Imagine you are downloading iOS 13 to fix the Black Dot bug that almost once crashed your iPhone and suddenly a message pops up, ‘an error occurred installing ios 13’ You retry, it again fails. You are now irritated and equally clueless about further action.
Do not worry this post shares with you a few methods to fix such iPhone update failures and lets you upgrade your device to the latest iOS smoothly.
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Be the first to update
iPhone updates are the most awaited Apple announcements. iOS updates not just bring an array of new features and fix any bugs in the previous version, but also get in more security for the device.

Obviously, no one wants to miss them, particularly due to any technical glitches. There can be any reason for your device not able to update to the latest iOS such as a network connection issue, inadequate storage space on your device, or many more but an update is a click away to fix all of that.
Methods to fix ‘iPhone software update failed’ error
Here a few methods to fix the error presented during an iOS update. Firstly, ensure you have a continuous good speed internet connection when updating iOS. The iPhone update success depends upon the speed of your Internet.
If that doesn’t work, simply restart or reboot your iPhone to fix failed update error. Different versions have different methods of restarted so be sure to make yourself aware of such.
Wait for few hours before retrying
If all else fails, wait a few hours before attempting to update again. Whenever Apple launches a new iOS update, immediately millions of users around the world try to connect to its servers for the update.
This naturally builds up huge traffic on Apple’s site, which often prevents your device to connect with the server. Thus, giving the ‘iPhone software update failed’ error. The best way is to wait for a few hours before retrying to update your iPhone.