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iOS 26.5 RC 2 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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Reeneman
macrumors 68000
RSmith2023
macrumors 65816
I always restart after an update as well.
I don't understand why people are getting defensive about this.
All I said was that it was not necessary to manually restart unless you're actually having issues like battery drain or stuttering. I leave it plugged in for half hour after the update so it can finish with any background processing, and rarely do I experience any issue.
If you believe that's helping your experience, then by all means. But it's not necessary as a reboot is part of the update process itself.
I also did update my 17 Pro without issues but they mixed IPSW files for 17P and 16P.
When I click on 17P it starts downloading IPSW for 16P.
iPhone18,1 - iPhone 17 Pro
iPhone17,1 - iPhone 16 Pro
mikelets456
macrumors 6502a
Finally!!!! A version of IOS26 where my phone doesn’t feel warm/hot….so far
RSmith2023
macrumors 65816
It seems like you are the one getting defensive about your statement, right? All I did was state that I also typically do a restart after an upgrade. (Obviously we know that the upgrade process restarts the device during the process.)
Why is simply making a statement defined as “becoming defensive?”
You felt the need to respond to my response to someone else unprompted. I wasn't looking for data points with that. So yes, I'm the one getting defensive.
Let's move on to the bugs on RC2 now.
iOSBry
macrumors 6502a
Safari Technology Preview 243 Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation
Learn about the latest web technology updates in Safari Technology Preview: Accessibility, Animations, CSS, Canvas, Editing, Encoding, Forms, HTML, JavaScript, Media, Networking, PDF, Rendering, SVG, Scrolling, Spatial Web, UI, Web API, Web Inspector, WebAssembly, WebGPU, and WebRTC.
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techspinning
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I’ve wondered if the phone restarting as part of an update is the same as a forced restart. I’ve noticed that after a software update restart, the phone stays connected to WiFi, the a forced restart does not retain the WiFi connection and only shows cellular for a phone.
cebixd
macrumors 6502
iOS 26 finally runs great (sort of) and we needed 0.5 builds to get here, damn. iOS 27 is around the corner. iOS 26 feels like iOS 7 back in the day. What a disaster!
klasma
macrumors G4
It’s only slightly different.
It connects to the WiFi since you’re authenticating with a passcode before the update begins.
While on a hard restart you’re not.
Only difference being the authentication. Everything else is the same.