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iOS 8 will not install - what to do?

  • Mar 25, 2026
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Can iOS 8 do not install, this can have several reasons. We will show you how to solve the Problem.

Server problems: iOS 8 will not install

  • iOS 8 was released for users in Germany on 17.09.2014 at 19 o'clock. Million iOS devices trying to download this time, as well as in the hours and days after the new Apple operating system.
  • Because the Upgrade is about 1 GByte in size, will be charged to the Server of Apple strong.
  • Not a concrete Problem in your iOS device, unfortunately, only one: to Wait. The servers are simply overloaded.
iOS 8 will not install

iOS 8 installed and when iOS 7 landed - what to do?

  • Big Updates are subject to Apple again and again with some problems. Sometimes are deleted after the Upgrade, all the data, sometimes nothing happens.
  • In our Test with an iPhone 4S, we had to download iOS 8, two times. After the first alleged Installation of iOS 8, we landed after two hours and again in iOS 7.

Too little memory: iOS 8 will not install

  • IOS 8 download and install, need the iOS devices depending on the type, up to 6 Gbytes of free space.
  • In the settings you can find under the category "General" and the point "use" is the currently free disk space. Memory-eating Apps you can delete here directly.
  • But the simplest way is single music-to delete albums or the entire collection from the iOS device. This is after the Update, simply re-install.
iOS 8: Too little memory

iOS 8 will not install: Try it via iTunes

  • The Download of iOS 8 on Wi-Fi does not work, connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch via the USB cable to your Computer.
  • iTunes asks you whether you want to download iOS 8 and install it. In some cases, the process works through iTunes is much better than on the device itself.
iPhone reset
As for iOS 8, the Desktop Version in Safari request, we will show you in the next tip.

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