In a support document, Apple says that starting in November 2019, some iPhone and iPad models introduced in 2012 and earlier will require this update to maintain an accurate GPS location due to the GPS time rollover issue that began affecting GPS-enabled products from other manufacturers on April 6, 2019.Īpple recommends all users with eligible devices install the new updates. “Apple released these older software updates to address an issue that could impact GPS location performance and lead to the system date and time being incorrect. What motivated Apple to do this update for older devices? Code signing for each version was stopped in October 2016 and October 2017 respectively. The updates will be the first of their kind for the older iOS hardware for quite some time.Īpple issued iOS 9.3.5 in August 2016 and iOS 10.3.3 in July 2017. Typically this is used to close security issues that affect the older hardware. The iOS 9.3.6 update is meant for the iPad 2, iPad mini, iPad 3, and iPhone 4s, while iOS 10.3.4 is for the iPad 4 and iPhone 5.Īccording to release notes for the updates, they consist of a number of security updates, as well as a fix for a GPS bug.Īpple's main focus is on keeping its main operating system releases up to date and secure, but the company can periodically issue software updates for older operating systems. On Monday, updates for iOS 9.3.6 and 10.3.4 were made available to download to a small number of devices.
Issued alongside the update to iOS 12.4 that is available for many iOS devices, Apple has shipped an update that applies to devices not able to use the current operating system release.
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