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Apple Pulls watchOS 3.1.1 Update After Bricking Complaints

Hoyboy said:
Ok I'll bite. How about:

- iPhone 6 touch disease - Slow response and then charging people for repairs

- iPhone 6s battery problems, there are people who suffer from this that Apple claims there is no issue and must pay for a new battery

- MacBook Pro (Too many issues to list - funny how you didn't even mention this)

- No other mac updates

- Removal of headphone jack from iPhone 7 but can't offer customers a wireless alternative at launch

- General price increases across all products with no justification for these increases

- Software updates - Various updates across different devices have corrupted them

I'm sure there's others I've missed.
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Oh god random shutdown syndrome on the 1st gen white macbook. I could have died if i dont have a strong heart.
 
kissmo said:
I think it comes from the attitude. They should have slow the F... down.
I have no clue where are they rushing???
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Slow their hardware releases to what 1 instead of 2 per year?

Can't go much slower than they are already.
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KiwiAdventure said:
My watch 2 updated 100% like every other Apple product has and does. So what if their was a human mistake we are not all perfect like some of you make out you are.
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Ahh the ole "It didn't effect me, so it's not a big deal" attitude. The RDF is strong with this one.
 
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Oh, were are all the "why are people still using gen 2 watches"?!
Consensus used to be you are not allowed to think apple is doing a bad job unless you purchase new hardware on the day it is released.
 
I don't have an Apple Watch, so this hardly affects me. However, it is emblematic of the decline in quality control at Apple. Here's a novel idea: debug before releasing. Apple say that they don't play the usual consumer-driven games about processing speeds etc., but they do play the 'must-be-a-new-model-every-x-months' game. They need to stop it and release products when they are truly ready. Avoiding faffing about with restarting devices, obscure errors, etc. is something that Apple built is reputation on, and reputations are hard to rebuild once they are lost.
 
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HowEver said:
So nobody here has had theirs bricked. Got it. Just the usual haters.
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If that were the case, why is the update no longer available?
I mean, apple won't cancel an update because of some complaints over the internet / blogs.
However, other story if those complaints were directed at the physical apple stores.
 
truthertech said:
Where is your source that the devices were bricked "en masse." "En masse" means total, everyone. Some have obviously experienced an issue, but we in my family haven't had any problem with the update for our AW updates, just heard from two friends that they have had no problem, and just checked over on 9t05 where vast majority comments section had no problem either with the update, so it is conclusive that you are spreading fake news, which is sadly very prevalent all over the web these days. Please consider retracting your statement that this update bricked all devices, i.e., "en masse" when you have no idea what percentage were bricked, and we also conclusively know that you were spreading false info when you claimed that Apple Watches were bricked "en masse." Again, ideally no devices would have problems with an update, but similarly no postings should have fake news--neither of which is realistic these days. You can dislike Apple and freely state that opinion, but let's not resort to spreading false information.
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Whether updates are bricking every single device out there is irrelevant. Its splitting hairs to detract from the real issue.

This is Apple fifth instance of a software update bricking devices this year alone. Nothing false about that at all, the evidence of it has been posted in this thread. You can pretend that it isn't a problem if you like, I work in software development, it is a problem.

It should be happening almost never, not almost every update.

Five times in a year !! :eek:
 
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It's April Fools yearlong at Apple.

The past few news have been, wow, first the macbook battery complaints leading Apple to shamefully hide battery info in the OS, now this.

Amazing.

What's next? Airpodsgate?
 
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TMRJIJ said:
Yes, Because devices have never been bricked after software updates before... /s
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Irrelevant to anything I said in my post. But keep apologizing for Apple if it makes you feel good. Not really sure why it would unless Apple is your best friend or family.

But is is the clear truth: Apple is a company made of people who make decisions. They have been making a lot of those poorly of late. This isn't a one-off, it's a another mistake punch on TC Apple's belt. Just in the past week:

1) On these very same pages there is a story about how Apple didn't bother to correctly calibrate Mac OS with the new MBP's battery -- or there are definite battery issues. Does Apple announce a fix is coming? No, it just hides the "time remaining" feature.

2) Then there is the delayed AirPods. Apple can't even get a pair of headphones out by the time it said they would be on sale.

3) And then it is force to publicly announce it's Beats X headphones are officially delayed two or three months.

And that is just this past week. Doesn't sound like a company that is on the ball to me, sorry. So you can brush off every single one of Apple's mistakes they have made recently but it's very much the same "sweep it under the rug" approach that Apple itself seems to be taking. Personally, I'd like to see Apple be great again, so no, I won't give it any slack for stupid things in it's control that it does. Tough love.
 
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Meanwhile in Cupertino
Tim: All Hands on Deck !! I need to know what time it is..
Phil: Dunno. AppleWatch bricked.
Joni: Dunno. AppleWatch bricked also. And Greg told me to beware during year end - MacBook system time may be off.
But I see there's one more hour left for the battery.
Greg: That's not trustworthy either. Plus, you're not on the latest Sierra, where we pulled that indicator.
Joni: Yeah ehh mmwah... I stole the .mnu extra from El Capitan
Greg: Well, Tim only has an iPad (PostPC era) Besides that: company instruction is to only use the latest SW !
Joni: Yes, but that way I would have bricked my AppleWatch, so I didn't...
To be honest, I expected it to be pulled, as most of recently
Tim: So where's Angela ?
Phil: At home, making porridge. She's in vein.
She thought she got fired because of that exclamation sign on her AppleWatch last night.
And she hurt her thumb with all forced restarts...
Tim: Never mind guys. By now, I know what time it is.
Time to leave...
 
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I just want to know...

back in the 90s when people bought their software on CDs and the internet was 56kbps...
how come software always worked and didn't need weekly updates to fix issues.
 
Simple, just plug in the USB cable into the watch and do a DFU restore. OK next question? :cool:

(Seriously, this now has me worried about buying an Apple Watch. You're so on your own... So... Vulnerable)
 
The thing that sucks (or would suck for me) is the fact that this would ruin any chance of getting the badge for getting my move goal all of December. I will wait for watchOS 3.1.2. It doesn't really seem like I am missing much by skipping this update. I hope that Apple provides some kind of other compensation for affected users (credit on the iTunes/App store or even Apple store). I had my iPad Pro bricked by an update back in May and I was actually very disappointed in how Apple handled it. I was without it for several days (and at the time it was my main computer).
 
Have been a proud Apple user for 10 years now. While not perfect, in the past I always looked forward into installing the latest updates - may it be for because feeling more secure or things running more smoothly and snappier.

Nowadays however I fear what they deactivated or trying to push down my throat or that it may brick my whole device.

Sad how things changes
 
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