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Apple Temporarily Pulls iOS 9.3 Update for Older iOS Devices
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I'm wondering how this could happen in the first place... Maybe because it's registered on a different iCloud account. And activation matches Apple ID with product serial number...? I noticed iPhones that were activated on a new iCloud account were still present on original iCloud account registered products.
Make sure you remove your Apple products from iCloud registered product list when you sell them! Also, make sure the owner has removed the item from iCloud when you're buying from eBay, Craiglist, etc!
Make sure you remove your Apple products from iCloud registered product list when you sell them! Also, make sure the owner has removed the item from iCloud when you're buying from eBay, Craiglist, etc!
I download iOS 9.3 for my iPad 4 using iTunes but was going to wait a few days to install it to see if any major issues came up. The iPad itself now keeps prompting me to install the update. From the description in this article, it appears the iPad 4 is affected by this bug (since is says "older devices" and includes the newer iPad Air). If Apple has pulled the update, I'd expect iOS to stop prompting me. I wonder if they re-released it or if it would just try to install but fail when it sees it isn't signed.
From the description, it appears they are being required to activate the device. The device's current passcode, whatever it may be, is still used to unlock the device. This is not really a security risk, but it's certainly a problem in any case.
From the description, it appears they are being required to activate the device. The device's current passcode, whatever it may be, is still used to unlock the device. This is not really a security risk, but it's certainly a problem in any case.
That's not the issue. It's because the update is requiring some people to use old ID's that should be invalid.
That's not how Apple is spinning it at all. That's how some forum members are spinning it. Apple pulled the release because of a bug. That's what they're supposed to do.
That sounds more like a carrier issue to be honest. I was just told the other day, that with AT&T you can no longer just pop SIM cards in and out of phones, that it has to be activated in their computer. Something to do with these newer SIMs or something. I don't know how true it is but it would be worth a shot to just get a new SIM first.
My air took a bit longer to update and I though it got hung up during the iCloud activation part but luckily mine went though
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206203
Apple is saying if you forget your activation Apple ID password you can't continue. They are saying the bug is that the displayed Apple ID is wrong. The bug is that the devices shouldn't need to be activated in the first place as they already were.
In my case I never even got a prompt to enter my details. I simply got an activation error.
In my opinion, more people need to use apps like 1Password. Using such apps in a responsible and practical manner would alleviate a lot of 'forgot the password type problems.
It is starting look like Apple has eliminated any quality control/testing group they may have had. Cooks Apple pushes crap out the door far too often.
In my IT life, I'm amused by the morphing of the security message "NEVER write down your password!" to "PLEASE write down your password!"
Note I didn't say it was funny, I said I was amused.
Note I didn't say it was funny, I said I was amused.
Have you not noticed that it's become practically impossible for people to remember their passwords? We all have hundreds of passwords now. If people try to manage that by reusing passwords they are idiots. If they use simple memorable passwords they are idiots. If they don't use long random strings they are idiots. If they write them all down they are idiots. And of course if they forget them, they are idiots. So far the only generally accepted solution is a password manager, but if that's on your phone and you can't get your phone working because it suddenly needs a password you rarely use, apparently that makes you an idiot too.
Apple pulled the update without a personal warning to all the Mr & Mrs Knowitall on this forum, complicating their job in explaining how what happened is all dumb users' fault.
I'll add that to complicate things it is general assumption not to use the same credentials and passwords on different sites, change them regularly, esponentially increasing resources needed to manage them all
It seems it asks for the _first_ Apple ID password of the device. So if you changed it from 1234 to abcd to be safer, it would ask you for 1234 instead of abcd. Do you remember your _previous_ Apple ID password?
We installed 9.3 on our original Air. No issues at all. Actually seems to have a tad more zip.
If they remade The Exodus today using Apple apologists, most of them would simply walk across the Red Sea instead of parting it.
Yes, and once they get to the store, Apple reps will lead the affected customers to a newer device: "We cannot update your iOS at the moment so why dont you consider updating to a newer iPhone if you are in a hurry?" And their argument would be: "Well, it's your fault for not remembering your own password... Sorry."
I’m not trying to sound rude, I’m just trying to get my head around the issue. Is it just because iOS is having people type in their Apple ID? How do you sign into iCloud on other devices if you don’t know your Apple ID?