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- Apple iPhone 5 owners must update to iOS 10.3.4 before November 3
- Some old iPads will also stop working
Apple's warning: older iPhones, iPads won't work without the latest software upgrade
If you still use the 2012-era iPhone 5, you should update it immediately. The iPhone 5 should be updated from its current iOS version to iOS 10.3.4 by November 3, other functions such as iCloud and the App Store will no longer work on their devices.
“Starting just before 12:00 pm UTC on November 3, 2019, the iPhone 5 will require an iOS update to maintain accurate GPS location and use functions that depend on the correct date and time, including the App Store, iCloud, email and web browsing, “the company said in a statement.
iPhone 5 owners should update to iOS 10.3.4 by November 3, reminding Apple
- In an alert sent by the company to iPhone 5 owners, the iPhone manufacturer warns of the need to update iOS 10.3.4
- Impressed and updating devices are the iPhone 5 and the fourth-generation iPad with Wi-Fi and cellular.
San Francisco: Apple has alerted iPhone 5 owners to update their devices from their current iOS version to iOS 10.3.4 by November 3, with other functions such as iCloud and the App Store no longer working on their devices.
In an alert sent by the company to iPhone 5 owners, the iPhone manufacturer warned of the need to update iOS 10.3.4 before the cutoff date to continue using the App Store, iCloud, email, web, and other services.
“This is due to a GPS time rollover issue that started affecting GPS-enabled products from other manufacturers from April 6, 2019. Affected Apple devices not affected until just before 12:00 PM UTC on November 3, 2019, Occur, the company said.”
The affected devices and require updates are the iPhone 5 and fourth-generation iPads with Wi-Fi and cellular that need to be updated to iOS 10.3.4.
Meanwhile, iPhone 4G, first-generation iPad mini Wi-Fi and cellular, iPad 2 with Wi-Fi and CDMA cellular, and third-generation iPad with Wi-Fi and cellular to be updated to iOS 9.3.6 needed.
If the iPhone 5 update doesn’t complete by November 3, 2019, you’ll need to backup and restore using a Mac or PC to make the update because over-the-air software updates and iCloud backup won’t work, Apple said In the said testimony.
To check if whether your iPhone 5 has updated successfully, open “Settings” app in your device. Tap on the “General” option and then tap on “About” option to find out the latest software version. The updated software version number should be 10.3.4.
How to backup your phonebook
Switching from one phone to another, even if it runs Android or iPhone is no longer a complicated task
Migrating video, photo and music from one smartphone to another is not as easy. You can transfer most of the data with a simple USB cable, but for contacts, you need solutions that can restore them with all their elements. The good thing is that many operating systems come with a built-in backup plan for this.
For Android users moving to another Android or Windows Phone, is Google Cloud. For iOS users moving to another iOS device, there is iCloud and if someone is switching from an Android device to the iPhone, there is an Apple app for the needy.
Here’s how to contact backup works between different mobile platforms.
Android to Android
Google provides backups for all Google apps, including contacts on cloud storage that are linked to your account. Go to Contacts, tap on the menu button at the top and select Accounts. This will open all accounts on your phone. Select Google, scroll down to the next page which opens for contacts and slide the toggle button to the right. It will turn green which means that Google Cloud has started backing up your contacts. The next time you go to another Android phone and the moment you login with the same Google account, your contacts will be restored automatically.
iOS to iOS
iOS offers a number of options for backing up contacts. The simplest one is iCloud. Go to Settings, select iCloud, select storage and backup. Scroll down to contacts and slide the toggle button towards the right to activate it. This allows Apple Cloud to automatically backup all existing and new contacts on your new iPhone.
IOS for Android
If you want to backup and transfer contacts from an iPhone to an Android device, you can use third-party apps like My Contacts Backup. When the app opens, tap the backup button, wait for the backup, and then tap the email button. Type in the email address and the backup will be sent in VCF format. Open Mail on Android smartphone, tap on the VCF file and you will be able to see your contacts on the screen. Just select the add contact and it will merge your previous contacts with the new one. You can follow the same procedure to transfer contacts from Android devices to the iPhone.
For android IOS
To move your contacts from Android to iOS, Apple has an app called Move to iOS. It is available for free on the Google Play Store. Open the app on your Android smartphone, select Migrate and wait for your iPhone to create a private WiFi network. Once the iPhone is connected to your Android phone, the migration will begin and all your contacts will go directly to the iPhone’s contact book.
Android to windows phone
For Windows Phone users, the options are as limited as most third-party applications on their App Store, won’t really work as smoothly as one would expect. To transfer your contact from Android device to Windows Phone, go to Settings in your Windows Phone, select Email and login to your Google account with the same email ID that is running on Android phone. Select Sync Contacts and you can access all your Android contacts on a Windows Phone device. To transfer contacts from your Windows Phone to Android, select Sync Contacts with Google in your Windows Phone contact book and the contacts will appear on Android phones.
