Apple Releases iOS 10.3.3 With Bug Fixes and Security Improvements [Updated]

[fhall1]

Soft-bricked, then. This site's staff frequently uses the term "bricked" when these situations occur - here's a good example: https://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/13/ios-10-update-bricking-iphones-and-ipads/

Well - they're using it wrong too

The fact of the matter is that my phone is useless until I get home and perform a restore.

THIS!!

It was temporarily bricked, until the user came back to the computer it was originally set up on.

"soft" bricked, "temporarily" bricked don't really convey the meaning. What is it? A nerf brick? The phone was temporarily eff'd up, but it wan't bricked.

From Wikipedia: "In the common usage of the term, "bricking" suggests that the damage is so serious as to have rendered the device permanently unusable"

But I'll stop now because it's pretty much spitting in the ocean......

 

[jonnysods]

Last patch before we get 11?

 

[camilaacolide]

Out of curiosity what apps are you viewing as essential that haven't been updated to 64 bit yet?

Well, being a little pedantic, he didn't say essential apps; he said favorite apps.

I'm on the same boat: these are not essential, but two apps that I use ALL THE TIME SINCE FOREVER, are Chwazi (to select players in games) and ChimeO'Clock (to say each hour aloud with a voice similar to GLAdOS).

These apps will definitely make me think twice before upgrading to iOS11.

 

[braddick]

Out of curiosity what apps are you viewing as essential that haven't been updated to 64 bit yet?

Essential? Probably none. Wanted? I enjoy BookWorm; Peggle, and Pick21. Also Facebook Camera and Kinetic won't download with iOS11.

 

[soanis]

iPad mini 2 and iPhone 5s updated without issue

Updated my iPhone 5s without problems

I hope you guys test it for a few days and let us know if it's worth updating for the 5s.

I've been having lotsa lag when I rapid switch between apps, rotate the phone or type in dialog boxes or bars...(I'm on 10.3.2)
Battery life has been dreadful as well...

 

[Superhappytree]

All of my "tweaked" apps are no longer working with this update. Do they update them so that they work with the latest iOS versions? And yes I know I'm being naughty and you're not supposed to install them in the first place, but I am gutted.

 

[friednoodles]

during the short beta testing period

I don't think this could be called a short beta testing period, it was more than 2 months long, longer than the beta phase for even 10.3.0. This makes sense of course, given 10.3.3 may be the last release for a number of devices, and the changes related to APFS filename normalisation, but a short beta it was not.

 

[lsutigerfan1976]

How is 10.3.3 as a daily driver? If they haven’t fixed all the kinks I am sticking with ios 11.

 

[thisisnotmyname]

Well, being a little pedantic, he didn't say essential apps; he said favorite apps.

I'm on the same boat: these are not essential, but two apps that I use ALL THE TIME SINCE FOREVER, are Chwazi (to select players in games) and ChimeO'Clock (to say each hour aloud with a voice similar to GLAdOS).

These apps will definitely make me think twice before upgrading to iOS11.

Well essential enough that he's willing to forgo an upgrade because of them. Anyway, the reason I asked is I'm interested to know of apps that have such a following that even though they haven't been updated in years (presumably if they're still 32 bit after all this time) people are willing to give up a new OS and new features to keep them. Potentially there's a gem in there.

 

[C DM]

How is 10.3.3 as a daily driver? If they haven’t fixed all the kinks I am sticking with ios 11.

Well, a minor bug fix update that is likely one of the last ones to an established OS version is likely more stable than an early beta for a brand new major version of an OS.

 

[upandown]

It appears they updated the contrast in this small update. Someone noticed it on beta 6. I just compared between 2 iPhone 7 plus's one with the update and one without. The updated phone has a brighter contrast to my eye. Looks better. It's possible it's the variance between the two screens but I'm thinking probably not since multiple people have noticed it. I'll update the second phone and compare again.

Note: it was mentioned that maybe it's only been changed on the DCI-P3 ios devices but it's only speculation.

 

[groovyd]

why is it they release all variants of OS together on the same day? It seems for things like continuity they might depend on each other but they should still have to work with older or newer versions of accessory devices. Just seems like an unnecessary restriction on themselves.
[doublepost=1500514797][/doublepost]Doesn't seem to be recognizing my Apple Car anymore

 

[JosephAW]

That's not the only annoying notification you get, I really wish Apple went back to 'the old days' where you didn't get such notifications at all, the one I really dislike is the one showing up if you don't have internet, yeah F***, I know I don't have internet, I can see that I don't have WIFI or 2-3-4G.

Yeah. I wish there was a way to turn off 1x,3G. I would rather have none than those alternatives. Just give me LTE and that's it.

 

[C DM]

Yeah. I wish there was a way to turn off 1x,3G. I would rather have none than those alternatives. Just give me LTE and that's it.

Except for where/where there isn't a good (or any) LTE signal.

 

[allanfries]

Smooth, real smooth!

 

[n20nine]

Massive battery drain after updating from .2 to .3 on iP7+. Phone was recently swapped out at the Genius Bar, so new phone. Have done hard resets, cleared background apps etc. What next?

 

[kalakana]

Just sit back and relax. If the phone is recently swapped out then it takes some charging cycles to "learn" about the battery. I would suggest doing full charge cycles 100% -> 0% -> 100% etc, so the phone would get a better pictures of your device.

Massive battery drain after updating from .2 to .3 on iP7+. Phone was recently swapped out at the Genius Bar, so new phone. Have done hard resets, cleared background apps etc. What next?

 

[n20nine]

Just sit back and relax. If the phone is recently swapped out then it takes some charging cycles to "learn" about the battery. I would suggest doing full charge cycles 100% -> 0% -> 100% etc, so the phone would get a better pictures of your device.

Thanks, will try that.

 

[Bacillus]

If these are critical vulnerabilities, then what the hell took them 2 months as to resolve them ?
And if the Wifi chip/addressbar spoofing issues were resolved in 10.3.1, do we get informed as why those returned in 10.3.2 (and possibly the iOS 11 beta's with parallel development)
Are the Crown Jewels in the hands of sw professionals or hanky pank guys...?

 

[johnfreeborn]

More importantly, where can I find the wallpaper/background that's used in the photo for this story?

 

[Erdbeertorte]

Massive battery drain after updating from .2 to .3 on iP7+. Phone was recently swapped out at the Genius Bar, so new phone. Have done hard resets, cleared background apps etc. What next?

Might be just a Spotlight reindex and if they changed anything in APFS everything will get converted again. But I don't know if the latter happens while the installation process or after.

 

[pandi.ruvina]

anyone on iPhone 5S 10.3.3? is it any smoother?

 

[GIZBUG]

Last patch before we get 11?

Yes, stated previously
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Massive battery drain after updating from .2 to .3 on iP7+. Phone was recently swapped out at the Genius Bar, so new phone. Have done hard resets, cleared background apps etc. What next?

New phone?

 

[Tony_YYZ]

Updating my 6S+ via iTunes fubar'd my device yesterday. I had to do a full recovery and then iTunes wouldn't let me restore the backup it made since it kept prompting for a password I didn't set. Had to restore my iCloud backup from way early yesterday morning and it lost all of my photos and folders since those weren't being sync'd to iCloud due to the size.

 

[I7guy]

If these are critical vulnerabilities, then what the hell took them 2 months as to resolve them ?
And if the Wifi chip/addressbar spoofing issues were resolved in 10.3.1, do we get informed as why those returned in 10.3.2 (and possibly the iOS 11 beta's with parallel development)
Are the Crown Jewels in the hands of sw professionals or hanky pank guys...?

What wifi chip address bar spoofing issues returned on 10.3.3? Maybe Apple has the wrong head of development. This is an issue that is far worse on android where almost 50% aren't even randomized. Where is the head of development for android?