isn't possible because Apple doesn't allow it.
I believe 6.1.3 is the last update for the 3GS. I still own one and the last time I plugged it in I wasn't prompted to update.
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Apple is still signing iOS 4.1 for the iPhone 3GS, so you could try that (if you don't have SHSH blobs for other versions of iOS).
Issues with 4.1:
* sometimes initiating a call will fail.
* poor app compatibility!
* old notification system and no iCloud.
Other than that, I would go with iOS 6.1.6. I have no idea why 6.1.3 is mentioned so much in this thread.
Issues with 4.1:
* sometimes initiating a call will fail.
* poor app compatibility!
* old notification system and no iCloud.
Other than that, I would go with iOS 6.1.6. I have no idea why 6.1.3 is mentioned so much in this thread.