JackClark

The only thing stopping you is you. That's what's bloody hilarious.

I don't think I've ever met an Apple user that WON'T use Windows, I use Windows when I have to, I generally come on here after I've accomplished my task and remind everyone how **** it is, but I use it and I get the job done. Windows/Android users that WON'T use anything Apple are everywhere, it's the biggest joke in Computing.

JackClark

Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha. You have two options. Don't run Find my iPhone or Try to install it using iTunes, seriously, that's it. Stop being angry, pick one and move along.

neil-h

I never said it was. What I said was your iPhone maybe unable to run ios8 because the hardware isn't up to it. So in a round about way it's a hardware issue.

As for downloading the older version, I've just downloaded iBooks from the app store onto an iPad running iOS 5. When I clicked download I was given the option to download the last compatible version as the current version isn't compatible with that device. So it can be done and it's dead easy.

Markus

Out of curiosity, why won't you install iTunes, if only to use it for this one simple thing? I'm not saying you have to then use it for anything else.

Yes, you have a phone you can connect to WiFi, but as I explained, in detail, for this particular situation, if it works that is, you *need* to use iTunes on a computer. In addition, sometimes it is actually a good thing to have the phone connected up, full backups being one reason (iCloud backup does not back up absolutely everything).

Markus

Sorry if it's been answered, not wading through the crap-ton of stupid posts from the usual and, seemingly new, trolls to find out.

I'd hold off 8.0.2, simply because 8.1 is likely to appear within the next week (event on 16th, and seems that some places are gearing up for a go-live of Apple Pay on the 18th, and it's going to be 8.1 that has Apple Pay enabled), just saves doing two updates.

One hopes 8.1 will also address the space requirement issue which seems to be one of the two reasons people are holding off upgrading to 8.x

From memory, 8.1 fixes a bluetooth issue in 8.0.x, will introduce Apple Pay, and there are a couple of other fixes, that I cannot recall right now (not actually read the dev notes for 8.1, nor installed the beta versions, way to much going on right now!)

Markus

As said in my post the reason you can do that is because you must already have had iBooks downloaded / added to an Apple ID previously, unless Apple is doing something special for it's own apps, but in that case, Find my iPhone would be working, so I doubt it's that.

If you don't already have the app in your purchase history then you HAVE to use the workaround I suggested, there isn't as far as I'm aware, ANY other way to get a previous version of the app via the App Store.

If you were able to, you could be sneaky and use an enterprise account to sign an old version of the app and host the .ipa file somewhere and point people at that. Enterprise signing basically removes the 100 device limit that applies in a normal development environment. However, I suspect Apple would take a dim view of this and if you have a live app on the store, I could see them revoking your dev account, thus no apps any more, and good luck trying to get things reinstated.

Markus

I should not bite, but **** it.

Answer provided, YOU don't want to install something that could resolve your problem because you're being pig headed about it for some reason. Guess what, tough bloody luck, no Find my iPhone for you. Moan all you want about it and how **** iTunes and Apple are, and how you should be able to do what you want, blah, blah, blah.

I am sick and ******* tired of giving over my time to provide advice and then practically having it thrown back in my face. I really do wonder why I still bother to respond on here when you get crap like this. More fool me for trying to help out I suppose.

JackClark

You could have just read the thread, saved a lot of wasted typing.

neil-h

Do yourself a favour and go buy an old Nokia, something like a 3210 sounds right up your street. This whole smart phone thing doesn't seem to be fi you.

Ant

This thread is brilliant .

Markus

Is that aimed in my direction?

JackClark

That's how cars work. Open your eyes man.

JackClark

Yes, you said you couldn't be bothered to read the thread, gave a long, repeat answer, read the thread then gave a long rant. Should have read the thread.

JackClark

That's because you don't want to do something special, like make the horn beep when you turn on the indicators, increase boost or run find my iPhone.

JackClark

Wut??

You should watch this to help understand why having a PC isn't all that bad.

http://youtu.be/qe5h4to5FXo

dpb

He's frankenstien creation,

You can see why he attracts as much acrimony

neil-h

You don't

JackClark

Maybe that's the bit you don't understand, installing Find My iPhone on your 3GS, a fine device in its day, is not possible. There are ways you can install it - or maybe not? - but those are Special ways. You should consider a Mac, it does Special things really well.

Pross

iTrader: (3)

It isn't obsolete, you can still make and receive calls and texts, but the OS was end of life when IOS7 was released.

Same thing happens with software, something reaching the EOL does not make people stop using it, just means there will be no more updates to it.

Making a software application backwards compatible is very difficult and most developers tend to only support 1 major version for that reason.
Find My iPhone authors have opted to make the app ios8 only, thats up to them. Each iteration of IOS is a new version of the API. To support iso 6,7 and 8 would be 3 API's thats 3 lots of code to look after, soon becomes a headache.

dpb

Can't for life me see point of "find my phone"

JackClark

Sat night a friend left her phone in a taxi, someone took it home, police returned it, 49 minutes start to finish. The point of Find my iPhone.

Pross

iTrader: (3)

https://preyproject.com/

Prey is free and only requires ios4.3

dpb

The police returned her phone?

Sorry, I call Bull****

mrtheedge2u2

I agree there.

JackClark

I can assure you that I did not make this up and she is a woman of good standing.



Cancel the crucifixion and roll out the apologies?

dpb

Wtf does that prove

neil-h

That jack uses Facebook.

JackClark

It proves that I did not make it up. Me, I'd apologise and move on, you probably want a police report as you're that type of ****.

JackClark

Extensively, it's a great tool, the iOS app is excellent, pretty sure they do an app for Android now too, must have ported it by now.

Devildog

Am I the only one that fails to see the point of having the find my iphone app on the phone itself?

Unless of course you're using it to keep tabs on someone elses iphone?