Apple Releases iOS 10.0.3 for iPhone 7 With Cellular Connectivity Bug Fix

[Zoddino]

Is it just me or the closing animation stutter has been improved a bit on iPhone 7/7 plus? That's what I'm noticing so far on my 7.

 

[daveak]

Is there a fix for Personal Hotspot not working? It stopped working when I installed 10.0.0 on my iPhone 6S Plus and it hasn't worked since (have rebooted, have not reset all settings yet because that's a PITA).

If you mean Personal Hotspot under macOS where you don't need to actually turn it on on your phone I seem to have to go into the iOS settings page for Personal Hotspot after updating iOS. Don't need to turn it on, just go into the settings and macOS picks it up again.

 

[gaximus]

why the **** don't they fix the itunes backup password security flaw asap? i can't believe it.

Just encrypt you computer. Are a lot of people still backing up to iTunes?

 

[aajeevlin]

I hope this will be it. Went for an appointment this morning. During a 20 minutes drive the service on Verizon cuts out three times.....it was very annoying.

 

[Mlrollin91]

Update not available for the 6

Because its for 7/7Plus only.

 

[sinbushar]

It seems like the update references other bug fixes as well as security fixes, so it's a bit odd that it's not being released for other devices (unless all those fixes are somehow only specific to iPhone 7 line of phones).

Or maybe 10.1 is due for imminent release and this release was pushed out quickly to address the service issues people were facing with the iPhone 7?

 

[Mlrollin91]

Or maybe 10.1 is due for imminent release and this release was pushed out quickly to address the service issues people were facing with the iPhone 7?

But why release 10.0.3 at all then? Its already been a month, whats another week?

 

[epelba01]

Does it fix the issue with messages searching?

 

[needfx]

I guinea pigged it while having no issues
wish me luck

 

[BlaqkAudio]

What's the modem firmware on 10.0.3? It's currently 1.24.00 on 10.1 beta 3.

 

[Mlrollin91]

What's the modem firmware on 10.0.3? It's currently 1.24.00 on 10.1 beta 3.

1.00.05

 

[iteklog]

Verizon Carrier version is 25.1 now. Not sure if that's new. But the connection initially seems way more solid. Was getting intermittent wifi dropping too with 10.0.2 so I'm eager to see if that stops. Will be able to report on that when I get home.

My iphone 7 is running on vz carrier 25.1 with ios 10.0.2 and has the problem, we'll see what happens after i upgrade to 10.0.3

 

[xeio]

Is it just me or the closing animation stutter has been improved a bit on iPhone 7/7 plus? That's what I'm noticing so far on my 7.

you just get used to it

 

[dampfnudel]

My 7 is updating, but the partner's 6 says software up to date. sounds like you might be right!

Just checked my 6s, no update so it looks like 10.1 will be the next update for the rest of us, probably in less than a month.

 

[natebookpro]

I haven't had any issues in Verizon since installing the beta

Ditto that

 

[kenhagemann]

I wonder. I've had 2 iPhones 7 and an iPhone 7 Plus on order with Verizon since Sep 19th. They just said "processing" for weeks. But this morning I get shipping notices. I wonder if Verizon was holding iPhone 7 shipments while waiting for this fix? Or maybe it's just a coincidence.

I say yes to that-

 

[rjohnstone]

Update not available for the 6

10.0.3 update only applies to the 7/7Plus.

 

[agsystems]

Just encrypt you computer. Are a lot of people still backing up to iTunes?

Also - I seem to recall that it required physical possession of you machine. if that's the case then nothing will help you.

 

[manu chao]

Just encrypt you computer. Are a lot of people still backing up to iTunes?

Yes, for two reasons: 1) iCloud backups don't include passwords (or has iOS 10.0 already changed that) and 2) restoring from an iCloud backup requires downloading all apps from the cloud again (which at least in the past has sometimes taken multiple days). iTunes backups also allow you to have backups of the backups.

 

[kali108]

Does it fix voicemail???

 

[RedOrchestra]

But why release 10.0.3 at all then? Its already been a month, whats another week?

Feeling left out or what?

 

[kemal]

Was the LTE bug just CDMA modem firmware?

 

[C DM]

Feeling left out or what?

I believe it's called a discussion in which interested parities can participate.

 

[manu chao]

Fair enough, but I would argue that Apple still should have caught this in internal testing wth iPhone 7 prototypes or internal units they use before they were made available to the public.

At the end of the day, the issue still boils down to insufficient testing on Apple's part.

Testing never ends. Even after having an OS version run on a billion iOS devices for a year, new issues are discovered and fixed. Remember, iOS 9.3.5 was released on 25 August 2016.

 

[sinbushar]

But why release 10.0.3 at all then? Its already been a month, whats another week?

Maybe the number of service calls that they are trying to appease to keep the customers happy? After restoring my phone repeatedly, swapping out the device, and several hours on the phone I was offered an appeasement gift.