5 easy steps to Upgrading and Updating any iDevice

Please in order to update or upgrade do the following.

1. Back up your idevice to either, iTunes or iCloud, iTunes being offline and with your device plugged into a computer (note that you marry one apple device to one computer, meaning that you cant sync your iphone and you ipad into the same computer if they both have different information) and iCloud being over the internet using Wifi.

2. Back up using other backup apps and methods, this method may not do justice but it helps a lot. Apps like Whatsapp and ECbackup for contacts. Manually copying the contents of the picture folder when you plug the iDevice into a computer.

3. Unlock your device and remove the lock back function from settings. This may be a problem if you dont do it early enough, it may interrupt the booting process later after the upgrade process.

4. Update either from the apple device or from the iTunes on the computer (both method) require massive internet, massive being 1GB and above, it may vary depending on the version of the ios, even in a version there are sub versions, often because of updated patches in the operating system or security updates or user interface updates.
ON THE DEVICE: Just go to Settings-->General-->Software update--> INSTALL

ON ITUNES: Most times auto detect will just detect the the phone if iTunes is installed on the computer and there is internet, it simply connects to the update server at apple and asks you whether to DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL or DOWNLOAD ONLY, there is the option to do nothing but since we a concerned with download those are the two options of concern.

5. After the download the phone does its magic, shows you the apple logo and takes you to your new experience. You may still need internet to activate the phone, register the upgrade on their server and sign you in with an apple ID soo i suggest you open one if you dont have it already.

There you have it, you have done it, or can do it, 5 easy steps to your next ios upgrade.


Regards,
Big daddy.