Well, obviously, it's hard to know what happened in a sampling of one
and whether her problems had anything to do with her wifi connection or
not. A full repair will cure many different ills. I'm not saying anyone
is wrong for being careful about how or when they update their phone. If
I had an experience similar to your partner's, I'm sure I'd be skiddish
about over the air updates as well.
For me personally, I like doing major updates with iTunes. I get more
feedback than I do when performing an over the air update, and although
I'm sure Apple has plenty of checks built in no matter how you update
your phone, the iTunes way is the more tried and true method and there
are just more points in the process where apple can check on things,
like the integrity of the image downloaded to your PC and then
transferred to your phone.
That being said, in a pinch, I'd have no qualms about doing an over the
air update myself, and as long as I'd have the time, I'd have no problem
using any stable wifi connection available to me. After all, Apple
implemented automatic updates for apps and they even download your
update for you automatically, so you have no control over the quality of
the wifi network that your phone was using when the update was
downloaded. For example, I don't bother to stand in my pantry under my
router when I do perform an over the air update.
I think the most important point here though is that it depends on the
strength and quality of the wifi connection. Physical proximity to the
wireless router isn't a good indication that the wifi signal is going to
be strong and stable. I know there are places in my house where my
neighbors' wireless signal is stronger than my own. This is why I
suggest monitoring your wifi signal for a bit to ensure it is strong and
stable. I don't go into my pantry to update my phone just to be close to
my router, but I also know trying to update my phone from my front porch
will take forever because my signal is so weak out there.
On 11/23/2013 05:55 PM, David Chittenden wrote:
Sure Christopher. Only, my partner updated over the air using a weak wifi
signal, and her iDevice started having some interesting problems. When she
finally hooked up to iTunes and did a full repair, the problems went away.
Explain that however you choose. As for me, I will only update over wifi when I
have a consistently strong signal.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
On 24 Nov 2013, at 10:01, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote:
I'd monitor the wifi strength over time. If it stays pretty consistently strong
then there's no difference between using your friend's wifi or any other wifi.
For me personally, I'd worry more about dropped connections and having to
restart the update process than I would about a corrupted update. I'm sure
Apple has enough checks that it won't start an update until it knows it has a
good image downloaded to your phone. Finally, unless Facetime isn't working for
you, you can just wait until you have access to your PC or a more reliable wifi
network.
On 11/23/2013 02:35 PM, David Chittenden wrote:
Personally, I would go over to his house. Poor wifi signal means
significantly greater chance of corrupted data packets, means greater
chance that the update could be corrupted. I wouldn't trust my iPhone to
that increased possibility.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
On 24 Nov 2013, at 9:26, "Don & Cher Bosch"
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
My PC is unavailable- but can access a neighbors’ WIFI from my house
(with his consent). Do I need to go over to his house to attempt an
IOS update via WIFI or is it OK as long as I have a signal?
How long does WIFI IOS update take?
Many, many thanks to all you on this list who make it possible :)
Cher
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