What kind of firmware do i have on my iphone

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While Apple designed the first iOS firmware for the iPhone, the company has since adapted the operating system for the iPod touch and the iPad. Apple added compatibility with the iPod touch in iOS version 1. The iPad continued to use an alternate version of the operating system until iOS 4. All models of iPhone feature firmware that users can update via iTunes on the computer.

After connecting the iPhone to the computer, select the phone in the iTunes menu and click "Check for Updates" to update the iPhone firmware.

IPhones already running iOS 5 or newer can also update directly without need of a computer through the "Software Update" option found under "General" in the Settings app. This method requires a battery at least half full and a Wi-Fi connection. Most new software versions are made irreversible and unable to downgrade to once Apple no longer sign the iOS version, even though the workaround to downgrade window does exist for a brief period.

So once updated, iPhone is mostly uncrackable and thus users can no longer jailbreak or install useful third-party applications or software to iPhone other than the one authorized by Apple, until somebody comes up with new jailbreak method. In future, all new iPhone models will be sold pre-installed with new and latest firmware out of the box. However, there is possibility that some stores may still stock some inventories of iPhone in older firmware version.

Currently, even though iOS 10 has been released, the last version which is jailbreakable is iOS 9. The checking procedure on iPhone to determine its firmware version is also useful is you decide to buy iPhone on eBay or auctions sites. Normally iPhone firmware version is shown in iTunes after activating and on every successful connecting. The following methods will allow you to check the firmware even before the phone is activated.