How to make my iPhone update?

I'm pretty sure it's an iPhone 3GS; my mother's boyfriend gave it to me after he got a new phone. Of course, the service was cut off, but it still works on Wi-Fi. My mom's phone is the same model, and the service is cut. She still receives updates and stuff. Before the phone was given to me, Joseph reset it back to factory default. Now, every time I go to download an app, it says I need iOS 4.3 or iOS 5.0. Or some other iOS. How can I get it to upgrade?

Is there much point in buying an iPhone if I have an iPad?

I'm getting an upgrade on my mobile contract soon and I've wanted to get an iPhone, but now I have an iPad. It seems that the iPhone and iPad are quite similar so I was just wondering if there's much point in getting the iPhone as I don't want to waste money, really. Also if the BlackBerry Z10 would be any good, but I know how annoying BlackBerrys are…

What does the little circle mean on my Sprint IPhone 5?

For the past few days I've had a little tiny circle in the top left hand corner of my IPhone 5 instead of the 3G. My phones been slow, doesn't connect to the internet and doesn't refresh. It's really bothering me. I've turned the IPhone off & on & that didn't help. I've tried connecting to Wi-Fi, going into my settings to fix it but nothing seems to work.

Would I get charged using the Internet for listening to music

Hello everyone so I just got my iPhone and I told my girlfriend if she can put music on my phone but she said no like always! Anyways so I bought this app called free music it was the music note n it's purple. It's the best okay but now that am not using Wi-Fi would I get charged just to listen music thou?! I won't download just music n my company is Verizon please help lol

What happens if i had a Hotmail account?

Since hotmail became live.com/outlook.com does this mean that i can no longer use it and switch it over or does that mean it already switched. That was my email for my iphone

How to import music from the hard-drive into iTunes?

I got a new computer and downloaded iTunes. Of course now I need to transfer all my iTunes content (that is on my iPhone) on to iTunes on the new computer. I tried syncios and iExplorer and they both save the music to a file in the computer hard drive. Supposedly these programs can transfer the contents of your iPhone into iTunes but I don't understand how if it is now saved in a file. Is there a way to import music from this file into iTunes? Everyone has been telling me to use this software but i don't know how.

thank you times a million

Added (1). Clarification--- when you all say drag/copy the files into itunes, does that mean the itunes itself (like when the program is open) or the itunes file in the programs menu?

IPhone 3G doesn't charge or turn on. (Whited00r iOS6 jailbreak)?

I was on my iPhone the other night and it was on 5% remaining battery, so I just pressed the lock key and set it down. Next morning I try to charge it and a red bar shows on the screen with a lightning bolt so I just left it sit for a couple of hours but nothing happens. I have tried every possible solution to fixing this like hard resetting, rebooting etc. NOTHING works. My computer doesn't even recognize the device. Is restoring my iPhone really the last resort? I don't wanna restore because then I will lose all of my data on my phone and I have ALOT of important stuff on it.

What to do on a nine hour flight?

I'm going on holiday to florida in four weeks and i have a few questions
for entertainment i have
macbook pro
3ds
iphone
dvds
and sims 3: D

what should i do about the plane food?
i can't stand it or the smell it makes me want to be sick its vile. Should i eat before i get on the plane or what? I'm going on the new thompson dream liner:/

any help i will appreciate all help

Added (1). Oh yeah i have harry potter books.

When you edit there contact?

I have an iphone and I got bored one day so I was editing my contacts out of boredom. When I saw contacts disappearing from my phone, it made me wonder did I like notify them somehow, and they removed me from there contact?