Day One iOS 26 Updates Required for All iPhone 17 Models

[Sloeberry]

Had I known that it would have saved me a whole lot of time - I foolishly assumed that since the 17 Pro has 26 and so did my old phone... Now having to start over! Seriously annoyed.

 

[AppleCook]

MacRumors people: "It's indexing!"

Isn’t this kind of Apple’s fault for not giving us an option to force prioritize indexing?

Hide it deep in settings, even make it require toggling an option from a web browser; require full charge and a cable plugged in. Make it clear it’s for detail-obsessed people only and is totally unnecessary. Then, let us let the phone focus on indexing until it’s completely done, doing just about nothing else.

 

[tobybrut]

I picked up two phones at an Apple Store today. Both needed updating, so they obviously didn’t take advantage of the feature to update without opening the box.

 

[iDave]

Yes. During the transfer-process you will be required to update your 17 to continue. You cannot skip the update if you do a transfer from an old device.

The only option to use the 17 with the out-of-the-box software is to set it up as new.

I skipped it and transferred from my old iPhone. Updating now, next day.

 

[FeliApple]

After two days, my standby battery drain has reduced, but every time I actually use the phone, it warms up and the battery percentage counts down like a timer. Thanks Apple, thanks a lot. But hope this lasts only a few more days instead of being permanent.

MacRumors people: "It's indexing!"
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Me: "I know! Just let me vent about it."
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And this is not true for non-current devices, regardless.

It may improve vs the first minute, but due to the redesign, I have serious doubts that battery life is just as good on iOS 26 as it was on iOS 18 even for iPhone 16 models anyway. I wouldn’t know because I’m obviously not updating, as always.

Perhaps an interesting story, I’m not a frequent upgrader so it’s not like I’ve had a million different iOS devices, but when it comes to new devices on their original iOS versions I’ve encountered the “indexing” issue with battery life exactly once: when I purchased my 9.7-inch iPad Pro on iOS 9 (sadly forced by Apple to iOS 12 since then), its day-one battery life was abhorrent. It kept dropping from 100% to 90% after 45 minutes of light use, when, with my usage pattern, I was expecting something closer to two hours.

Sure enough, a day later, it normalized and I got the two hours I wanted, just when I was considering getting it replaced. It never happened with any other iOS device I purchased, before or after.

 

[edlex]

I skipped it and transferred from my old iPhone. Updating now, next day.

100%! I’ve learned my lesson in past years never update during a transfer unless it won’t transfer without it. I still haven’t updated to let the phone index but I plan to later today.

 

[bosozoku]

Needed this update as I transfer my 12 mini to 17 pro. Its very inconvenient. Don’t believe Apple couldn’t figure this out.

 

[zonai]

The update was NOT required. I was able to bypass it setting up a 17 Pro Max, and I transferred from a 16 Pro Max using a cable. I did have a glitch where 20GB of storage disappeared and the system said I was "out of storage" so I'm updating now.

 

[psycoperl]

I picked up two phones at an Apple Store today. Both needed updating, so they obviously didn’t take advantage of the feature to update without opening the box.

Did they actually deploy that feature/technology or was it being patented and still needs to be refined?

 

[psycoperl]

I skipped it and transferred from my old iPhone. Updating now, next day.

Unfortunately, it did not let me skip it. So we had to do the updates.

 

[Cameront1993]

My messages didn’t transfer over from 16 pro max to 17 pro max but also didn’t do the update first to the day 1 patch is this why??

 

[chrispyk]

Guy in store was telling people doing setup to not install the update as it was making people stay for hours longer in the store

I set up my 17 Pro in the Apple store on Friday from my iCloud backup, also making sure to set up Authenticator while I still had my old iPhone. And I just updated to the most recent iOS today. Everything is fine.

 

[Hank001]

I set up my 17 Pro in the Apple store on Friday from my iCloud backup, also making sure to set up Authenticator while I still had my old iPhone. And I just updated to the most recent iOS today. Everything is fine.

The MS Authenticator is throwing rocks at me: says I have too many devices registered and I had to delete my old phone. Which was listed 4 times. So now the app requires me to authenticate and gives me a number to verify. In the MS Authenticator app! What the heck am I doing wrong? Or what the heck is MS doing wrong?

 

[chrispyk]

The MS Authenticator is throwing rocks at me: says I have too many devices registered and I had to delete my old phone. Which was listed 4 times. So now the app requires me to authenticate and gives me a number to verify. In the MS Authenticator app! What the heck am I doing wrong? Or what the heck is MS doing wrong?

I should've been clearer: I was referring to Google Authenticator. MS Authenticator is painfully fickle and I've never been able to figure out what makes it work or not work so I wasn't as concerned about transferring it from old phone to new phone. I hope you were able to muddle through and get it working properly!

 

[Hank001]

I should've been clearer: I was referring to Google Authenticator. MS Authenticator is painfully fickle and I've never been able to figure out what makes it work or not work so I wasn't as concerned about transferring it from old phone to new phone. I hope you were able to muddle through and get it working properly!

Thanks!

Well, got it working. Just delete nd redownload, setup as new, and got the prompt for a QR. Changed permissions, scanned, added account, and denied permission to the camera. (one never really knows)