Apple warns iPhone 5 users to update to iOS 10.3.4 before November 3 to avoid essential features

Apple has given an admonition to iPhone 5 clients who are as yet utilizing the cell phone. The waring is additionally pertinent to iPhone 4s, iPad 2 and fourth-age iPad clients. Most clients may have just moved up to more current telephones, yet on the off chance that you are as yet utilizing these gadgets, you have to refresh to the most recent programming at the earliest opportunity.

iPhone 5 update nitty gritty

Back in July this year, Apple discharged an iOS update to more established iPhones and iPads. The iPhone 5 update (iOS 10.3.4) brings a fix for GPS time rollover issue. Clients who haven’t refreshed at this point, are getting a notice from Apple to refresh before November 3. Neglecting to do as such, clients hazard losing access to basic highlights, for example, iCloud, App Store, email, web and different administrations. The iPhone 4s and iPads are getting iOS 9.3.6 update, which incorporates a similar fix. These clients will just hazard losing GPS get to.

The help page on Apple site says, “Beginning just before 12:00 a.m. UTC (5:30am IST) on November 3, 2019,* iPhone 5 will require an iOS update to keep up precise GPS area and to keep on utilizing capacities that depend on right date and time including. App Store, iCloud, email, and Web perusing. This is because of the GPS time rollover issue that started influencing GPS-empowered items from different producers on April 6, 2019. Influenced Apple gadgets are not affected until just before 12:00 a.m. UTC on November 3, 2019.”

On the off chance that despite everything you’re utilizing the Apple iPhone 5, you can go to Settings > Software Update and download the most recent iOS 10.3.4 update. Be that as it may, neglecting to do as such before November 3, you should. Physically reinforcement and reestablish the telephone utilizing Mac or PC. This is on the grounds that over-the-air updates and iCloud reinforcements will quit working after November 3.