It is not letting me download update ios 15.7.1 I’m very confused why because I have more then enough storage and the device is fully charged and plugged in so please help me. When I press download and install in settings and wait the time it always ends up saying “Software update failed”
iPhone 12 mini, iOS 15
SteveW928 wrote:
This is most likely a problem on Apple's side. It is happening on all the devices I've tried, both today and yesterday.
No outages reported by Apple→Apple - Support - System Status
Did you check the links posted by MrBill3?
Yes, I did on one of my devices (have to work on the other first). I think it comes down to the amount of storage/operational space this update seems to need. I had 4 to 5 GB when it was failing, and I think I got it up to around 6 GB and then it succeeded.
No system outages, just 'outages' in Apple's developer competency, I guess, LOL. I really hope they get their software quality back under control one of these years. That used to be a major selling point for being on the platform. :(
I can't believe they don't have a graceful failure/error message on something like not enough storage space. And, these updates are now taking 6 to 7 GB??? Yikes!
BTW, the MrBill3 response has kind of become the Apple forum equivalent of 'boy who cried wolf' so I overlook those. But, even if one of the steps is 'be sure you have enough free storage space' w/o more info from Apple, what good does that do? Am I seriously supposed to just keep deleting stuff and trying over and over, hoping maybe that's the issue?
Hello,
Start here:
If your iPhone or iPad won't update - Apple Support
Also see:
Updating iOS: common issues and solutions
Good luck.
This is most likely a problem on Apple's side. It is happening on all the devices I've tried, both today and yesterday.
Did you have any luck? I still can’t update
it gets down to one second and fails
Software Update keeps failing
