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iOS 7 does not support applications, what should I do? What to do if an App Store app requires a new version of iOS or how to install the latest compatible version of the app for your iPhone and iPad

iOS 7 just recently started rolling out to users' devices, and although developers had several months to spare, few had time to update their applications to comply with the new system. Let's now see who has already done it, who has changed their applications and created a superior relationship with iOS 7.

1. Spark Camera

Spark Camera lets you create beautiful HD quality videos from best moments own life. Magnificent sunrises, relaxing with friends on the beach, children's smiles - the world is full of inspiring moments. Capture their best memories with Spark Camera for iOS 7.

2. Discover

This is a real find for music lovers - music app number one in a number of countries around the world. Discover will help you find new music, similar to the famous Last.fm service. In addition, it is possible to familiarize yourself with the biography of artists, go to official websites and video clips on YouTube, find out concert dates and much more.

3. Awesome Note

The uniqueness of the Awesome Note app lies in the combination of all the main functions notebook– here you can take quick notes, keep a diary, record your results and create to-do lists with a focus on study or work in a separate notebook.

4.500px

The 500px portal is one of the most popular resources with amazingly beautiful portfolios of thousands from all over the world. The iOS app makes browsing the 500px community's most expressive and popular photos endless fun.

5. City Guides by National Geographic

Explore one of the world's four most vibrant cities - London, Paris, Rome or New York - with National Geographic's City Guides app. Free version contains useful tips, Interesting Facts about the city, weather forecast and selection excellent photographs. The app features easy-to-use maps and a simple and clear interface, which will appeal to all travel lovers, regardless of their experience.

6. iTranslate

One of the most popular solutions for instant translation into one of the 70 languages ​​available in the application. There are functions for translating text into voice and vice versa, romanizing hieroglyphs and speeding up text typing.

7.Launch Center Pro

Launch Center Pro is an application quick launch, which allows you to run programs not just like that, but with additional settings. For example, in Launch Center Pro, you can place a shortcut to “call mom,” and with one tap you can start calling the number you need. Or you can make a shortcut “send an e-mail to a partner” - one click, and a window for creating a letter with the address already entered opens.

Today the sphere mobile technologies continues to develop at a fairly rapid pace. Progress in production cell phones and smartphones becomes especially noticeable if you pay attention to how quickly Yesterday's new products become obsolete, unable to withstand the competition of newly released flagships. We will talk about eliminating one of the signs of such obsolescence below.

iPhone and iOS obsolescence

In one of our previous articles: - we looked at an option that allows you to play online videos in high quality on an old computer.
But if the process of obsolescence of hardware in most cases can be considered natural and necessary, then with software everything is not always so obvious.

In the issue of software obsolescence, two main directions can be distinguished:

  1. Lack of support and updates operating system manufacturer for old devices
  2. Lack of backward compatibility of new versions software with old OS

Support period

The first point is clear. The smartphone manufacturer does not want to spend effort and money on optimization new system for outdated hardware, even if this task is technically feasible. In addition to saving resources, this step also contributes to the rapid growth of sales of new manufactured devices (outflow customer base to a more loyal manufacturer in in this case we neglect), which also does not speak in favor of increasing the duration of support for its products.

Software backwards compatibility

As for the question backward compatibility, then this side may seem even more controversial. To begin with, let us give a conditional answer in the context of the current article to the question: What is backward compatibility?

backward compatibility- is the ability of new software versions to work with old data formats on an old operating system

Both versions of this problem are very acute for owners of previous releases of the company’s cell phones. Apple.
For example, the latter is available to owners iPhone 4S version iOS - 9.3.5 , For iPhone 4 the situation is even worse; this device can only be officially installed iOS 7.1.2. And this despite the fact that latest version operating room Apple systems at the current time - 10.3.1

Consequences of software obsolescence

What does this mean?
One of the main troubles they will face users of outdated Apple devices- that, often, it is impossible to install some programs from App Store on iOS below a certain release.
In particular, to install such popular program exchange quick messages and calls via the Internet, like Viber, from App store le will require availability installed version iOS no lower than 8.1. For applications such as Skype, network client In contact with or mobile app Instagram, maximum old version of the phone system that meets the installation conditions for the listed software - iOS 8.0.

From all of the above, we can conclude that officially we do not have the opportunity install Viber on iPhone 4 . The same applies to the other programs mentioned: Skype, vk client for iOS, Instagram and many others. Moreover, the same fate will soon befall newer models, so this question in the future it may affect an increasing number of users of Apple products.

However, there is a way to install the same Instagram on iPhone 4. Work this method will be with most programs.
The essence of this method is preload applications from the App Store linked to Apple ID and subsequent installation of the supported version of the program on the phone itself.

So, we will need:

  1. Computer with Internet access.
  2. Connecting to the Internet on iPhone.

Let's get started.

Installing VK App in Apple ID via iTunes

If we try install the VKontakte program on iPhone 4, then nothing will work for us, we will get an error For of this content(app) requires iOS 8.0 and later with a proposal to update the device to iOS 8.0

But if we go along the path Settings - General - Software Update, we will see that we have installed " newest"Software, namely iOS 7.1.2, which is the latest for iPhone 4

This means that we will have to look for workarounds.

Download to your computer from the official website Apple program iTunes and install it.
Let's launch iTunes and log in using the account with which your iPhone was activated.

Now on the left top corner Click on the drop-down menu and select Edit menu...

In the list that appears, check the box next to Programs and click Finish.

Next, in the drop-down list, go to the Programs section we added.
In the central part of the screen, click on the App Store tab. In the upper right corner, in the search bar, enter the name of the program we are interested in, let it be VKontakte client for iPhone. Click the button under the application icon Download, enter the password for your Apple ID and click the Buy button ( The app is free, nothing to worry about)

The application has been uploaded to our account, we don't need a computer anymore.

Installing VK App on iPhone 4 via the App Store

We connect the phone to the Internet via mobile network or via Wi-Fi. Let's launch App Store on the device and can immediately go to the tab Updates. Here we will have the same application that we downloaded from iTunes, that is, the client VK App. To the right of the program icon there will be a button in the form of a cloud with an arrow, which allows us to install the application from the Apple ID.
Click on the cloud

Now we will see a notification that To download the latest version of the program, an updated version of the operating system is required. But here we will be asked download previous version this application, which we will use by pressing the button Download

We wait for the latest compatible version to finish downloading and can launch the installed program.
It is worth mentioning that this way it will not be possible install the latest version of the program on iPhone(the solution to the issue is possible if you have a Jailbreak), that is, you will probably not have access to the full functionality of the application added in new releases, but for comfortable use Most often, this is not required for basic capabilities.

Today we talked about how to install the program on an iPhone with an outdated iOS system.

Long support and constant updates to you.

IN Lately, prices for smartphones have increased significantly and now many people still use iPhone 4. Today we will talk about how to download any application on iOS 7.1.2.

After all, many people want to use modern programs. This is perhaps one of the most basic problems with old devices.

But don’t be upset right away, because there is one very proven method and I will be happy to share it with you and tell you what to do.

How to install applications on iPhone 4

So, well, I’ll start with the reason why today the iPhone 4 is considered so old and difficult to install any popular program.

It was back in 2010 and on June 7 this miracle was born, which now looks more like a small brick. However, back then it was the most powerful smartphone On the market.

After its release, technology began to move forward too quickly and literally three years later, Apple discontinued it.

In the same year it appeared completely new iOS 7, which has been changed enormously. Naturally, the requirements for it were much higher.

Unfortunately, this turned out to be the latest version of iOS that this smartphone supports. AND main problem today is that the applications we need require a minimum of iOS 8.0.

Let's look at how you can install older versions ( We do not connect the device to the PC):

  • launch on yours computer iTunes, if not available, install (DOWNLOAD ITUNES);
  • go to your Apple profile;
  • by going to the App Store, we find the right application and install;
  • Next, pick up your iPhone 4 and launch App Store;
  • go to Updates — Purchases and finding the desired program, click Install;
  • a message appears stating that you have an old OS and you can install the version for iOS 7.1.2, to which we respond YES.

That’s basically the whole procedure, which actually won’t take that much time. The most important thing is that you don’t need to do anything complicated

If you search on the Internet, you can also find an option to install Jailbreak. Then you can use the necessary software through Cydia, but then see for yourself.

A lot of people do this, but I'm not a fan of it. I just want to warn you that the protection of your personal data immediately becomes at risk.

The same situation occurs if you install through third-party sites. You can download something you don’t understand and then you’ll get a lot of problems.

CHANGES. If you downloaded the latest version of iTunes, you won't find the App Store there. The solution to this problem is described here -

Hi all! Apple constantly releases new versions of iOS and, frankly, many thanks to them for that. Why? Because, thereby, she does not let me get bored - something is constantly happening. Well, okay, let's get back to the topic of the article. So, Apple is trying and producing, and game and application developers, in turn, promptly and very quickly rework their programs so that they are fully compatible with the new firmware.

And in the end, this may be the situation - you are trying to download some application from the App Store, and your iPhone or iPad tells you that you need to update your gadget to a new one iOS version and nothing will be installed or downloaded until this moment. This is such an unexpected ultimatum from the Apple company and its services. Checkmate! Or not?

This mess looks something like this:

This content (application) requires iOS 7.0 (any version can be used here) and newer. To download and use this application, please update to iOS 7.0 (or higher software version).

And it would seem, what is the problem? Update and download! But:

  • There is not always a need for a new firmware version; someone wants to leave their device on the old and proven version of the software. "jambs" in iOS 10! Not everyone will want to upgrade.
  • Many people simply cannot install new firmware- , pay attention to the number of comments.
  • On this moment, people still have many gadgets like the iPhone 4 in their hands. And, as we know, the latest version of iOS for it is 7.1.2. That’s it, you can’t update it further, and many applications and games require iOS 8 and no less when downloaded from the App Store! And this will continue in the future - the next in line is the iPhone 4S, and then it’s not far from the “fives”.

What to do in this case? Leave the gadget without programs and games? Of course not, there is a way to download those applications on iPhone that require more new version iOS than the one that is currently installed.

Updated! Apple surprised everyone and removed the App Store from new ones iTunes versions. Therefore, before you start following the instructions, it’s worth checking whether you have access to the games and application store from your computer? No? . All OK"? Let's continue...

True, one smartphone is not enough for this; you will also need a computer. The algorithm is quite simple:


That's it, we managed to install a program that previously required a newer version of iOS on your iPhone and iPad. Moreover, we didn’t even touch the firmware - we didn’t need to update it!

The only thing, as you already understood, is that this way old versions of applications and games are installed (specifically for the iOS that is currently installed on your device). So there may not be any new features (introduced in subsequent editions of the program).