So you created a hypothetical situation in order to criticize apple? Ridiculous.
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Apple Confirms iOS 16 Bug Impacting New Device Activation as iPhone 14 Orders Begin to Arrive
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You may not be familiar with apple, but an accountant couldn’t do the job MR. Cook did.
Stuff happens. And my pro max was not yet delivered, so I’m not sure what I’m in for.
““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…”
Now read this part closely…
“and then return to the previous screen and try again on Wi-Fi until the activation goes through successfully.”
So… absolutely no laptop necessary.
It’s just a matter of clicking a button, clicking a back button, and then trying over Wi-Fi again.
No computer is actually used in this process.
Here’s a surprise: Apple has partnered with US carriers at least to allow activation process through a free network connection temporarily. Kind of a secret, though. Shhhh.😅
He has the power to hire and fire these guys but sits on his hands.
So people should be fired for making a mistake. You would be fired in a nanosecond then.
With that said, he should be looking at why the programmers are so poor at their job.
Hiliarious!Well they shouldn’t…
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A lot of people activate their new phones at the Apple Store, which has an open network
Apple Watch still has a similar bug, it won't activate if you are on 5ghz wifi, at least with Series 5 and 6 it didn't work. Once i disabled 5ghz on my router, the activation process went through just fine. If someone encounters this issue with their new iPhone 14, might be worth a try.
right? and this guy claims he's a software developer 😂 @senttoschool can't even figure out scenarios for regression testing outside of the obvious. sounds more like he's an out of touch boomer with no real clue on how much productivity has actually increased overall across the industry due to WFH
I just got my new iPhone 14 Pro and I had 0 problems with activation! 🥳🥳🥳 Transferring the data from my old phone to my new one at the moment
Did you say it was a new phone and then update the software, then go back and restore from backup? Or have you not updated the software and are currently updating from backup then will update. Thx!
My jet black 14 Pro arrived about 30 minutes ago and there were zero issues activating.
Restored from backup and updated to 16.01.
Whole process took about 20 minutes.
Now let's hope my wife's is just as easy.
Restored from backup and updated to 16.01.
Whole process took about 20 minutes.
Now let's hope my wife's is just as easy.
So you immediately restored from back up then updated? I’m wondering if I need to setup as new phone, then update, then restore.
I did the same if it helps...
- eSIM activated (AT&T)
- restored from backup (chose iCloud instead of transfer from previous phone as it's estimated time was faster)
- updated to 16.0.1
No issues at all. Turned on new 14 Pro Max, eSim activated within about 2 minutes, transferred data directly from my 13 Pro Max. After that was complete, I ran the update. As with other posts, the whole process took about 20 minutes. Makes me wonder how widespread the subject "problem" really is. Or is it just another opportunity for people to panic?