Hi, The theory is that when you reset network settings, the phone does a more complete reboot than usual, so you're less likely to have an odd setting interfere with the update process. People have reported resetting network settings fixing lots of bizarre issues from time to time.
Best, Anna Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 15, 2016, at 3:51 PM, Evan Reese <ment...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > I'd like to upgrade my iPad Mini 4 soon. I decided to avoid the rush. I > understand the backing up and closing all apps with the app switcher, but why > reset network settings? My wi-fi connection is working fine now. What is the > purpose of resetting it? > Thanks. > Evan > > -----Original Message----- From: Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 1:40 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: upgrading the iPhone over the air can you safely do this now > > And to add to Anna's comment I can say that I upgraded my wife's old iPhone 6 > which we want to sell since she now has a 6S and it went beautifully and > without a hitch. > I did this last night, it told me the update was 1.1 Gb (for my 6S Plus I > seem to remember it was much larger) and it downloaded in about 4 minutes, > the update itself took about 15 minutes and it was all done. > I did, however, do my usual preparation: backup, close all apps from the app > switcher and do a Reset Network Settings. Then I reconnected to Wi-Fi, > renamed the phone's name back to Jackie's iPhone 6 since a reset network > settings will change whatever you had named it to simply "iPhone" and then I > did the update. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Woody Anna Dresner > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 8:40 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: upgrading the iPhone over the air can you safely do this now > > Hi, > > The various sites said yesterday evening that updating over the air was now > safe. > > Best, > Anna > > > >> On Sep 14, 2016, at 9:47 PM, Casey <cwoll...@wi.rr.com> wrote: >> >> Hi I would like to upgrade my phone to the latest IoS. >> Is it safe to do over the air now or is it better to still connect up to >> Itunes and do it that way? >> >> >> -- >> Casey >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >> you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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