iOS 8.0.1 Causing No Service, Touch ID Issues on iPhone 6/6 Plus, Apple Support Recommends iTunes Restore

[Quu]

I wish macrumors would ban the word "gate" from the site. bunch of unoriginal hacks here who run jokes in to the ground

jokegate amirite guys??

 

[got2go]

I've tried this from every angle - restore from ITunes renders no action but to tell me 'are you sure you want to restore' - then NOTHING.

dead in the water...

has anyone found a way to go back to 8.0

back up your phone then connect in DFU mode.

turn your phone off, disconnect from the USB cable, hold down home button and turn the phone back on. then connect usb cable when asked by the phone

 

[urbanwoodsman]

I've tried this from every angle - restore from ITunes renders no action but to tell me 'are you sure you want to restore' - then NOTHING.

dead in the water...

has anyone found a way to go back to 8.0

Yes.

I have a 6+ that was updated to 8.0.1 OTA using WIFI. I ended up with no cell service.

I downloaded the 8.0 IPSW
http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS8/031-05555.20140917.YWW0v/iPhone7,1_8.0_12A366_Restore.ipsw
Connected my iPhone 6 Plus to iTunes via Lightning to USB cable.
Option (Mac) or Control (Windows) click on Update.
Choose the iOS 8 firmware file.
Bam! Back to normal.



http://www.imore.com/ios-801-kill-t...ur-iphone-6-or-iphone-6-plus-heres-how-to-fix

 

[MacBH928]

I have iphone 5. Prior to installing iOS 8 , my iOS 7 would lose service for no apparent reason and then reconnects after some time.

When I updated to iOS 8 the service was DEAD. I restored my iphone to factory settings then synced my apps (note, DO NOT restore from backup)

Now I have a perfect signal. Of course, settings your iphone as new is a painful processes where you have to re-login in all the apps, re-organize all the apps icons, you will lose opened tabs, and saved files.

 

[iososx]

The good news is Apple pulled the update. That was the right thing to do. It does make me wonder why Apples unable to debug software before releasing it.


http://www.zdnet.com/apple-issues-i...0034016/?s_cid=e589&ttag=e589&ftag=TREc64629f

 

[scottsjack]

"If you are calling these things bricks, then you are wrong. More like pieces of cardboard. Bricks don't bend"

Totally the best quote of a thread that has a lot of good quotes.

 

[Radeon85]

EDIT: for those having issues with the "option check for update" solution... i was also unable to hold the option key and click check for update... here is the solution: click on "check for update" first but HOLD DOWN the click on your mouse and THEN press option, that should do it... worked for me

Same here, I downloaded the 8.0 ipsw file, used the shift and check for update
(Windows 8.1), and reinstalled 8.0 over the top of 8.0.1. My phone and touch id are now working perfectly, no restore necessary.

 

[tito2020]

So much work for a brand new phone

 

[se1000]

I think many are being slightly unfair, blaming Apple —*as a whole company, identity, and brand — for a mistake that is likely to have been caused by one person's neglect.

I think it's quite a bad bug —*but that's all it is. A bug. It has nothing to do with what Apple's priorities are, how good they are at UI/UX design, or how well-made the products are. Software bugs are a thing, and software engineering is a full-fledged field that has some ways of avoiding such bugs.

But it's not going to be perfect every time.

They reacted the best way they could've possibly reacted: pulling the update, and probably starting to work on a patched version of the release.

People really, really like to complain (in general). We find it way easier to bitch at the world and everything else around us, claiming some entitlement to perfection.

While the complaints are well-justified in this case, I don't think it's constructive to go down the "Apple is doomed" route.

So you believe that Apple depends on ONE PERSON to push out a bug fix like this? You're crazy. Even if it comes down to the error of a single developer, there are other people that should be QA testing, certifying and checking functionality before it hits consumer devices.

The criticism is completely justified and warranted, a problem of this scale should not happen on an update that hits consumer devices.

 

[bradkrischel]

This should explain it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_"-gate"_suffix

Don't forget Apple's infamous "AntennaGate" when they released the iPhone 4.

This just explains that everyone doesn't understand that Watergate was a building name. It wasn't called Water and then someone put "gate" at the end of it. So this doesn't really explain anything other than the fact that people have adopted this ridiculous way of adding "gate" to anything that is some sort of scandal.

 

[Sandstorm]

U2gate, bendgate, updategate. Sad.

 

[bradkrischel]

because people are stupid and think they're being clever by slapping 'gate' on the end of the word, either forgetting or just simply not knowing that watergate was the name of the office complex at the center of the scandal with the same name!

exactly!!!!!

 

[Scrub175]

I didn't see it listed in the change log, but does this address the case bending issue as well?

 

[mikegrad]

Yes.

I have a 6+ that was updated to 8.0.1 OTA using WIFI. I ended up with no cell service.

I downloaded the 8.0 IPSW
http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS8/031-05555.20140917.YWW0v/iPhone7,1_8.0_12A366_Restore.ipsw
Connected my iPhone 6 Plus to iTunes via Lightning to USB cable.
Option (Mac) or Control (Windows) click on Update.
Choose the iOS 8 firmware file.
Bam! Back to normal.

what model iphone 6+?

 

[tito2020]

#bendableupdategate?

 

[JCrz]

This just explains that everyone doesn't understand that Watergate was a building name. It wasn't called Water and then someone put "gate" at the end of it. So this doesn't really explain anything other than the fact that people have adopted this ridiculous way of adding "gate" to anything that is some sort of scandal.

Agreed. This is Gategate. People need to learn history from places other than MacRumors or Facebook.

 

[urbanwoodsman]

what model iphone 6+?

AT&T 128gb

 

[HiRez]

The criticism is completely justified and warranted, a problem of this scale should not happen on an update that hits consumer devices.

Correct. At the very least, they should have rolled out this update between midnight and 3am local time, that would have minimized the damage before they could pull it.

 

[Rogifan]

I didn't say Ive did it himself. Ive and keeping him happy is the #1 job of the exeutive team. He was always Steve's #1 guy. He didn't like Forstall. Forstall is gone.

But he's not the only one who didn't get along with Forstall according to many reports. According to Bloomberg, Bob Mansfield wouldn't take a meeting with Forstall unless Cook was present. According to the WJS one reason Mansfield decided to stay after already having announced his retirement is because Forstall was leaving. According to John Gruber Phil Schiller also had issues with Forstall. Ive might have been Steve's #1 guy but that doesn't mean he's Cook's #1 guy and Cook (and the board) make these decisions, not Ive.

 

[scottsjack]

Apple may end up spending more money internally that it would have cost release the updated-tech mini that many have been screaming for.

 

[iolinux333]

. My iPad 2 reminds me of my old PC running Win XP.

Just Works?

 

[mikegrad]

AT&T 128gb

thanks - as i understand it this is the same model as the tmobile / unlocked 6+ 128gb? Im going to try this as i need to get my phone back working

 

[britboyj]

So Apple pulled 8.0.1 while my phone was updating, so now it’s stuck in ‘verifying’ mode.

 

[markcres]

What a piece of crap!

 

[tondeaf]

Project butter

Except they’re playing catchup in completely different areas. Both points are perfectly valid.

Except Project Butter was launched 3 releases ago.