Agreed. Plus, eventually, you have to update. I mean, you can't hold off forever; though maybe you can, as I know some odd ducks still running... Windows 98 on their PC's... I just shake my head, and smile! LOL!
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 2:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: apple forcing updates yet again Considering that more than 65% of IPhones have been updated to 7 I don't see the big deal. On 10/15/13, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's not really the issue, but how much space does this image really > take up? I've heard that the download size varries from 750M to 1.2G for > Verizon users. 3G is only needed during the install process. How do > people know it's really taking up 3G of their space? I wonder if some > uncompressing is going on after the image is downloaded, although I'd > expect this just to be done during the install process itself. It would > be pretty unfortunate for those 8G and 16G iPhone users who don't want > to move up to IOS 7 to lose even more space if the image is untangled in > preparation for the install. > > On 10/15/2013 10:40 AM, Amy Billman wrote: >> I will say though that once the update is at least downloaded (not >> installed,) it will give you no choice but to update it in full because >> that >> download's just sitting there eating three gb of space. >> I'm sure eventually there will be no choice but to update, but there's no >> way for it to happen accidentally or at the very least, without the terms >> and conditions being agreed to. >> Although... If you're running the latest iTunes and want to back up your >> phone, will it only allow you to update to iOS7? I'm running it because >> there's no reason not to, so I'm not sure how that would work... I know >> itunes recognizes that your software is out of date, but unsure if you >> can >> proceed with doing a backup without upgrading to the latest. >> Sadly though, regardless of how it happened or what the cause was, >> contacting disability services wil likely be an exercise in extreme >> futility, since once you've upgraded, you're running it whether you want >> to >> or not; from what Apple has told me anyway... *shrug* Nothing disability >> department can do one way or the other since it's not an accessibility or >> disability related issue. >> >> Amy Billman >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> Of Sieghard Weitzel >> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:35 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: apple forcing updates yet again >> >> Hi Paula, >> >> I suspect that maybe whoever was helping her might have inadvertently >> tapped >> Install or said Yes when asked to update, but you still have to Agree >> twice >> to the Terms and Conditions and I really can't see how if you tap Decline >> it >> would not let you out of the screen. >> >> A couple of weeks ago somebody also posted that iOS 7 installed on their >> phone automatically and I mean "installed" not just downloaded and there >> is >> just no way it would do so because you just have to double tap I Agree >> and >> then double tap it a second time. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> Of Marianne Denning >> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:09 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: apple forcing updates yet again >> >> Paula, I would contact the disability support number at Apple. That is >> strange because I have not heard of that happening to anyone. >> There were 2 people at our meeting last night who had not upgraded and >> they >> didn't have that problem. Lots of luck! >> On 10/15/13, Paul and Paula Jordan <pau...@roadrunner.com> wrote: >>> Hi, everyone. A coworker has an IPhone 5 running IOS 6. She does not >>> want to update right now. Yesterday someone was helping her with her >>> phone, and the phone asked if she wanted to update. The only option >>> was "ok". There appears to be no way to get out of that screen. We >>> tried re-setting the phone by holding down the lock and home button >>> for 10 seconds and just turning the phone off and back on again. >>> There still seemed to be no way to get out of the update prompt. >>> Going into the app switcher still didn't work. Anyone have any >>> thoughts? 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