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Re: [Rockies-Edu] How does one NOT upgrade to iOS 7 in Apple Configurator? (Mike Scheid)
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Re: [Rockies-Edu] How does one NOT upgrade to iOS 7 in Apple Configurator? (Mike Scheid)

  • Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] How does one NOT upgrade to iOS 7 in Apple Configurator? (Mike Scheid)
  • From: Ron Taylor_technology <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:26:48 -0600
You can not set the option in Prepare mode...it is grayed out and defaults to update to latest.  Are you suggesting that Configurator 1.4 has that option open in Prepare?


On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Michael T. Scott <email@hidden> wrote:
Those of you who want to prevent automatic iOS updates and have supervision settings for "Update iOS" set to "When update is available" - change that drop down to "Never update device". 

For currently supervised iPads, enter Supervise mode, select "All Devices", "All iPads" and then make the settings changes. For devices to be supervised, make this change in Prepare more.

-Mike

  
Michael Scott, Systems Engineer
Apple Education
Apple Inc.  
(720) 346-3871
www.apple.com/education

On Sep 23, 2013, at 9:14 AM, Michael T. Scott <email@hidden> wrote:

As expected, 6.1.3 is no longer signed - there are no longer any options for installing iOS 6 on iOS 7 compatible devices.

-Mike
 
On Sep 19, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Michael T. Scott <email@hidden> wrote:

Note that Configurator will only install signed .ipsw files… for now 6.1.3 is the only iOS 6 version that is still signed, and I expect that to not be the case soon.

-Mike

  
Michael Scott, Systems Engineer
Apple Education
Apple Inc.  
(720) 346-3871
www.apple.com/education








On Sep 19, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Mike Scheid <email@hidden> wrote:

If you are needing to supervise and not update to iOS 7 you will need an iOS 6 ipsw file and then use the steps from the KB article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5782

The file I used was in ~/Library/iTunes/iPad Software Updates

Hope that helps!

Mike Scheid
Technology Integration Specialist
3900 E. Grace Blvd.
Highlands Ranch, Co 80126
303-325-8407
Website

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  1. Re:  How does one NOT upgrade to iOS 7 in Apple Configurator?
     (Gappa Brian E)
  2. Re:  How does one NOT upgrade to iOS 7 in Apple   Configurator?
     (Erik Black)


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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:11:41 +0000
From: Gappa Brian E <email@hidden>
To: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] How does one NOT upgrade to iOS 7 in Apple
       Configurator?
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I am also in total support of this.

Brian Gappa
Enterprise Technology Lead
Network Support Services
Jefferson County Public Schools
303-982-6907

From: rockies-edu-bounces+bgappa=email@hidden [mailto:rockies-edu-bounces+bgappa=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Cathrine Butler-Olimb
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 12:58 PM
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] How does one NOT upgrade to iOS 7 in Apple Configurator?

I second that Shahin :)
Cat

Cathrine Butler-Olimb
District Technology Coordinator
Manitou Springs School District

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On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Shahin Kashanchi <email@hidden<mailto:email@hidden>> wrote:
Thanks Corey,

But I think you are misunderstanding the problem. I am not concerned with
users individually updating to iOS 7 (although that IS a separate concern
too). I am talking about setting up new devices through Configurator.
Somehow this got past engineers at Apple. You should not FORCE people to
upgrade new devices when setting up in Configurator, specially in an
education/enterprise environment where version control is critical.


And BTW, we do certainly hope that Configurator 2.0 will allow us to lock
down supervised devices completely as it should! Supervision right now is
a joke as users can basically pretty much do whatever they want, including
removal of profiles, etc. Configurator is in need of some SERIOUS love
from Apple. We have been told it's coming, so we are hoping for an early
XMAS present soon. ;-)

_____________________________
Shahin Kashanchi
Technology Department
Telluride School District
email@hidden<mailto:email@hidden>
970-369-1235<tel:970-369-1235>




On 9/19/13 12:11 PM, "email@hidden<mailto:email@hidden>"
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:11:34 -0600
From: Corey Carson <email@hidden<mailto:email@hidden>>
To: "email@hidden<mailto:email@hidden>" <email@hidden<mailto:email@hidden>>
Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] How does one NOT upgrade to iOS 7 in        Apple
     Configurator?
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Hello Shahin,

You can block mesu.apple.com<http://mesu.apple.com> and that will keep the iOS update from being
visible to the devices. Keep in mind that devices will still see the
updates once they leave your network.

Thanks,
Corey

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Corey Carson, Systems Engineer
Apple Education
Apple Inc.
(303) 746-1634<tel:(303) 746-1634>
www.apple.com/education/resources<http://www.apple.com/education/resources>


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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:26:15 -0600
From: Erik Black <email@hidden>
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] How does one NOT upgrade to iOS 7 in Apple
       Configurator?
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Hi Shahin,
 You can prevent the removal of profiles (which of course doesn't prevent completely erasing and reloading the iOS device to get around it). If you go into a profile, in the General section, scroll down to "Security." If you choose "Never" or "With Authorization," it will prevent profile removal. In our district, we normally recommend "With Authorization" so we can remove a profile with a password if it's causing a problem syncing with Configurator. Hope I understood the discussion on that correctly in your second paragraph.
-Erik
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On Sep 19, 2013, at 1:00 PM, email@hidden wrote:

Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:49:04 +0000
From: Shahin Kashanchi <email@hidden>
To: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] How does one NOT upgrade to iOS 7 in Apple
     Configurator?
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252

Thanks Corey,

But I think you are misunderstanding the problem. I am not concerned with
users individually updating to iOS 7 (although that IS a separate concern
too). I am talking about setting up new devices through Configurator.
Somehow this got past engineers at Apple. You should not FORCE people to
upgrade new devices when setting up in Configurator, specially in an
education/enterprise environment where version control is critical.


And BTW, we do certainly hope that Configurator 2.0 will allow us to lock
down supervised devices completely as it should! Supervision right now is
a joke as users can basically pretty much do whatever they want, including
removal of profiles, etc. Configurator is in need of some SERIOUS love
from Apple. We have been told it's coming, so we are hoping for an early
XMAS present soon. ;-)

_____________________________
Shahin Kashanchi
Technology Department
Telluride School District
email@hidden
970-369-1235

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