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Apple Releases New Version of iOS 9.3 for Older Devices Affected by Activation Lock Bug
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Never download updates for at least 3 months after fanboys get the all the bugs. same goes for buying new product. its always rushed and buggy
Lots of extremes and absolutes, when that's not the case for many people. Some good advice in there for most people, just overshadowed by unnecessary hyperbole.
And moreover, if the build number had something to do with it, why would it not also be asking me to upgrade my iPad as well?
Unless there's more being addressed on the 5s than Apple is letting on?
When you've worked for them for 13+ years, the rumor sites dont know the extent of these "bugs"
It affects way more than reported each time it happens. Plus its happening more frequently these days. Working there you know about them before they're publicized, you can only laugh when it finally goes mainstream media. Not unnecessary hyperbole, just truth working there so long seeing this update after update, new product after new product release.
This applies to basically any company and product out there, and if taken at heart nothing new would every be bought by anyone short of some small dedicated fanbase, which isn't the case for most things.
I can say working there, we warned our family and friends never to update or buy new products for at least a month after release to be safe. Since glitches have become so much more regular, Ive warned not to do so for at least 3 months. Its usually safe after that time frame. Just some friendly advice to be heeded or not. Buyer beware.
I might have had the activation bug, but now I have a problem with my iPad Mini. It's battery life is just gone... I've had to charge it from near zero three times since last week. Usually it lasts for a couple weeks, now it seems that it lasts a few days...
YIKES!!!
And iBooks is a hot mess of screwed up. I tried to read a book, first one after the update, and it took minutes to get the list. Then the lower right had a Big '91', indicating that every book that I have ever bought needs an update. So I clicked on the number. All the books showed with no covers, then the covers popped up, then disappeared, then popped up, then... So Then they stabilized, showing 'UPDATE' and I clicked the box. It flipped to the square in a circle, and then back to UPDATE. I picked all of the UPDATE boxes, and the damn thing froze. Eight minutes.
On and on... Then, after restarting the iPad, I went back into iBooks, and blah blah blah...
I don't know if it works now or not. I'm not sure what's wrong...
I'll look into reupdating the install to see if it works...
YIKES!!!
And iBooks is a hot mess of screwed up. I tried to read a book, first one after the update, and it took minutes to get the list. Then the lower right had a Big '91', indicating that every book that I have ever bought needs an update. So I clicked on the number. All the books showed with no covers, then the covers popped up, then disappeared, then popped up, then... So Then they stabilized, showing 'UPDATE' and I clicked the box. It flipped to the square in a circle, and then back to UPDATE. I picked all of the UPDATE boxes, and the damn thing froze. Eight minutes.
On and on... Then, after restarting the iPad, I went back into iBooks, and blah blah blah...
I don't know if it works now or not. I'm not sure what's wrong...
I'll look into reupdating the install to see if it works...
They are slow to fix some issues and I wonder about the quality of the engineers they have.
The new update is only for older devices, in case of iPhones that would be 5s and older, and in case of iPads that would be Air and older.
So basically you don't get new features, security enhancements and bug fixes on the $600+ device because you always an OS update behind? It's a free update that doesn't cost a thing and requires a a tap or two to get started. Pretty dumb but it's your money do as you wish.
Every website you post or shop on requires a password. Every email account, every device, every Wifi network needs a password. I literally have hundreds of passwords stored inside the OS keychain. Some need to be entered frequently and thus must be rememberable, there is some moderate and partial reuse to make the task of remembering them achievable. There are some that protect a lot or very critical information or access, those are longer and more complex. If a password is needed only very rarely and/or can be filled in automatically, a unique and quite complex one can be used that will not be remembered because of its complexity and infrequent use.
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Out of curiosity, do you know the passwords that unlock/log you in to your computer and smartphone by heart or do you have to look them up? Ditto for the AppleID password that iOS devices and iTunes regularly require you to input? And there is one password you definitely know: the one that unlocks 1Password.
iCloud Tabs are not showing up on the iPhone. I have tried everything. Three times restored, no luck. Signed out of iCloud and back, no luck. Don't know what to do!
Happened to me with my 5S today when I updated through the computer. I force restarted the phone and it got stuck. I did this three times and it eventually worked. I was really close to restoring from the backup I made before the update.
If they are like the commenter below I'd say very poor. (Joking of course)
My perception after over a decade with Apple is that quality has indeed dropped lately (based strictly on the bugs I've personally experienced recently, I have no idea nor claim to do so on the bigger scale, I could very well be just unlucky).
Maybe if the employees were doing their job and fixing things instead of moaning in forums we would have better products, LOL.
(I'm still joking Deuce so please don't go all sensitive).Oh well, I'm still not bothered enough to change platforms yet but I must admit that the thought did cross my mind for the first time, then I saw my friends android and Windows PCs and I calmed the **** down.
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8 beta's. There was beta 1, beta 1.1 then beta 2.
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Newer devices didn't have this issue. 9.3.1 will likely come (there is going to be an update, Apple has said that) which fixes the Safari crashing for some users when tapping a link.
Well I'm using the iPad mini 3 which is the same as the iPad mini 2 internally. I'm not seeing that update. I already have 9.3 installed and didn't experience any issues during the update process.
But it's the same internally as the iPad mini 2. He only difference is that it has Touch ID and mine is gold.
It's not the same internally due to Touch ID. It doesn't matter anyway, it didn't have the bug so didn't get the update.
I have some dumb questions regarding this...I'm stuck in 'asking for password' mode and then when I do I get locked out for 60 minutes because it's the wrong one..my question, is it safe to put my iPad into recovery mode and then try to restore it in then from an iCloud backup?
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