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    From Henry@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 20 17:14:31 2023
    I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on the following?

    I don't talk on the 'phone much but when I need to, or when I need to
    send / receive SMS messages, my old Nokia dumbphone works just fine.
    However, a couple of years ago I inherited an iPhone 6 which I use --
    without a SIM card -- for connecting over Wi-Fi to a number of apps.

    Lately, more and more of the apps are insisting on being updated but
    when I go to the App Store to do that, I get the brush-off: 'this app
    requires iOS 14' or 'this app requires iOS 15'. My iPhone 6 maxed out at
    iOS 12.5

    Is there any way to trick the App Store or these latest-version apps
    into thinking that I have iOS 14 or iOS 15 so I can d/l and install
    these updates? Obviously, there are no warranty issues involved. TIA.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to henry999@eircom.net on Fri Jan 20 10:36:52 2023
    In article <1q4v8py.13uhf84j3gy9oN%henry999@eircom.net>, Henry <henry999@eircom.net> wrote:

    Is there any way to trick the App Store or these latest-version apps
    into thinking that I have iOS 14 or iOS 15 so I can d/l and install
    these updates? Obviously, there are no warranty issues involved. TIA.

    no.

    but even if you could, the apps rely on functionality not present in
    the older versions of ios, so at best, they would not work properly and
    more likely, would simply crash.

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  • From Joerg Lorenz@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 20 17:26:39 2023
    Am 20.01.23 um 16:14 schrieb Henry:
    I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on the following?

    I don't talk on the 'phone much but when I need to, or when I need to
    send / receive SMS messages, my old Nokia dumbphone works just fine.
    However, a couple of years ago I inherited an iPhone 6 which I use --
    without a SIM card -- for connecting over Wi-Fi to a number of apps.

    Lately, more and more of the apps are insisting on being updated but
    when I go to the App Store to do that, I get the brush-off: 'this app requires iOS 14' or 'this app requires iOS 15'. My iPhone 6 maxed out at
    iOS 12.5

    Is there any way to trick the App Store or these latest-version apps
    into thinking that I have iOS 14 or iOS 15 so I can d/l and install
    these updates? Obviously, there are no warranty issues involved. TIA.

    Arlen. Nymshifting again and an utter busllshit case.

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  • From Chris@21:1/5 to Henry on Fri Jan 20 18:27:05 2023
    Henry <henry999@eircom.net> wrote:
    I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on the following?

    I don't talk on the 'phone much but when I need to, or when I need to
    send / receive SMS messages, my old Nokia dumbphone works just fine.
    However, a couple of years ago I inherited an iPhone 6 which I use --
    without a SIM card -- for connecting over Wi-Fi to a number of apps.

    Lately, more and more of the apps are insisting on being updated but
    when I go to the App Store to do that, I get the brush-off: 'this app requires iOS 14' or 'this app requires iOS 15'. My iPhone 6 maxed out at
    iOS 12.5

    Is there any way to trick the App Store or these latest-version apps
    into thinking that I have iOS 14 or iOS 15 so I can d/l and install
    these updates? Obviously, there are no warranty issues involved. TIA.

    Nope. Those requirements aren't nice-to-haves, they're essential to the
    basic functionality of the app. Primarily because the app has been updated
    to use newer ios features.

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