This is of particular interest to me, too. I've been thinking about finally making the plunge from iOS 10, but the mere possibility of this bug is the main thing holding me back.
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Apple Releases iOS 11.3.1 Update With Fix for Third-Party Display Repair Issue
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This is of particular interest to me, too. I've been thinking about finally making the plunge from iOS 10, but the mere possibility of this bug is the main thing holding me back.
Did not have a choice with my iPhone X as it came with iOS 11, however, I should have skipped the earlier versions of iOS 11 on my iPhone 6s and iPhone 7 Plus!
This issue didn't affect me but I feel for those that were impacted as having to wait a month for a fix for a bug that effectively bricked your phone is far too long.
While there more than likely would be complaints of that sort in a station like that, most likely they won't be from the same people.
Hmm how to spin this so that we can keep the outrage going? You guys had so much outrage momentum, such a waste.
An Apple employee told my gf that they couldnt fix her computer and that it wasn’t an “Apple” harddrive. Oh, gee okay. Bought a Samsung solid state and switched it myself
Bricking iPhones for 3 weeks causes plenty of damage.
Third-party display manufacturers have implemented a hardware workaround even without 11.3.1. But the message from Apple is clear.
It's a bug fix update that addressed a bug (or perhaps even a few) along with some security issues. Seems pretty much consistent with what a bug fix update is. As far as something being sad, who is to say that this update wouldn't have come out as it did with or without those articles? Plenty of things get fixed even when there aren't articles around, just as plenty do when there are some articles around--hard to say if one necessarily really makes a difference when it comes to the other in each of those cases.
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What message is that?
If there is an implication of such a message then an update like this one takes the bite out of it.
The message from Apple is about as clear as it gets.
Apple releases 11.3.1 days after third-party display manufacturers offer hardware updates to overcome the bricking from 11.3.
Apple won't outright oppose the right to repair. But they will make it as difficult as possible for repair shops and customers.
Yeah, it couldn’t POSSIBLY be that trying to use unsupported and untested hardware with a device might cause issues! No, it must be a devious conspiracy.
Oh, and the message of fixing the bug is...what?
What's the point of them doing it and then right away releasing an update that undoes it with backlash on top of it? Seems rather devoid of logic if there was any actual messaging to it, and certainly far from anything even close to clear.
There's literally only a handful of Chinese aftermarket iPhone display manufacturers like Tianma and BOE. In fact, BOE is an official Apple supplier for iPad and MacBook. These displays aren't low-tech products made in the back alleys of Detroit and sold underground.
You can bet Apple is constantly buying and evaluating parts from around the world.
After 6 beta versions of iOS 11.3, Apple suddenly discovers the display bug, tests, and fixes it? Right after third-party display manufacturers come out with a hardware fix?
Let's not be naive.
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11.3.1 wasn't released "right away." It's been nearly a month since 11.3 was released and bricked devices.
You weren't affected because you're not an independent iPhone repair shop or a customer using a third-party display.
From the POV of an independent iPhone repair shop, it's a clear message on using non-OEM parts.
I see third-party iPhone displays every day. The vast majority are garbage. Washed out junk that have plenty of problems that have nothing to do with Apple.
Why is it that you think that Apple must be immediately aware of every bug that affects totally unsupported and untested hardware used with their products? Is every bug that is not immediately fixed a conspiracy to you?
Occam’s razor. Which is more likely: Apple deliberately caused an issue...but only with specific third-party displays on only one specific iPhone model, and then fixed it within weeks; or, a piece of hardware didn’t work correctly with a device that has no official support for it?
The inconsistency, backlash, and rollbacks still don't make for any sort of clear messaging. If anything people know that Apple won't actually do anything like that for real given that they fix it whenever it happens.
Yeah, I may just open the darn thing up and try to re-connect the four cables in question.
I tried updating my iPhone 7 Plus 256GB red from 11.3 to 11.3.1 through OTA, now my phone is stuck on loop. sigh...
Apple, please fix the age old, big ole volume/ringer graphic. Super annoying as it blocks a lot of real estate and stays up too long. It's really ugly and not in line with the rest of the aesthetics. Weird that it hasn't been reduced by now lol.