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Bug in iOS 8's 'Reset All Settings' Option Also Erases iCloud Drive Documents

petsounds said:
iOS releases under Jobs were much more iterational -- a few new APIs, some skeuomorphic doodads, that's about it. But under Cook, technical advancement has vastly increased in pace not only with iOS, but also ancillary systems it touches (iCloud, Apple Pay, Touch ID).

Doing while keeping to a yearly release schedule is IMO causing these software quality issues. The software engineers simply don't have enough time to work all the bugs out. I think Apple should move to a two-year iOS schedule, because I don't know what else can solve it but time. Throwing more engineers at a problem only helps to a certain point.
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That's a very good point.
 
So with Dropbox a copy of your files is stored on your computer. This gets backed up every time you use time machine. What about iCloud Drive?
 
Bahahah… Oh, wait, I mean, I’m so sorry to anyone who accidentally did this. I hope it gets fixed soon. I am an empathetic person who does not derive enjoyment at the troubles of others.
 
Hopefully this issue is fixed in iOS 8.1, 8.2, or 8.3. LOL.

Seriously though, what the heck Apple? I feel bad now because I had recommended to some people in the forum to reset their settings to fix their iOS sluggishness issues. Although I suppose I was told by several Genius Bar guys that it was the cure for most iOS upgrade slowness issues.

Why can't Apple get their cloud crap together? And why don't they keep backups of data like Dropbox does? I pay $8.25/mo for 1TB of Dropbox with backups to restore deleted files. I pay $3.99/mo for 200GB on iCloud Drive with no backups? Yeah I don't think I'm going to switch to using iCloud Drive for anything other than syncing photos around to my different devices. Photos that will also have backups in my Lightroom catalog on my portable drive that I keep in my backpack, on a desktop drive at home, and on Dropbox. But I'm only using iCloud Drive to keep the file usage low on my portable devices.
 
Just sayin... said:
Bendgate deniers will probably claim this doesn't happen either.
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Consumer Reports proved that unless your skinny jeans exert more then 90 lbs you should be ok...


Meaning it only happens with people like this...
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The Phazer said:
And the 80% of Apple's iOS user base who don't use Macs? Who were told their documents were safely backed up to the cloud, so they didn't need to worry about Apple's ****** excuses for a lack of an iOS file system?
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To be fair they are safe... pretty rare that somebody with a new phone would reset all settings after 2 weeks of usage.
 
Strange. I didn't reset anything, but I disabled Photostream a few hours ago and now my iCloud Drive files are gone. They weren't important but I wonder why that happened and if it's just a coincidence.
 
on a related note re: deleted data etc..

Saturday, I updated MyFitnessPal App with the latest Health Kit sync capability. After syncing, the Health App didn't work at all. All data in the dashboard was deleted, and the Health App locked up repeadly. I couldn't even get a graph to display on the dashboard.

After trying numerous things, I deleted the MFP App and reinstalled it. I have turned off syncing with Health App and will wait for the next update to try again.

Anyone else having this type of problem??
 
Wow so iOS 7 never came out of beta and looks like iOS 8 is virtually iOS 7 beta 2.0. ********** great! Are we aspiring to Android functionality now? smh
 
HiRez said:
Actually, I have great news for you, they changed it! But yeah, that was a really horrible label for the button that never should have gotten past QC, bugged the hell out of me and I'm sure confused millions of people. So if your complaint did it, thank you :)

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No, I'm talking about "Sign Out" at the bottom of the iCloud settings, and not resetting the device...at least my iPad is still saying it.
 

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BS like this is why I want nothing to do with cloud services. Everything I use stays on my own physical drive and its respective physical backups
 
Donoban said:
So you're saying the corporate structure inside Apple is responsible for the systemic issues we are seeing?

Not sure if I'm sold on that being the reason, I would guess it was the pressure to meet a deadline ie iphone 6 release date.
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No, I am saying that it's one of the important factors. Apple is a big company, and OS development is quite complex. There isn't a single BIG reason. However, I believe that having HW and SW unified like it is now leads to a loss of overall quality.
 
KeepCalmPeople said:
I have to say I am rapidly losing faith in Apple's ability to run a consumer cloud environment. I will not be using iCloud Photo Library, or entrusting my most important documents to iCloud Drive.

Apple has a lot to learn from Dropbox. How about document versioning to start off? And a Trash Folder? And under no circumstances allowing a user to delete all their data with one click, without the ability to revert/undo/restore?
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It's true. The cloud user experience has never been good with Apple. I like a lot of what else they do, but not that.
 
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