Hello from Dublin. I came upon your helpful discussion after I caught my
iPhone downloading iOS7 in the background without my knowledge. I reckon
David's information here is the most useful for those of us wanting to
prevent the download for now, never mind the update. (I don't want the
iOS7
Having investigated a bit further:
1. To avoid the download completely, turn off Wifi when connecting the
charger (locked/unlocked is irrelevant as far as I can tell, without more
tests and wasting of space);
2. To restore any space taken by the download, I reckon we should await the
next iOS7 u
This situation is changing faster than my posts are being posted. The
iPhone is now trying to download the update, while unlocked, without a
charger and with WiFi turned OFF, which is new. Needless to say, it isn't
getting very far on 3G. Indeed, it even tries on Airplane mode, which is
daft
Well this issue changes by the day. Even on 1% battery, without charger,
my iPhone 4S is trying to download iOS7.02. So contrary to what David C.
has stated, it looks as if the charger is now irrelevant. Which is odd,
because I was able to stop the download a few days ago by disconnecting the
