diff --git a/mobile/DEV_SETUP.md b/mobile/DEV_SETUP.md
index 735f258564..56f88488c0 100644
--- a/mobile/DEV_SETUP.md
+++ b/mobile/DEV_SETUP.md
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ The build system uses several environment variables to control the build process
 
 #### iOS-specific Variables
 - `IPHONE_SDK`: iOS SDK to use (`iphoneos` or `iphonesimulator`)
-- `IOS_TARGET`: Minimum iOS version (26 for Qt6)
+- `IOS_TARGET`: Minimum iOS version (17 for Qt6)
 
 ### Qt Version Compatibility
 
diff --git a/mobile/scripts/EnvVariables.mk b/mobile/scripts/EnvVariables.mk
index 004c9b8203..7ae8d32df9 100644
--- a/mobile/scripts/EnvVariables.mk
+++ b/mobile/scripts/EnvVariables.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS), ios)
     # iOS
     #SDKs: iphonesimulator, iphoneos
     IPHONE_SDK?=iphonesimulator
-    IOS_TARGET?=26
+    IOS_TARGET?=17
 
     ifeq ($(IPHONE_SDK), iphoneos)
         ARCH=arm64
diff --git a/mobile/scripts/commonCmakeConfig.sh b/mobile/scripts/commonCmakeConfig.sh
index d845eb0b46..69ebf321e9 100755
--- a/mobile/scripts/commonCmakeConfig.sh
+++ b/mobile/scripts/commonCmakeConfig.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [[ "$OS" == "ios" ]]; then
     COMMON_CMAKE_CONFIG+=(
         -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES:STRING="$ARCH"
         -DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT="$SDK"
-        -DCMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=26.0
+        -DCMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=17.0
     )
 elif [[ "$OS" == "android" ]]; then
     if [[ "$ARCH" == "arm64" ]]; then
diff --git a/mobile/scripts/ios/clangWrap.sh b/mobile/scripts/ios/clangWrap.sh
index d8dc56e0c7..840a7739ed 100755
--- a/mobile/scripts/ios/clangWrap.sh
+++ b/mobile/scripts/ios/clangWrap.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 SDK=${SDK:-"iphonesimulator"}
 XCODE_SDK_PATH=$(xcrun --sdk "$SDK" --show-sdk-path)
 CLANG=$(xcrun --sdk "$SDK" --find clang)
-IOS_TARGET=${IOS_TARGET:-26}
+IOS_TARGET=${IOS_TARGET:-17}
 ARCH=${ARCH:-"amd64"}
 
 EXTRA_ARGS=()
diff --git a/mobile/scripts/ios/run.sh b/mobile/scripts/ios/run.sh
index bb729a8f47..dd6ac4373e 100755
--- a/mobile/scripts/ios/run.sh
+++ b/mobile/scripts/ios/run.sh
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ select_device() {
     echo "Invalid selection. Exiting."; exit 1;
   fi
 
-  DEVICE_ID=$(echo "$selected_line" | awk '{print $3}')
-  DEVICE_NAME=$(echo "$selected_line" | awk '{print substr($0, 1, index($0, $3)-2)}' | xargs)
+  DEVICE_ID=$(echo "$selected_line" | grep -oE '[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{12}')
+  DEVICE_NAME=$(echo "$selected_line" | awk -F '  +' '{print $1}' | xargs)
 }
 
 # Present the list of available simulators and let the user pick one
diff --git a/mobile/wrapperApp/Status.pro b/mobile/wrapperApp/Status.pro
index fac72c1cdc..02f79e3bc7 100644
--- a/mobile/wrapperApp/Status.pro
+++ b/mobile/wrapperApp/Status.pro
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ios {
     QMAKE_CFLAGS += -Wno-implicit-function-declaration
 
     QMAKE_INFO_PLIST = $$OUT_PWD/Info.plist
-    QMAKE_IOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=26.0
+    QMAKE_IOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=17.0
 
     QMAKE_ASSET_CATALOGS += $$PWD/../ios/Images.xcassets
     QMAKE_IOS_LAUNCH_SCREEN = $$PWD/../ios/launch-image-universal.storyboard