The Apple iPhone, iPad and iPad Mini which are compatible to run the iOS 7, can now be updated to the latest iOS 7 version, i.e. iOS 7.0.3 which was sent today with a lot of changes, bug fixes and improvements from the previous versions where the users were facing a lot of issues and Apple did take some time to release this update, but it is not a very minor one. If you are already running one of the iOS 7 versions on your device, the update should be available directly in the software update section in the device. If not, check the links below to download the IPSW files directly and update through Apple iTunes.
Features Added / Changed in iOS 7.0.3
The iOS 7.0.3 brought quite a lot of changes, and we have explained that below in the Change Log, showing what all the users with the new OS version can get.
- iCloud Keychain Added – This is to keep a track of the account names, the passwords and the credit card numbers that you have used across all the approved devices running this latest version
- Lock Screen Update – Here the Slide to Unlock feature gets delayed when the Touch ID is being used
- Password Generator – This is a new feature added to the Safari browser where the browser would suggest some unique and hard to guess passwords
- iMessage Fixes – There are two fixes done here, one is about the iMessage activation error, and the other was an issue where the iMessage wasn’t being sent
- Search the Web – The spotlight search in the iOS 7 was able to search only within the apps, but now the feature of searching the Web and Wikipedia is added back to this version
- Siri Voice Issue Fixed – The iOS 7.0.3 fixes an issue which was bringing out low quality voice from Siri and Voiceover
- Lock Screen Passcode – There is a bug fixed where earlier one could easily bypass the Lock screen passcode
- Dial Pad Text – Updated the Bold Text setting which can now be changed even for the Dial Pad text to make it bold
- Minimizing Motion – Earlier the Motion and Animation were set on high, but the new update tweaked the Reduce Motion setting to minimize both of these
- Supervised devices – An issue is fixed where the supervised devices become un-supervised when the software is being updated
Download iOS 7.0.3 for Apple iPhone & iPod Touch
The following download links are for the direct IPSW files which you can download and force update through Apple iTunes.
- iPhone 5 (CDMA)
- iPhone 5 (GSM)
- iPhone 5c (CDMA)
- iPhone 5c (GSM)
- iPhone 5s (CDMA)
- iPhone 5s (GSM)
- iPhone 4s
- iPhone 4 (GSM Rev A)
- iPhone 4 (GSM)
- iPhone 4 (CDMA)
- iPod touch (5th generation)
Download iOS 7.0.3 for Apple iPad
The iOS 7.0.3 update is applicable to the new iPad Air, iPad 4, iPad 3 and iPad 2, and in these both the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi+Cellular models.
- iPad Air (5th generation WiFi + Cellular)
- iPad Air (5th generation WiFi)
- iPad (4th generation CDMA)
- iPad (4th generation GSM)
- iPad (4th generation WiFi)
- iPad 3 Wi-Fi (3rd generation)
- iPad 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (model for ATT)
- iPad 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (model for Verizon)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi (Rev A)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (GSM)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (CDMA)
Download iOS 7.0.3 for Apple iPad Mini
The iOS 7.0.3 update is applicable to the iPad Mini and also the new iPad Mini 2 model which was launched yesterday.