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I agree on this. I kept my iPhone 4s alive for years with multiple screen repairs, power buttons replacements, speaker replacements, and on and on. But one day

by 14 5y ago

I agree on this. I kept my iPhone 4s alive for years with multiple screen repairs, power buttons replacements, speaker replacements, and on and on. But one day I noticed I could no longer get any of the apps I wanted they suddenly needed the latest iOS. I put the phone away in a drawer and was forced to upgrade. What a shame.

NavinF 5y ago
IMO that’s a lost cause. The wiki says it was released on 2011 and got its last iOS update in 2019 after being discontinued in 2014. 8 years of support is ridiculously long compared to what most phone mfgs provide. Not to mention that the battery becomes significantly weaker after 2 years and the average American replaces their phone every 3 years.
- pabs3 5y ago
  People have run Linux distros on the iPhone 7 and the old iPhone 2G/3G, so it isn't improbable that someone could get Linux to work on the iPhone 4. https://blog.project-insanity.org/2020/04/16/running-postmarketos-on-iphone-7/ https://blog.project-insanity.org/2020/04/16/running-postmar... https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kux9xx/success_iphone_7_with_dead_nand_netbooting/ https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kux9xx/success_iphon... https://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/2010/05/iphone-3g-binaries.html https://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/2010/05/iphone-3g-binarie...
- pbasista 5y ago
  > 8 years of support This is unrelated to support from the manufacturer. The manufacturer may not provide any software support at all and still be friendly to software right to repair. For instance, it would be sufficient if they did not go out of their way to prevent regular users from running a software they like on the devices they own.
- 14 5y ago
  I replaced the battery at one point. I can assure you many apps did not work way before 2019 you would get a message saying this device is not supported from the App Store. Perhaps part of that is on the developers of the app but by Apple not requiring backwards compatibility it essentially did the same thing as if they themselves did not maintain updates because what is a smartphone with out the apps?
  - NavinF 5y ago
    Personally I’m glad Apple doesn’t force devs to support devices that have been discontinued for a couple of years. It’d be such a PITA for app devs. I do wish they unlocked the bootloader tho.

by 14 5y ago

NavinF 5y ago

IMO that’s a lost cause. The wiki says it was released on 2011 and got its last iOS update in 2019 after being discontinued in 2014. 8 years of support is ridiculously long compared to what most phone mfgs provide. Not to mention that the battery becomes significantly weaker after 2 years and the average American replaces their phone every 3 years.

pabs3 5y ago
People have run Linux distros on the iPhone 7 and the old iPhone 2G/3G, so it isn't improbable that someone could get Linux to work on the iPhone 4. https://blog.project-insanity.org/2020/04/16/running-postmarketos-on-iphone-7/ https://blog.project-insanity.org/2020/04/16/running-postmar... https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kux9xx/success_iphone_7_with_dead_nand_netbooting/ https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kux9xx/success_iphon... https://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/2010/05/iphone-3g-binaries.html https://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/2010/05/iphone-3g-binarie...
pbasista 5y ago
> 8 years of support This is unrelated to support from the manufacturer. The manufacturer may not provide any software support at all and still be friendly to software right to repair. For instance, it would be sufficient if they did not go out of their way to prevent regular users from running a software they like on the devices they own.
14 5y ago
I replaced the battery at one point. I can assure you many apps did not work way before 2019 you would get a message saying this device is not supported from the App Store. Perhaps part of that is on the developers of the app but by Apple not requiring backwards compatibility it essentially did the same thing as if they themselves did not maintain updates because what is a smartphone with out the apps?
- NavinF 5y ago
  Personally I’m glad Apple doesn’t force devs to support devices that have been discontinued for a couple of years. It’d be such a PITA for app devs. I do wish they unlocked the bootloader tho.