So, does this confirm it was only iPhone 6/6+ firmwares that had issues? If they only provided links to the iPhone 6/6+ 8.0 ipsw's.
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Apple Says iOS 8.0.2 Update is in the Works, Directs Users to Reinstall iOS 8
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That's too slow, it should have been out yesterday. Now people can't use their new phones as phones.
I do admit that if this happened to Android I'd say "see, that's why android sucks ass so much". Shame, this shouldn't happen. Not at this level.
Watabou
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Yeah. And maybe Tim shouldn't give these lazy programmers Thanksgiving week off. He's encouraging sloth.
I would actually blame the QA department more than the programmers.
And the programmers have earned their break. 😛 (4000 new APIs, which is the most amount of APIs introduced in any OS X release, Swift, extensions, etc are not trivial)
BeyondtheTech
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Technarchy
macrumors 604
Has anyone tried this in Yosemite?
I can't seem to get it to work. I have iOS 8 downloaded but never to get the option to install it.
I can't seem to get it to work. I have iOS 8 downloaded but never to get the option to install it.
carrrrrlos
macrumors 65816
There is obviously no oversight in:
a: Design and Product Development
b: Software Integration
at Apple.
a: Design and Product Development
b: Software Integration
at Apple.
John.B
macrumors 601
Everyone who allowed an x.0.1 release to be fastracked owns the blame for this. QA, programmer, project manager, build manager, release coordinator, package team, department head, director, everyone.
I believe Windows will still download it with a ZIP extension. But no need to unzip it. Just rename it with .ipsw extension instead.
So Apple released a faulty update, pulled it and told affected users how to roll it back. It happens.
Believe it or not sometimes a defect in a release can slip through any QC process - the notion of 100% perfect quality control is an illusion. For example, Android users (I know from experience at the time and it is documented online) had OTA updates for Froyo, Gingerbread and even Jelly Bean that literally bricked phones and tablets. It doesn't excuse Apple and I hope they are also investigating how this bug got through testing but it does show that these things happen no matter how well you plan and no matter your intentions.
Believe it or not sometimes a defect in a release can slip through any QC process - the notion of 100% perfect quality control is an illusion. For example, Android users (I know from experience at the time and it is documented online) had OTA updates for Froyo, Gingerbread and even Jelly Bean that literally bricked phones and tablets. It doesn't excuse Apple and I hope they are also investigating how this bug got through testing but it does show that these things happen no matter how well you plan and no matter your intentions.
koruki
macrumors 65816
Later on that night at Apple HQ.
Tim: You guys are so great, thank you soooo much for staying to try and fix this. Together we can fix this bug, its at the core of what we do. We find bugs .. and we.. fix it. We can make a difference and soon our beloved customers will be able to make calls again.. to connect with family once again.
Tim: You guys are so great, thank you soooo much for staying to try and fix this. Together we can fix this bug, its at the core of what we do. We find bugs .. and we.. fix it. We can make a difference and soon our beloved customers will be able to make calls again.. to connect with family once again.
You must not remember how buggy "iPhone OS" 2.0 was. I remember having to straight-up restore my 3G several times during the initial release. Very unstable.
(That said, the current situation is inexcusable.)
Ramchi
macrumors 65816
Now Apple would be begging for fragmentation!
When you have the community fragmented, your problems are isolated like in Android where new ***** may create problems but overall communities will not have big issues and Google could silently blame it on bloatware and other layers that needs to be developed!
When you have the community fragmented, your problems are isolated like in Android where new ***** may create problems but overall communities will not have big issues and Google could silently blame it on bloatware and other layers that needs to be developed!
So there were critical bugs in 8.0 and now 8.0.1
I think I'll wait a bit after 8.0.2 is released just in case. Good quality assurance Apple 🙁
I think I'll wait a bit after 8.0.2 is released just in case. Good quality assurance Apple 🙁
Did you download iOS 8.0 or 8.0.1? You need the 8.0 file, the other one won't work. I had downloaded the 8.0.1 file earlier and was thinking that my phone was bricked but it was just because they've stopped letting it be applied as far as I can tell.
iBlazed
macrumors 68000
"Coming back" implies you were once an iPhone owner. The iPhone never had a removable battery and never will, so unless you had the only iPhone on the planet with a removable battery you were never an iPhone user to begin with. No loss for Apple here.
I updated my 6 to 8.0.1 and lost my cell coverage and Touch ID. I reverted back to iOS 8.0 and got it back. Why are people acting like their phone is doomed? Just downgrade.
