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My iPhone 6 Plus force upgraded itself to iOS 12 several months ago when I had to restore my phone. Unfortunately, my Apple Watch Series 0 or whatever you’ll ca
by wincy 7y ago
My iPhone 6 Plus force upgraded itself to iOS 12 several months ago when I had to restore my phone. Unfortunately, my Apple Watch Series 0 or whatever you’ll call it only works with iOS 11. And now I won’t be able to upgrade my 6 Plus. So my two old devices will permanently and unnecessarily be incompatible with one another forever, through no action of my own (there was no way to avoid the iOS 12 “upgrade”).
Both will permanently be in the past, but one major version away from compatibility. It’s pretty frustrating.
- lpgauth 7y agoYou can downgrade your phone software... quick google should show you how.
- okanesen 7y agoNo, you can’t because apple isn’t signing old versions of iOS anymore.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y agoHow are IOS11 and IOS12 “unnecessarily incompatible”? What major features will no longer work between them?
- xattt 7y agoHe’s unable to use his Series 0 watch.
- skinnymuch 7y agoExcept that seems unlikely and everyone else is saying it does work.
- phonon 7y agoIt should work. Are you using WatchOS 4.3.2?
- sirn 7y agoHuh, I have Apple Watch Series 0 as a backup watch and I don't have any issues pairing it with my iPhone X, with iOS 12 and even iOS 13 Beta. My Series 0 is running watchOS 4.3.2.
- wincy 7y agoHey thanks for letting me know this! Digging around a little it looks like iOS 12 beta was only compatible with watchOS 5 beta. But the GM version of iOS works with watchOS 4! Happy days, I’m really happy I was wrong!
- saagarjha 7y agoNote that installing an iOS beta is about as opt-in as it gets.
- gls2ro 7y agoI have Apple Watch Series 0 and it works with both XR and 6S both of them upgraded to the latest OS version 12.3.1
- wincy 7y agoLooks like I was wrong, and I’m glad about it. The error was that iOS 12 beta required watchOS 5. But once iOS 12 was officially released it’s compatible with watchOS 4.