iOS6 vs iOS7 for use in the parks??

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My iPhone has worked very well up until this week when using the MDE app. Fine. But now, I've started getting a message that states it no longer supports iOS6 but needs at least iOS6.1. Well that doesn't seem to be an option, so I would have to go to 7, which I really don't want to do! Is there any shot of having it work with the current system in place?
I sure would hate to get to the parks next week and not be able to access MDE via my phone!
 
The version you have loaded currently should work while at WDW. Depending on which release you have, you may not be able to make FP+ selections for the 7DMT and the Star Wars Weekend special events using the app.
 
The odd thing is that the 'update' says you have to have 6.1 or later. Just happened yesterday....so very new and if course, my phone can't use 6.1 looks like I have to go to iOS7. Yuck.
 

That happened to me. I had to upgrade the iOS to be able to upgrade the app. Besides 7DMT you might not get A&E (May not be important to you) but I upgraded because I wanted to make sure I didn't have any problems
 
The odd thing is that the 'update' says you have to have 6.1 or later. Just happened yesterday....so very new and if course, my phone can't use 6.1 looks like I have to go to iOS7. Yuck.

If you have v2.1.2 of the MDE app (touch triple bar in upper left, then Help Center and then About), it supports FP+ for 7DMT & SWW.
 
Diane, I've been using IOS7 on my iPhone since it came out. No problems at all using it with MDE.
 
I've got all my FP+ chosen and ready to go for Sunday on. But as of last night, I wasn't able to access MDE on my iPhone! That was running iOS6. So, today had my dd up it to 7. All is good now. Evidently, Disney made some changes that the iOS6 couldn't support.
I should be good to go this weekend.:thumbsup2
 
So, you'll be in the parks this weekend? Thanks for the warning. :duck:

I'll be there for 10 days Jeff......so you might want to take cover!!!! DH is heading home on Wed, but dd and I are there until the 10th!!!!
 
I used 6 in December and it worked well. I am on 7 now and it is the same as far as performance.
 
With iPhones & iPads, you have to keep up with the newest iOS. If you don't take the upgrade you will find that many apps will stop working or won't work correctly because all the developers update the apps to work with the latest iOS version.

I've been using iOS 7 and haven't had any issues with the MDE app or any other app.
 
I know that sometimes Apple's "upgrades" can be buggy, but is there something specifically heinous about IOS7?
 
I know that sometimes Apple's "upgrades" can be buggy, but is there something specifically heinous about IOS7?

When it first came out, yes, it was miserable. And now, it's fine, but I just preferred my phone the way it was, with the iOS 6. But Disney made an upgrade to MDE, which wasn't supported by 6, so you had to have at least 6.1, which isn't an option for most. I have it on my iPad so no issue there. Upgraded to 7 and I'm getting used to it so all should be fine.
 














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