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App Store now supports legacy versions of iOS Apps

DubDJ · 2013-09-17 12:29:17

In a pretty big move from Apple, they have silently updated the App Store to allow previous versions of Apps to be downloaded to a device which runs an old version of iOS. This is big news IMO, especially for users of older devices such as the iPhone 3GS, iPad (1st Gen) and iPod Touch (4th Gen). A lot of these devices are…

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#32 06-10-2013 5:29pm
Piliger

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My friend wants to download Viber to his old iPhone 3G, running iOS 4.2.1

Apple says he can now download earlier versions of apps.

Anyone know if Viber going to offer this service ? We tried to download an older version but were not given an option to do so.

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#33 06-10-2013 5:56pm
DubDJ

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Piliger wrote: »

My friend wants to download Viber to his old iPhone 3G, running iOS 4.2.1

Apple says he can now download earlier versions of apps.

Anyone know if Viber going to offer this service ? We tried to download an older version but were not given an option to do so.

It depends on the developer. It's up to them to decide which version of the app is available. It could cause problems if Apple offers older versions which effect servers etc.

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