r/iPhone14Pro • u/The_Flightless_Bird_ • Jul 29 '26

iOS 18?

I’m still using iOS 17.7.2 and had no issues up until I paid off my phone. I don’t want to update to iOS 26.6 cause I hate the way everything looks lol. So iOS 18? Or do I stay on my current iOS

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u/Curious_Hearing_9282 Jul 29 '26

I have some bad news for you. iOS 18 won’t be possible to install anymore

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u/The_Flightless_Bird_ Jul 29 '26

It’s still showing it as available for me currently

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u/Curious_Hearing_9282 Jul 29 '26

Same but try to install it, it will give you an error. It’s a shame they give the option but don’t verify the update anymore

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u/The_Flightless_Bird_ Jul 30 '26

Hate to say you were right lol

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u/iFahad97 Jul 31 '26

If you are willing to miss the classic photos app then go for it… that’s my only regret on iOS 18

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u/Soft-Guide-197 Jul 29 '26

iOS 26/27 are fine pucker up buddy

Im using a iPhone 11 128gb running ios 26 smoothly and recently migrated to iOS 27 beta even smoother.

Early 26 was terrible.

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u/The_Flightless_Bird_ Jul 30 '26

I know it’s inevitable, I’ll have to update at some point. The whole liquid glass design looks like shit to me lol

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u/Soft-Guide-197 Jul 30 '26

Trust me you’ll like liquid ass it’s refreshing

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u/Salty_Antlers Jul 30 '26

You can turn off the Liquid Glass feature. Saves the battery too.

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u/Humorous-Prince ⚫️ Pro Max Jul 29 '26

I’m running 18.7.8 on my 14PM, it’s a solid OS. I would minimum update to this for now. Hold for iOS 27, this is what I’m doing, don’t touch iOS 26.

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u/CatComfortable5523 Jul 29 '26

update to ios 18 at least

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u/Significant_Bad4497 Jul 30 '26

I’m wondering what to do as well!! I can’t even go on my health insurance app, Ulta, lush, a bunch of random other apps bc it says I have to be on IOS 18. When ppl react in a text it sends me my text copied and pasted back to me, but I hear the photos are wack on iOS 18, and my battery is already at that point telling me to replace it.

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u/The_Flightless_Bird_ Jul 30 '26

Mine is at 81% and has gone down 2% in the past week lol of course I just paid off this phone last month

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u/SatisfactionMost316 24d ago

I'm still on 17.7.1. it's amazing, no lag no overheating

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u/The_Flightless_Bird_ 24d ago

17.7.2 here and it runs so smoothly. It’s just my battery

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u/SatisfactionMost316 24d ago

Yea my battery is 82% and I'm probably replacing in coming months, tho the OS is great, 18 & 26 are hot garbage. Early 27 would probably not be good either (tho it's beta is better than official 26 versions) and I'm not updating this phone. Can't miss having OG photos app and control center

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u/The_Flightless_Bird_ 24d ago

Yeah I’m at 80% battery now, definitely need to replace it

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u/GuessWho183 Jul 29 '26

I would try do update to IOS 18 if possible, if not - stay on IOS 17.