Hopefully they "dial back" the speed secretly.
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Apple Releases iOS 11.2.2 With Security Fixes to Address Spectre Vulnerability
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Hopefully they "dial back" the speed secretly.
Oops, this is MacRumors. That was both sarcasm and joking.
That's up to you basically based on whether or not there's anything in iOS 11 that you might want (including various security fixes).
Geekbench 4.2.1 says my 7plus went from 5857 to 6025 in multi-core which is a non trivial increase.
There seems to be some system tweaks going on with the release.
This fixes spectre. Not meltdown. The slowdown in meltdown only affects use cases with lots of kernel calls. Since the countermeasures are currently to disable sharing the kernel address space into the user address space.
If I had to guess… this update only reduces the resolution of the safari/WebKit clock (Like Firefox and chrome) to prevent side channel attacks in JavaScript.
A 2.9% difference with low sample size is hardly meaningful.
Intel, Apple, M$ and other major corporations have known about the vulnerabilities for months now. The discovery wasn't made public to allow companies to provide fixes.
Agree.
I have a data plan of 30GB per month, so I could easily download even an update of 1GB if I wanted to.
There should be a setting, and I'd put it off by default, to allow upgrades and iCloud backups via cellular. You switch it on, the iPhone warns you about data usage, you say yes and you're done.
Hi,
I have updated the iOS software to its last iteration 11.2.2, and since then my Apple Watch Series 2 doesn´t connect with my iPhone 6, so if I have a call, the Apple Watch doesn´t ring, or if I try to switch theater mode or night mode, it does not affect the iPhone. If I play music, I can´t control it from the Apple Watch.
The Apple Watch (OS 4.2) does not connect with the iPhone via the Apple Watch app of the iPhone neither, eventhough it appears as connected in the Bluetooth devices of the said iPhone...
Does anyone has the same issue?
EDITED: Fixed restoring the Apple Watch.
I have updated the iOS software to its last iteration 11.2.2, and since then my Apple Watch Series 2 doesn´t connect with my iPhone 6, so if I have a call, the Apple Watch doesn´t ring, or if I try to switch theater mode or night mode, it does not affect the iPhone. If I play music, I can´t control it from the Apple Watch.
The Apple Watch (OS 4.2) does not connect with the iPhone via the Apple Watch app of the iPhone neither, eventhough it appears as connected in the Bluetooth devices of the said iPhone...
Does anyone has the same issue?
EDITED: Fixed restoring the Apple Watch.
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If you want the Krack exploit fixed and Meltdown and Spectre mitigated yes. Its running well on my iPhone 7 your mileage my vary
I have a feeling this is going to change soon. Apple has already conceded to allowing us to update iCloud Photo Library over cellular, so I'm sure software updates will come eventually.
It's a delicate balance and it involves the carriers' wishes as well. Remember that there are millions of devices out there. Even downloading a 50MB update can severely load the cellular network if tens of thousands of devices in an area are doing it at once. Apple needs to convince the carriers that this won't happen. Thing is, requiring WiFi for some tasks is annoying, because there are people who live nowhere near any WiFi, particularly in rural areas. Imagine having to drive into town to find (probably slow) WiFi just to update your phone? That's gotta be annoying.
Should I update and slow my iPhone, iPad once again?
Should we have the option to turn on/off that “******** option” about saving batterie?
On the Android they don’t slow your phone on pretentious batterie optimization. It is not a batterie I use, it is a phone!
Should we have the option to turn on/off that “******** option” about saving batterie?
On the Android they don’t slow your phone on pretentious batterie optimization. It is not a batterie I use, it is a phone!
Never going to happen. If people are lucky ( and Apple do the right thing) , there may be fixes for iOS 8, 9 & 10, bit only for devices that can’t run newer versions.
I think you're thinking of iOS 8. That was truly horrible, IMHO. iOS 9 and 10 were both improvements... 11 kind of goes a bit back to iOS 8 in terms of issues and whatnot.
I'm not thinking, simply going by some conversations that I've had with various people in different threads about iOS 11 and how they recalled previous iOS versions. Many people appear to have different takes on different versions (or at the very least different recollections that still influence them nonetheless).
so per definition the iPhone 5 has been discontinued for 4yrs and 4 months now ... meanwhile the iPhone 5s which is up to 4yrs and 4 months old is still being supported... that's pretty darn good.
How many Android phones are supported with OS updates / patches 4+ yrs after release?
Updated to 11.2.2 earlier today. Tried just now to play a multiplayer game that uses Game Center. Getting a message I’ve never seen before: “Error encountered while accessing iCloud”. There is a button for iCloud settings and a button for cancel. If I hit the setting button it takes me to iCloud settings where everything is turned on and activated like it should be. Game center now uses iMessage, so I tried turning off iMessage. Nothing helps.
Anyone else seeing this? I’ve never seen this message when trying to play a game before.
Thx in advance.
Anyone else seeing this? I’ve never seen this message when trying to play a game before.
Thx in advance.
Yes the iPhone 5 got 4 years support from discontinuation - so people buying just before then or after got a little over or under 4 years support. Those buying 5C got 2 years, iPad Mini 1 year 3 months, iPad 2 - 2 years 6 months, iPhone 4S 2 years, iPhone 4 1 year, iPhone 3GS 1 year etc
It depends on how many people have big data plans.
In my country it is common to have 2, 3 or 5GB per month, no more than that, so all those people aren't going to update their phone via cellular.
Carriers are offering something different though, you have limited data plan but music streaming via particular services doesn't add up to your monthly usage. I think you can find offers for video streaming as well. A single movie is bigger than the average update, and the carriers has to deliver it at a constant speed, while a software update can be slower.
As long as the majority of people have small data plans I don't see any problem with Apple allowing us to do everything on cellular.
Agreed.
And especially in cases where the fault was inherent in the product from the beginning.