Apple Releases iOS 15.6.1 and iPadOS 15.6.1 With Bug Fixes

[cambric]

Which? It's a real shame even with iOS 16 you can't browse old wallpapers. Ridiculous.

The yellow/red one

Yeah, iOS 16 was a disappointment on that front. I was hoping we could set our own dark/light mode switching wallpapers. That way I could at least download old Apple wallpapers from the internet and set them manually. Maybe in iOS 17…

 

[knarzie]

Hope it fixes lagging and erratic battery issues on my IPhone 11

 

[CarlJ]

Sometimes it can be. I’ve written perfect software myself that has a faultless operational record with 100% uptime (embedded systems written in FORTH)!

I suppose it depends on the definition one is using for “perfect”, since “doesn’t ever crash” is a comparatively low bar, while “cannot possibly be improved in any way“ would probably be the highest bar. I seem to recall a system (parts of the control software for the space shuttle?) that were formally proven to be correct. Cool to hear that you’re working in Forth, it’s been quite a while since I did anything with it.

 

[mzanker]

CSAM? I thought that has not so far been part of any public iOS versions.

CSAM = Child Sexual Abuse Material. It's not the name of the scanning technology that Apple were going to implement to detect it.

 

[MaxBurn]

Many of us only have one phone, and don't have a separate development device. It's never been a recommended practice to run beta software on your primary device.

"Seems to be as stable" is a poor standard to use - it "seems" like I can drive around without a seatbelt on and nothing ever happens. So, it's perfectly fine to just not wear seatbelts, right? Right?

I know what beta means, and it's not "free sneak peak at something cool that's totally stable".

So I'll wait for the official non-beta release, thanks.

It's arguably advisable to wait for a x.1 release after a major x.0 release. Seems to always be something that's not right despite all the betas.

 

[msackey]

CSAM = Child Sexual Abuse Material. It's not the name of the scanning technology that Apple were going to implement to detect it.

Yes. I know that. I was responding to someone who wrote:

Apple really wants the rest of us to get on the CSAM train.

I thought they were referring to the idea that iOS 15 and up has or will implement that scanning technology. In haven’t heard anything more about Apple’s mention of that scanning technology since they dropped mentioning it from their website.

 

[nt5672]

CSAM? I thought that has not so far been part of any public iOS versions.

Unfortunately, Apple has not said that. So we don't know what the status is. Apple is very capable of a silent update. You know to protect the children.

 

[nt5672]

If you're ever expecting any software to be perfect... I've got some shocking news for you.

No one expects "perfect". But Apple's bar is ridiculously low these days with stupid bugs getting through on a regular basis.

 

[ChittagongBoy]

Cant use the Clear History and Website Data, under safari after update, its greyed out ..anyone else ?

 

[meetajhu]

iPhone 11 permanently crashing. Looks like some HW video decoder being the culprit. No videos are playing, just frozen videos eg:- Photos app, Youtube etc. And every 5 mins there is a springboard restart.

EDIT: Downgraded still same problem. Maybe phone got busted after update. Maybe Apple upped the CPU voltage causing permanent damage to the SOC.

 

[Macative]

Honestly my iPhone running iOS 16 is working a lot better than my iPad on 15.6. Bugs, crashes, and weird behavior all over the place.

 

[pinkkie]

Why are people still on iOS 15? iOS 16 public beta seems to be as stable as iOS 15 was on my 13 Pro Max 🤔

why would anyone update what works perfectly?

 

[Frankras]

Cant use the Clear History and Website Data, under safari after update, its greyed out ..anyone else ?

No, works fine here on SE2020

 

[compwiz1202]

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Well at least now you can download over cellular network, I didn’t have that option under iOS 14.

I've been able to for all of 16, but it never asks. Does it know what kind of data limits you have? We have VZW Unlimited

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Cant use the Clear History and Website Data, under safari after update, its greyed out ..anyone else ?

Fine on my iPhone X

 

[compwiz1202]

Don't see the update. Was it snuck in auto? Is it only for certain devices?

 

[JRSmith42]

iPhone 13 Pro. The update failed. macOS helpfully offered to restore, now stuck on Apple logo and it disappeared from Finder. So far I give this update zero stars.

For whatever it's worth, the update went fine on my iPhone 12 Pro Max.

 

[Applɘ Aꙅylum]

Cant use the Clear History and Website Data, under safari after update, its greyed out ..anyone else ?

I see what you mean. That is AFTER the data is cleared. Go to Safari then let any webpage load. Then go back to Clear History and Website Data button, you will see it's not greyed out but the color of font lights up blue. Now you can click to clear it.

 

[GtrDude]

Hopefully this fixes this:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/15-6-siri-asks-every-time-what-contact-info-i-want.2352034/?post=31276812#post-31276812

and that:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ios-15-6-siri-says-i-have-to-unlock-my-phone.2352378/?post=31298107#post-31298107

Nope.
Still haven't fixed it.
Unbelievable.

 

[dotnet]

This doesn’t fix the Safari issues with tab groups (background tabs not loading) in iPadOS, that were reintroduced in 15.6

 

[JosephAW]

I've been able to for all of 16, but it never asks. Does it know what kind of data limits you have? We have VZW Unlimited

I’m unlimited. iOS 14 didn’t off this option.

 

[CarlJ]

EDIT: Downgraded still same problem. Maybe phone got busted after update. Maybe Apple upped the CPU voltage causing permanent damage to the SOC.

Maybe that time you dropped it last week is finally catching up. More likely than Apple changing CPU voltages to fry it. If it were mine, I'd want Apple to check it over.

 

[Tr55]

I think I’m getting much better battery life out of my 5 year old iPhone SE with this release. The battery use chart is much flatter on idle.

I did go and check I had all these setting done after though and the vast majority were already done.

iOS 15 Settings You Need To Turn Off Now - YouTube

 

[LV426]

In all of these security updates, wouldn’t it be nice if they could check to see if you have compromised system files and warn you if has happened?

 

[jorgk]

the delete operation caused the Messages app to go poof and restart without deleting

That's the case since ages, just select a number of attachments (ideally separated by a few normals messages) and try to delete them at once. Very, very frequently Messages just crashes. Just the first attachment is deleted then, the others wait for your action.
Reported, but no change over several major iOS versions.