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Apple Confirms iOS 16 Bug Impacting New Device Activation as iPhone 14 Orders Begin to Arrive
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I literally just got a linkedin ping from AWS (Amazon) for a job, noting that it’s currently WFH, Everyone I know at Meta (Facebook) is WFH, and everyone I know at Google is hybrid. what are you talking about?
I’m not looking to leave my current job, which is also WFH btw, but the job market is hot enough that I get cold pings all the time. Almost all are WFH options. I get a ping from AWS usually roughly every 3-6 mos
Ehhhmm, yes, well, 15 or 20 years ago we had MacBooks spontaneously bursting into flames. So perhaps an Apple Car will fit right in with, say, a Tesla?
Absolutely - I had to do this countless times and for various reasons during my time at Apple.
Is this something that can be rectified by Apple on their end without need for an update? That is, if I wait a few days to activate, will it likely work ok?
Read the article again without the extra hyperbole inserted.
I may be missing something, but isn't activation on an open wifi network exactly what people who pick up their phones in Apple Stores are going to be doing? And I bet something close to 0% of those people will bring a MacBook.
Bring a laptop with you if you want to be guaranteed that you can activate at the Apple Store.
Tim doesn’t know anything about software development or technology. He’s simply an accountant dressed up as a CEO.
If you want to blame anyone for these issues, blame their less than stellar coders.
Wouldn’t it be better to pick up you 14 at the Apple Store and wait til
You get home to activate and set it up, e cause you’re on your own private network? Maybe then you wouldn’t have any activating issues.
You get home to activate and set it up, e cause you’re on your own private network? Maybe then you wouldn’t have any activating issues.
I caught that, too... I guess there are people that are activating their phones on public networks???????
This is probably a non-issue if that's the case.
How many different routers are there, how many different hotspots are there, and how many different versions of firmware are available for each hardware? That is just a start of the variables ... There are different ways each open network works and validates users.
Nothing like adding a little added stress to an already emotionally elevated undertaking! Don't pretend there isn't a bit of baked-in unease when acquiring a new device. Also, we should all be on the look-out for the "free money" we will be entitled to receive when someone in California (or some other litigious state - looking at you, New Yorkers) sues Apple over this issue! $$$
Well they shouldn’t…
Some Pixel 2 XL Phones Are Shipping Without an Operating System - ExtremeTech
Google's new Pixel 2 keeps running into problems, but shipping the device without an operating system is just plain bizarre.
www.extremetech.com
WHY MAKE 31 FLAVORS WHEN YOU CAN'T GET VANILLA RIGHT?
Too obscure?
Too obscure?
Have they figured anything out yet?
Apple has confirmed that customers activating new iPhones may encounter an issue where device activation during initial setup doesn't go through on Wi-Fi, saying the problem is "under investigation."
In a memo seen by MacRumors, Apple says that "there is a known issue for iOS 16 that may impact device activations on open Wi-Fi networks." To resolve the issue, Apple says customers should select "Connect to Mac or to a PC with iTunes" in the initial iOS onboarding process when prompted to connect to a Wi-Fi network and then return to the previous screen and try again on Wi-Fi until the activation goes through successfully.
Apple noted in the memo there are no current official fixes and that support staff should "not create a repair [case] for the issue." Unfortunately, the bug is untimely, as customers worldwide begin receiving their iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max pre-orders.
For new iPhone 14 customers, there is an available iOS 16.0.1 update that fixes an issue with activation and migration during setup. If you're facing issues activating your iPhone 14 out of the box, you may need to restore with a Mac or PC to iOS 16.0.1 to fix the bug and fully activate your new iPhone.
In a support document, Apple tells new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro customers that "iMessage and FaceTime might not complete activation" until they've updated their new iPhones to iOS 16.0.1.
Article Link: Apple Confirms iOS 16 Bug Impacting New Device Activation as iPhone 14 Orders Begin to Arrive
You’re joking, right?
Everything Apple does gets criticized. Bugs, issues, features, are all criticized, including from their competitors.
Just look at the headphone jack. They removed the headphone Jack, and were mocked by everyone. Samsung, Google, tons of others…
Before Samsung and Google and all of the other companies follow a year later. Barely any complaints from their customers.
Or removing the wall adapter from the box.
Apple was highly criticized, including by Samsung… Until Samsung followed six months later, and removed the brick from several of their boxes.
So just because Samsung will mock the removal of the Sim card slot doesn’t mean a thing, because you know the S23 won’t have one.
Haha yeah I always laugh at the whole "Tim Cook needs to go" talk. It's not like he's the one making every single software update. All these smart people here suddenly forget how large corporations work the minute something goes wrong.
Read the article again.
“To resolve the issue, Apple says customers should select "Connect to Mac or to a PC with iTunes" in the initial iOS onboarding process when prompted to connect to a Wi-Fi network and then return to the previous screen and try again on Wi-Fi until the activation goes through successfully.”
so there is absolutely no *actual* connecting your phone to a computer.
you just click that option, then quickly back out and try again over Wi-Fi. You don’t actually ever use a cable and connected to a computer.