You ask Apple for permission to do it because they are the owners of the device, not you. Their answer is no, and that's the end of that.
Ask HN: How do you install not the latest iOS version?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you install not the latest iOS version?
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I think it’s interesting how software has longevity expectations from some customers that physical products don’t have. How long is a dinner or drinks supposed to last before you buy another one? How long is your house supposed to last before you need to make repairs? How long is gasoline supposed to last before you buy more? Vacation? Movie tickets? Hotel rooms? Flights? Appliances? Clothes? Shoes? Furniture? Maybe…
Are software consumables like food and gasoline? Do you throw away your entire house after 5 years? What about your books? Movies? Music? Photos? Art? You can take a 20 year old+ copy of Windows software that shipped on a CD-ROM in a paper box and it'll probably work just fine on Windows 10, maybe it needs some compatibility setting checked or absolute worst case an XP or 2000 VM. Meanwhile what do you do with an 8 y…
And can I run old Windows CE apps built on .Net Compact Framework on the latest greatest Microsoft produced phones?
Re: Ask HN: How do you install not the latest iOS version?
#23For reference, 90% of iOS users are on at least 15.5
https://gs.statcounter.com/ios-version-market-share/all/unit...
How many users are actually on iOS 14 since every device that can run iOS 14 can run iOS 15?
Re: Ask HN: How do you install not the latest iOS version?
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it’s interesting how software has longevity expectations from some customers that physical products don’t have. How long is a dinner or drinks supposed to last before you buy another one? How long is your house supposed to last before you need to make repairs? How long is gasoline supposed to last before you buy more? Vacation? Movie tickets? Hotel rooms? Flights? Appliances? Clothes? Shoes? Furniture? Maybe…
Are software consumables like food and gasoline? Do you throw away your entire house after 5 years? What about your books? Movies? Music? Photos? Art? You can take a 20 year old+ copy of Windows software that shipped on a CD-ROM in a paper box and it'll probably work just fine on Windows 10, maybe it needs some compatibility setting checked or absolute worst case an XP or 2000 VM. Meanwhile what do you do with an 8 y…
I was just wishing today to install an old version of Garage Band that could run on an older Mac. But I don’t have it on a disc, and can’t see how to download old versions.
Re: Ask HN: How do you install not the latest iOS version?
#25For reference, 90% of iOS users are on at least 15.5 https://gs.statcounter.com/ios-version-market-share/all/unit... How many users are actually on iOS 14 since every device that can run iOS 14 can run iOS 15?
which is both a triumph and a tragedy
Re: Ask HN: How do you install not the latest iOS version?
#26You can get an old device, wait until it fills up with caches/logs/other opaque data that just can't be deleted for whatever reason, and updates will fail due to insufficient free space. Or just download a large file to the same effect probably
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are software consumables like food and gasoline? Do you throw away your entire house after 5 years? What about your books? Movies? Music? Photos? Art? You can take a 20 year old+ copy of Windows software that shipped on a CD-ROM in a paper box and it'll probably work just fine on Windows 10, maybe it needs some compatibility setting checked or absolute worst case an XP or 2000 VM. Meanwhile what do you do with an 8 y…
I was just wishing today to install an old version of Garage Band that could run on an older Mac. But I don’t have it on a disc, and can’t see how to download old versions.
Do you own Garageband on the Mac App Store? On the older Mac, download Garageband from the App Store's "purchased" page. You will be given an option to install the last compatible version. Note that you absolutely must do this from the purchased page of the App Store and not anywhere else!
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You could have a new battery installed.
I can't. The screw won't come out. I've tried two different repair shops and none of them were able to remove one of the bottom screws to open the phone.
Repair shops just didn't want to bother.
Find the one who with a dremel and people actually wanting your money.
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#29“One does not _simply_ not install the latest iOS” -Boromir Biggest flaw of iOS in my experience, I have lost over $1000 in apps not operable due to iOS updates. The apps work fine on my older iOS version devices which have since died due to battery issues.
So you have apps that you paid real money for, but they haven't been updated in at least half a decade?
Isn't it worrying that the developer doesn't care enough to check out their code, compile and resubmit?
Re: Ask HN: How do you install not the latest iOS version?
#30“One does not _simply_ not install the latest iOS” -Boromir Biggest flaw of iOS in my experience, I have lost over $1000 in apps not operable due to iOS updates. The apps work fine on my older iOS version devices which have since died due to battery issues.
So you have apps that you paid real money for, but they haven't been updated in at least half a decade? Isn't it worrying that the developer doesn't care enough to check out their code, compile and resubmit?
As a developer, I can tell you it usually isn't that simple.
The vast majority of 10+ year old apps wouldn't compile with modern xcode, and even if they did they won't meet the stores requirements anymore.
For a small app with a small userbase, the maintainance cost isnt worth it.