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#150082 10-Jul-2014 18:24

Have an iPhone 4 that I have wiped in preparation to give to my sister in-law. Wanted to install facebook for her but the appstore doesn't want to give the old version, insisting on ios 7. Knowing that ios 7 will cripple the device I'm looking for a work around or alternative?

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#1086588 10-Jul-2014 18:44

It is already crippled by having iOS 6 installed. Just upgrade it, iOS 7.1 is not too bad on them.

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#1086594 10-Jul-2014 18:52

I thought the app store now let you install old app versions for older ios versions?

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#1086645 10-Jul-2014 19:22

my wifes iphone 4 ran heaps better on ios7

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#1086653 10-Jul-2014 19:29

mattwnz: I thought the app store now let you install old app versions for older ios versions?

yeah, I'm sure you could in the past.

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#1086656 10-Jul-2014 19:31

Yogi02: my wifes iphone 4 ran heaps better on ios7

maybe they fixed it, reviews i read were very critical of battery issues and performance degradation.

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#1086659 10-Jul-2014 19:35

long fixed

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#1086672 10-Jul-2014 19:41

Oh well, here we go, sadly can't go back if it fails, here goes nothing.

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#1086680 10-Jul-2014 19:46

My son used IOS7 on his iPhone 4 with no issues until he replaced it recently

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#1086734 10-Jul-2014 21:09

Sounds encouraging, I guess critical reviews don't get updated once the problems been addressed. We will see how it goes over the next couple of weeks.

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