iOS 7 : Available on Wednesday 18/9/13.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

iOS7 from Apple will be available for download on Wednesday 18th of September 2013.

The update will be available for :

Now is the time to carry out some homework on this release, as its not just an update to iOS6 , its a full UI overhaul.

Ensure your idevice battery is 80% +

If your low on internal memory then think about deleting unused apps, music, videos, pictures, tones and e mails etc, to allow the update to proceed.

First update your iTunes to the newest availabe version.

You can achieve this by opening up iTunes and clicking on.... 'Check for Updates'

Carry out a sync of your idevice.

Then create a back up to iTunes and iCloud, or both.

Then when you hook up your idevice to iTunes and click on the device name, if the iOS7 update is available, you will see the appropriate message saying so.

Be patient as Apples servers will be maxed out, and as such the update may not be available to you at first. Keep checking.

Ensure you have left enough down time for the update to complete.

Sit back and wait  

Any users who have jail-broken their idevices are advised to abstain from updating.

Lots more information on the 02 Forum site here:

http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Apple-iOS-Devices-iPhone-iPad/FAQs-Apple-iOS-Devices-iPhone-iPad-etc/td...

And here from the Apple Uk Site.

http://www.apple.com/uk/ios/

[Anonymous]

I would add the following:

If you "Restore" your device (or the upgrade process wants to wipe/restore the iPhone), the upgrade itself will complete, however iTunes will then download all apps/music/photos/video's in the background.

You may think iTunes has finished, but the apps/music etc are still being streamed to the device.

The best way to check is by looking on the phone itself (ie via Settings -> General -> iTunes Wi-Fi Sync), this will show it downloading items

Wait for this to complete before disconnecting your iPhone from the computer, otherwise all your apps/music etc may not be fully restored

[MarkTadley]

Many thanks for this information

[Anonymous]

One more thing.

I always find it faster to use the USB cable to connect the iPhone to your computer when restoring a new iPhone from a backup, rather than using the wireless sync method.

Wonder what time the update will be available?

If its going to be available 12am Wednesday 18 September Cupertino time (pacific time). That would mean that it would be available 8am UK time.

[Anonymous]

If i could one thing, going on previous iOS releases they normally arrive mid evening (8pm ish) in the UK. This has been the case for the OTA updates since iOS 5

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
going on previous iOS releases they normally arrive mid evening (8pm ish) in the UK. This has been the case for the OTA updates since iOS 5

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Thanks for that, I was just wondering the same thing earlier of when iOS 7 would go live in the UK

Really looking forward to installing this.

[Anonymous]

One could wait for the notification in the software update section of the iDevices settings.

This is what I do and then hook up to iTunes to carry it out.

I'm not too keen on performing this via OTA.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

One could wait for the notification in the software update section of the iDevices settings.

This is what I do and then hook up to iTunes to carry it out.

I'm not too keen on performing this via OTA.

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I always do major updates via iTunes too, OTA (especially when software is newly launched) can be very hit & miss in my opinion.

[adamtemp64]

apple launch all ios updates at the same tome usually 10 am there time uk about 18:00 but I could be wrong

[Toby]

Some awesome advice here guys,

What aspects of the new iOS are you most excited about? The new design or some of the features?

I'm liking the sound of Airdrop. Quick and easy.