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I am downloading the iOS7 update image for my iPhone over a high-speed connection. I want to update my wife's phone too, which is synched to her computer at home (where we have sloooow internet).

Is there a relatively painless way to transfer the installer to her computer at home on a usb drive, so we can update her phone as well?

Edit: mac on both ends and same model of iPhone.

I found the ipsw on my computer here:

~/Library/iTunes/iPhone\ Software\ Updates/iPhone5\,1_7.0_11A465_Restore.ipsw

I will try placing this in the same location on her computer and see if iTunes will recognize it.

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You need to start by being aware that each different model of phone has a unique package for the iOS upgrades. So if you and your wife are not on the same model phone and the same carrier, there is a chance that your download won't work on her phone.

Assuming that you are on the same model phone (the size of the phone in GB doesn't matter), and if you are downloading your update via iTunes, then it will be stored on your computer somewhere. It will depend upon whether or not you are on a Mac or a PC, and which version of everything you have. A hard drive search for something like iOS_7* or ipsw should turn it up.

Copy that to your USB drive, and then copy it to your home computer. Open iTunes on your home computer with your wife's phone connected, and press and hold "Option" key on the keyboard (for a Mac) or the "Alt" key (for windows -- I think), and click the restore button. When it prompts you to a file, point to the file that you copied off of your USB drive.

Make a backup of the phone first. This method will cause iTunes to wipe the phone, and then you will need to restore it.

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  • Thanks for the clear instructions. I did this (many times?) back when I was jailbreaking, but wonder if there is a way to just have her iTunes realize that the Ipsw is already downloaded, so we can upgrade rather than restore? OTOH, it might be good to start her phone with a fresh install and re-add what she wants to have.
    – beroe
    Commented Sep 19, 2013 at 21:42
  • If you are upgrading from the same computer, then I think that iTunes should pick up on the fact that the download package is already there. Again, assuming that the phone models match up. I've never actually tried.
    – Kirk
    Commented Sep 19, 2013 at 21:45

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