iPhone over Wi-Fi update
The most convenient and fastest way to update the iPhone runs on the device itself. This is from iOS 5 is possible. Before you update your iPhone, you should make a Backup. You have enabled the iCloud Backup, this is not necessary. You have not backed up your device for an extended period of time on the Computer, follow the instructions in the second paragraph.
- Open the settings App on your iPhone.
- Select below the menu item "General".
- Then click "software update", it will search for Updates.
- A new Version is available, click below on the Button "Download and install". Not, the find instead is a message that not enough space is available (see image). You can delete this If either great games Apps from which you want to disconnect all the time anyway, or remove music that you can play back later.
- The Update is downloaded, you get then a message that your iPhone will be restarted in few seconds. Now, it may take some time until the Installation is completed. The case of multiple beams, and the Apple loading Logo, is perfectly normal.
iOS update on the iPhone
iPhone on PC or Mac to update
- Open iTunes and connect your iPhone via USB to the Computer.
- It can take up to a short, to the iPhone in iTunes appears in the top right corner. Then click on it, takes you to an Overview.
- You can see in iTunes that a Backup is in progress, wait until it is completed. This is not the case, click on the Button "backup Now" (see image).
- The Backup was performed, click on the Button "search for Updates" or "Update".
- Confirm the query, a new window will open. You can click "Continue" and then click "Accept".
- The latest Version of iOS is downloaded and then installed on your iPhone. Caution: Disconnect the iPhone not from the Computer. The installation process can take after the Download, up to 30 minutes. You do not have to Worry if during this time, often a loading bar and the Apple Logo appear. This is normal and is part of every Installation.
iPhone on the Computer to update
Practice tip applies to the iOS 6 on the iPhone 4 and iTunes 11 on Windows. Your iPhone has become with the time very slowly and do not depend so much on your existing data, it is recommended especially on older models before the switch from iOS 6 to iOS 7, the device is completely reset. How this works, read this practical tip.
