Apple does download the update to your phone. Then you have to approve in order to install it. So it does remain on your device unless you remove it, at which point I'm unclear as to whether it redownloads. But it won't install automatically.
Teresa "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks > On Oct 17, 2014, at 10:19 AM, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > > The only reason this would be is if someone manually did the update. Apple > does not force through an update to a new operating system. You must > physically agree to do so twice before any firmware update is done. The only > thing that you may get is a notification that there is an update if you want > it. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, > you! really! are! finished! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Gross > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 7:27 AM > Subject: apple pushing through mandatory ios 8 updates? > > My wife has an Iphone 5s, I have a 4s. > She did not buy Apple care for her phone, I did. > > This morning, she said Apple had pushed through the ios 8 update on her > phone, mine is still showing 7.12. > > Why would this be? > > She uses screen zoom on her phone, and is now having difficulty adapting to > the new unwanted update. > > I am a voiceover user. > > To my mind I am not sure it is fair for Apple to insist that everyone load > the new ios update. > > This may be an unfair comparison, but a couple of days ago on my PC, > Microsoft pushed through an i.e. 11 update. I use Jaws 14, which does not > work well with i.e. 11. I was able to call for free the Microsoft disability > support line to walk through removing the update because they understood the > negative effect on my screen reader. > > By comparison, apple charges for their tech support, which my wife does not > have, and there is no going back to the previous ios version. > > I think I like Microsoft’s corporate policy better. > > Thoughts? > > David Gross > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://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 viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://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 viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
