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iOS 15 Suffering From Several Bugs as Adoption Rises to Nearly 20%

I also experienced the Watch/face mask unlock bug after setting up my new iPhone 13 Max Pro. After trying all the resetting and re-linking operations I could find, I wound up doing a full reset/reinstall on the phone and that got it to work.

There were a few interesting things I noticed that haven't been documented here:
  • When I first powered on the new phone, the localization had China preselected, not the U.S. as usual
  • There was a new build (still 15.0) waiting to be installed via Settings
  • Big Sur couldn't find the most recent backup I made when I went to restore the phone. I had to go back a couple of months
I've been an iPhone user since the second version. This is unquestionably the roughest upgrade experience I've had, but at least everything is working correctly now.
 
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turbineseaplane said:
Yeah - I fully expect Apple to proceed ahead -- quietly.
I think the lesson they really learned was "don't talk about controversial stuff and just do it behind the scenes"

Which is of course abhorrent if true.
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Apple will not do that.
Especially with them talking about improving the bug bounty program, trying to get more security researchers involved, trying to get more public beta testers involved, if they were to do something like that it would be completely noticeable and completely ruin their public relations, at least for a while.
There’s a reason they announce the CSAM scanning months in advance. If they randomly added it without notifying anyone, security researchers would have an absolute field day, more than they already are.
Apple have most definitely learned from past mistakes. Remember when it was found that Siri audio was being sent to Apple for quality assurance? I don’t think they’ll be making a mistake like that again.
 
I am having so many issues with this iOS 15 update. The biggest for me on iPhone 12 Pro Max is loss of battery life. Can’t make it through the day now without a charger
 
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smorrissey said:
and every year is the same....sigh.... they should do every 2 years or something else.
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While I slightly agree, I don’t think it would make that big of a difference.
Mac OS X used to be on a 18-30 month upgrade cycle, and even still the initial releases were always a mess, and even back then everyone still recommended to wait for a X.1 or X.2 upgrade.
Personally, I think they should have a longer beta testing., Because clearly the 2 1/2 months that they have now isn’t enough.
It’s getting clearer and clearer that by the time August rolls around, they pretty much just have to ship whatever is the latest version of the newest iOS, even if it’s not quite ready, so that way the iPhones will launch on time.
Mainly thinking of 2019 when they started beta testing iOS 13.1 before iOS 13.0 had even been released.
It’s clear that 13.0 wasn’t finished and ready to go, even Apple knew it.
They just had to release something in time for the September iPhone launch, even if the operating system clearly needed another month or so of testing
 
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I downloaded iOS 15 as soon as it was released. I had no issues, well at least if I did I didn't know it yet. Once I switched from the 11 Pro to the 13 Pro, it was all over. Lots of issues...I few were just that I was being stupid...uninformed. Some still that I hope will be remedied by whatever updates that they compute with, hopefully soon.
 
Gator5000e said:
Have it on my 13 Pro and it runs fine although the screen may be a touch too sensitive. Not installing on my iPads as I really dislike most things about iPadOS 15 from the new Safari design (tab design especially) to the layout on the home screen, to the inability to place my older widgets and pin on the home screen, to more. Just not for me. I will stay on iPadOS 14.8 until I am forced to update.
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How about Quick Notes? It doesn’t work for me on my iPad. I wish I could revert back to 14.8
 
I have to admit that there are some teething pains in the second release of iOS 15. Apple has gone too aggressive this year on playing music when connecting to CarPlay. I don't need Apple deciding for me on when I should be listening to music when I am driving. I found a really funny pronunciation bug with Siri during CarPlay. When there is "SW" in the street name, Siri will pronounce it "Sag-jut-t West". Shortcut automation is really broken in iOS 15. It keeps crashing when I add an action to a automation script. There are some really great things I really enjoy about iOS 15. For one thing, Apple has focused on improving battery life. On board Siri is really nice finally and Siri sounds a lot less robotic. I like the little voice gestures Siri gives. I got a really big kick out of asking Siri "Hey Siri, tell me a story". There are probably some other things that I can't think of, right now, that I take for granted.
 
Lounge vibes 05 said:
Right, because iOS was *so* much more stable under jobs…
People conveniently forget about this.
Or The overheating iPhone 3GS, or the absolutely disastrous launch of iPhone OS 2.0 and mobile me on the same day, which literally left their servers completely destroyed for like five days.
Or the fact that push notifications were supposed to launch in September 2008… and instead launched in June 2009.
Or how on the initial launch of iOS 5, the iPad home screen gesture controls only worked on the second generation iPad, even though the OS supported the first generation iPad? Luckily there was enough complaining that they added it to the first GEN iPad in a software update.
I think I’ve made my point
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You are overlooking the wide developer and public beta testers who spend countless hours looking for and submitting bug reports. Didn't have that back then. This beta process was supposed to help ensure we did not have another bug-fest on release.

Doesn't look like it helped much. :confused:
 
cmaier said:
I checked the constitution, and it turns out that Apple is not the government.

Also checked the dictionary, and it turns out that Apple isn’t surveilling us.

Also checked the dictionary, and it turns out that reading a technical explanation of the cryptographic system being used, combined with a background in cryptography and international security, and then actually understanding what Apple is doing, is not “naive.”
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Love how some folks will focus on point A ignoring all the other myriad of points just to support their view.
Not sayin' ...
 
i.am.apple.corporate said:
I agree. Apple needs to provide clarification on their CSAM feature rollout plans. It is too confusing and disorienting the longer that Apple drags this out.

According to Apple's CSAM landing page: https://www.apple.com/child-safety



I wonder if anyone on the MacRumors forums knows of anyone who has been contacted by Apple for their feedback? Does Apple have an official channel or mechanism in place for Apple to collect this feedback?
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Likely the same as most of Apple's investigations / evaluations; keep the public blind.
 
cmaier said:
It is possible. But by doing on-device scanning, it enables apple to finally throw away the keys and fully encrypt the photos, while still preventing them from having to host child porn.
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if the data is visible enough to have anything recognized, it's not fully encrypted.
 
ouimetnick said:
For such a lackluster release (in terms of features) it’s amazing how many bugs there are. Half of the major features have been delayed, and they weren’t that amazing and earth shattering to begin with. SharePlay? Cool, but not earth shattering

Still no FindMy update for AirPods or legacy contacts, or iCloud relay, or SharePlay or updates for AirPod Pro users with hearing loss. Just a revamped notification Lock Screen and a fancy “Focus” feature. The latter two features would be ideal for a iOS 14.9 update, as they are such small minor quality of life improvements.
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Honestly, I think this is what happens when you're on a cycle where you have to appear to be producing new features every single year. Creates a culture internally where you're just pushing to ship new features for the sake of being able to say you've got new features. Quality takes a nose dive. It sort of has to.
 
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Features are delayed and rumored there is a battery drain. I currently own an 8+ and "feeling" that 14.8 is draining the battery a bit faster than before. Gotta say, Apple has top notch hardware engineers, but they need to spend more budget on the software engineers.
 
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darngooddesign said:
if the data is visible enough to have anything recognized, it's not fully encrypted.
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And it is *not* visible enough to have anything recognized. If *30* files have cryptographic hashes that match known child porn, then your phone will have uploaded 30 components of a key which can be used to decrypt low resolution versions of the images. Otherwise apple just has files it can not view.
 
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