How to update my iPhone 4 to iOS6?

I bought a new iPhone 4 8gb. It says mine has 5.1.1(9B206) installed, is there any way to get iOS6 or higher WITHOUT getting the new iOS7?!
I wish I had known it was going to have iOS5 installed because I pretty much HAVE to update to use most of the apps I want to use.
Is there any way of knowing before I buy the phone if it will have iOS6 installed on it? (Maybe by the box?) I'm thinking I can return the phone for one with iOS6 installed already.
I feel SCREWED!

My silent switch isn't working?

Ok so about a month I dropped my Iphone 4 and I cracked the back of my phone. It was fine until recently when I set my phone to silently it will start going from silent to sound while I'm typing and stuff… How can I fix it?

What is a good present to ask for Christmas?

I'm 12 but I don't know what I want for Christmas this year… So if you want to know I don't like to have toys anymore… So I think I want some type of Apple devices… One thing to know is that I have a iPhone5 so maybe someone can help me! Please comment!

Iphone on black screen, looks like its turned off but it still vibrates?

My iphone4 screen randomly went black today. It was on 90% charge and then I dropped it. A few minutes later the screen went black as though it was turned off. I thought maybe it had run out of battery so I plugged it into charge, and my phone vibrated like it does when you plug it in, but the screen remained black. It still rings and the text sound happens but I can't answer or view anything because the screen is black. I don't have any money so don't suggest Apple please. My home button hasn't worked for months, so is there any other way to reset? If not, how do I fix my phone?

How much room does ios 7 take up?

I just bought an iphone 4 (8gb). I used to have one a long time ago and then switched to an Android for a long while. Today I figured I would be happy with the iphone 4 again. My new iphone has ios 5.1.1 installed. It keeps saying I must update my phone to ios 6 or newer in order to use pretty much all the apps I want to download. From what I have found, I MUST install the new ios 7 which I'm not happy about. >. Is this true? I want to make damn sure.)
Anyway, I was wondering how much space it would take up. Will it take up a lot of space on my little ol 8gb?

Is it worth getting the iPhone 5C or galaxy s4?

My iPhone contract is up march 2014.Is it better to get the iPhone 5C or is the galaxy s4 just as good? I have had a ton of problems with my current iPhone 4S and I'm just sick of going over my 5GB data plan without Wi-Fi.

Is there anyway still to downgrade iphone 4 to ios 6.1.3?

I upgrade my original iphone 4 to ios 7 and it is like disaster
it is working slow and have many glithes
i heard that apple stop signing the ios 6.1.3 version now
is there any illegal way to downgrade it?
i have a non-jailbroken device mean original

All my iphone notes gone

So my phone died so i just plugged it into my laptop. Then i went to my notes to add something and there were all gone. I had so much *** and a lot was important. What do i do? I don't think i use icloud but i back my phone up to my computer… How do i get it back? Please help! I tried turning off my phone and turning it back on.