Apple iPhone 5 was released back in September 2012 and we’ll hardly see anyone using the seven-year-old device. But it turns out, there are a few who are still stuck on the iPhone 5 model and Apple has just started sending out an important warning on their phones.
According to 9to5Mac, Apple is sending out a tall full-screen message to iPhone 5 users asking them to update their devices to iOS 10.3.4 version before November 3, 2019. Apple further warns that if they fail to do so in time, they are set to lose internet connectivity on their devices. Post-November 3, they won’t be able to access the internet in its entirety, which means no browsing in Safari, emails, iCloud, or even Apple store services.
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The iOS 10.3.4 comes with a GPS bug fix that messes up the time and date on Apple devices due to the GPS time rollover issue. After November 3, iPhone 5 users will have to take the hard route to fix their internet, which includes backing up their data and restoring it using a Mac or a PC since both OTA updates and iCloud backup will have stopped working.
Apple’s GPS rollover issue has impacted old hardware like the iPhone 4S and the older iPad (retina) and iPad 2 models. While the issue would have stopped the GPS function in these devices, the iPhone 5’s case was a lot worse, which forced Apple to send out these alerts. Updates for the affected iPad and iPhone models were rolled out a while back.
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