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ios 9

  1. Z

    Ultimate iOS 9 Performance Guide for A5 Devices

    I have recently taken an interest in early iOS devices as nostalgic purpose-built tools to enhance both recreation and productivity, as well as primitive touchscreen-based prototypes for what would eventually become the Apple Silicon Macs. One device of note being an iPad 3 that I happen to own...
  2. T

    Accidentally Locking Myself out of my iPad 2

    Someone got hold of my iPad 2 and put the wrong password so many times that my iPad was disabled. Is it possible to restore the iPad? Or at least restore its data?
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    iPad App Admin & Lowerinstall are causing my iPad all kinds off issues. Anyone able to help me

    My sons iPad Pro is JB on 9.3.2. There’s a lot of apps that he can’t download from him being on iOS 9. I was told to try App Admin & Lowerinstall. He wanted the Amazon Kindle app on his iPad so he could read his eBooks but the Kindle app requires iOS 10 or above. In Lowerinstall I changed the...
  4. janeauburn

    iOS 9 vs 12

    I've held out on iOS 9 on my 6 Plus for several reasons, but I've read the reports that iOS 12 does not slow down older phones. Has anyone tried the upgrade from 9 to 12 on an iPhone 6? If so, what were your results? Slower? Thanks.
  5. rorydz

    iPhone 6s turns on in Activation Mode and is forcing me to update

    I was on my phone when it dies, I plug it in, it turns on a few minutes later to the white "Hello" "Slide to Set Up" screen. The phone is running iOS 9.3 I think, somewhere around there. It's 3 years old and it wasn't running as well as when I got it, but nothing too bad, just kind of slower...
  6. R

    iPhone Can I upgrade to iOS 10.2? Currently on iOS 9.1

    Hello everyone. I'm new on this forum. Thanks beforehand for reading this. Well, Ive been loyal to my iOS 9.1 JB on my iPhone 6S. Works pretty smooth, with no issues at all. The thing is that some apps I need are no longer supported on my firmware, and I want to go up...but no to 11.4 !! You...
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    iOS 9 App Store show more games apps under games than iOS 11 App Store

    A user said, if use iOS 9 on a iPhone and go to App Store -> select the category Games -> select a Gerne e.g Adventure Then the games will be shown among each other. You can even scroll down for more than 10 minutes without stopping it. You can really scroll endlessly. are there iOS 9 users...
  8. barbu110

    Install iOS 9 on iPhone 6 with iOS 11

    Hi! I bought an iPhone 6 last year with iOS 9 installed. I have recently upgraded to iOS 11 (prior to that, I had upgraded to iOS 10) so restoring my phone to the last update via iTunes is not an option now. Does Apple officially support installing iOS 9 on my iPhone again? (e.g. from this...
  9. GuilhermeIsidoro

    iPhone Downgrade to iOS 9 with shsh

    I've recently had some problems with my jailbroken iOS 9.0.2 iPhone 5s and unfortnantly had to restore it to 10.3.3. As I'm off jailbreaking world for quite a long time this may sound a bit stupid, but is it possible to downgrade it back to iOS 9? I've saved my iOS 9.0.2 shsh using tsssaver...
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    Music disappearing multiple times

    I have an iPhone 6S 64GB running 9.3.3 and my music keeps disappearing - all of a sudden I'll go to listen to something and it all of my 3000+ songs synced from iTunes (not Apple Match, not Apple Music, synced local files like MP3s, AACs, a few AIFFs, etc.) just go out to lunch. This has...
  11. Hass1234

    Someone please answer my quick question - Is it safe for iOS 9 users to upgrade right now?

    hey guys, so I'm on iOS 9 and I have Pangu jaikbreak, I'm super happy with my jaikbreak but at the same time I wanna try out iOS 10 but not willing to give up my jaikbreak for it, is it safe for iOS 9 users to upgrade right now and get jaikbreak? I really don't wanna lose my jaikbreak. I have an...
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    Cannot Restore or Update Jailbroken iPhone

    My iphone 6s is jailbroken on ios 9.3.3 and after installing a tweak my phone resprung but the spinning wheel got stuck while turning and my phone wasn't turning off or on. So I reboot my phone pressing both home & power button and of course my phone had to be rejailbroken again. However, when I...
  13. mxims96

    iPod touch Should I update my iPod Touch 5 (from 8.0.2) to 9.3.5?

    Hello, I originally updated my Touch to 8.0.2 from iOS 7 because I thought it would make it operate smoother, and it turns out I was completely wrong. Over two years later, I have jailbroken the device, and added some of my own improvements such as disabling the dynamic blur effect that Apple...
  14. tech4all

    iPad mini iPad mini 2 iOS 9/10 performance

    Does anyone have an iPad mini 2 (16GB) with iOS 9 or 10? If so, how is the performance? Does it lag? I'm wondering whether or not I should update iOS. I updated my iPod touch 5th generation and noticed some degraded performance in some apps going from iOS 7 to 8. So I just wanted to see what...
  15. elliwhi

    Whatsapp for iPod and iPad

    https://www.change.org/p/whatsapp-inc-whatsapp-for-ipod-touch I've started a petition to get it back on iPad and iPod Touch. I constantly have family and relatives abroad asking me "Do you have Whatsapp?" Unfortunately, I always have to reply with No, but I have other apps such as Viber and...
  16. PrinceKickster

    Asking for ultimate iOS stock wallpapers dump until iOS 10

    I don't know if a similar active thread for this actually exist somewhere here in MacRumors Forums because I'm totally a new member here. I'm humbly asking for all the wallpapers exist on iPad and iPhones that's been added until the very last major iOS release; iOS 10. Also I want to ask for the...
  17. AmazingHenry

    Downgrade iPhone 4S

    So, I'll be getting an iPhone 4S tomorrow (should be a nice upgrade over my 2G :D) and it's on iOS 9. I've heard that the iPhone 4S is pretty slow on iOS 9 and fast on iOS 5 and 6. Is it possible to downgrade it? I can provide more details about the device tomorrow, sorry if I don't have enough...
  18. S

    can I downgrade to iOS 9.3.5 and restoring via iCloud ?

    hello. Let's straight to the topic. I was planning to downgrade my iPhone 5s from iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.5 . But since I know that I can't restoring iOS 10 backup file via iTunes, I wonder, can I backup via iCloud on iOS 10, and after my iPhone downgraded to iOS 9.3.5, it is possible to restore the...
  19. Aftermath747

    Does iOS 10 do what iOS 9 was supposed to?

    I was excited for iOS 9 simply because of the relatively crummy experience iOS 8 had been and the promise of drastic performance improvements due to Metal. Well, I never did notice much in the way of improvement, even up to 9.3.5. I upgraded to the 6s just because the 1 GB of RAM in the 6 was...
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    iPod Wired Lightning Earbuds REQUIRE iOS 10

    I have a well-used and well-loved iPod Touch 5th Generation with a Lightning connector. Some time ago, the headphone jack stopped working properly (this has happened to me on other iPods and on iMacs as well). When the new Lightning connector based Earbuds came out, I ordered them immediately...