Update your iPhone 5 OS now to avoid issues with GPS, browsing, and email

If you are still holding on dearly to your iPhone 5 (we salute you), you need to upgrade its software immediately to keep GPS, web, and email working. According to an Apple support page, you’ll need to update your device to iOS 10.3.4 before November 3. This is due to the GPS rollover problem that had started to affect devices from this April. GPS satellites transmit their data in 10-bit format. Every week, that number ticks along. So after every 1,024 weeks – approximately 19.7 years –, the clock resets. Most modern-day devices have an in-built solution for this, so consumers don’t…

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