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iOS 8.3 Random Reboots
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Happens at random. The screen turns black for a split second then I see the Apple logo briefly then i'm back at my lock screen. There's no "panic.plist" entries in diagnostics logs or anything similar. Just a ton of "jetsam" entries.
On my previous 5 and 4S, it would show a "panic.plist" entry in diagnostics which many have indicated is a hardware problem (?). Not on this 6. Everything was fine until 8.3 and looks like the problem still exists in 8.4. Doesn't do it every day either.
From constant searches on the web and forums, many have indicated it's a software issue but can also be hardware related?
I'm just trying to see if it's worth getting it swapped with a replacement (refurbished) and risk getting a unit with other problems (maybe) or just hoping a restore will maybe fix this.
On my previous 5 and 4S, it would show a "panic.plist" entry in diagnostics which many have indicated is a hardware problem (?). Not on this 6. Everything was fine until 8.3 and looks like the problem still exists in 8.4. Doesn't do it every day either.
From constant searches on the web and forums, many have indicated it's a software issue but can also be hardware related?
I'm just trying to see if it's worth getting it swapped with a replacement (refurbished) and risk getting a unit with other problems (maybe) or just hoping a restore will maybe fix this.
also i have not any reboot (knocking on the wood)
i can pass on the ios 9 public beta next tuesday, if users confirm it's totally fixed. i'll keep an eye on that
i can pass on the ios 9 public beta next tuesday, if users confirm it's totally fixed. i'll keep an eye on that
The frustrating thing about all this is that, it's impossible to determine if its software or hardware related.
it must be software..if it's hardware related.it must start before 8.3, all that things happening after 8.3
what's your device model and fw? 8.3 or 8.4?
and you stop checking updates manually on the app store after turning on auto update?
I have auto-update on and I still get springboard crashes. It's likely you are also getting them, but aren't noticing since they are happening when the apps auto-update.
You can tell if one happens as the Usage and Standby times listed in General -> Usage -> Battery Usage will show a dash after a springboard crash.
On a related note, this happened again today on my iPhone with iOS 8.4. I went into the App Store then switched to another app and was doing something and it springboard crashed. It happened to my iPad Air 2 the other day.
My bug report with Apple about this was closed as a duplicate.
This is one of those things that not even apple knows the cause of it. Hardware? Software? No one knows.
I am running 8.4 and my dev is a1586 128GB
Yes, now I let the system update automatically.
Every crash will cause all the widgets reloaded in notification center when I pull down finger from top of the screen, I often check that when I turned on app-auto-update,
the way you check in the General is not 100% right, because it only counts the time when you are not charging the phone.
Now I think maybe it is mostly caused when too many apps are being installed or updated,
when the memory runs out, the springboard crash.
Strange but after having one or two daily springboard crashes for approx 6 weeks, I haven't had one for a few days now. A ton of apps updated over the past few days and I'm wondering if that has something to do with it? Obviously I don't feel out of the woods yet after only three days but still...
It works as long as the crash doesn't occur when the phone is fully charged as the usage won't return to normal after a springboard crash until the phone reaches 100% charge.
There's some other trigger as well since it doesn't always crash on updates, but I've never seen it crash when not doing an update, with one exception. That was when I was editing a note.
That wasn't what I meant. My 6+ used to springboard crash whilst doing nothing in particular; I could be web browsing in Safari or using an app. Mine never did it whilst updating apps but I thought that an app that updated a few days ago might have been the culprit?
it may be neither software related..nor hardware related..it may be app related.. for example on 8.3. my latest springboard crash was after updating ''swarm'' app. both my 2 devices ( 5s and mini 2 retina) springboard crashed after updating swarm app. a corrupted software or any other issue on the app may cause that issue. on 8.4 no springboard crashes about 1 week (knock on the wood)
mine started crashing earlier this week. After a few times I noticed that songs from the same album were playing when it crashed. Deleted that album from music and its been happy since.
The same album would crash both my iphone6 and iphone5 running ios8.4. Not sure if it was album art, encoding, or what it exactly didn't like about it.
The same album would crash both my iphone6 and iphone5 running ios8.4. Not sure if it was album art, encoding, or what it exactly didn't like about it.
that may be a different thing than our issue
must be a corrupted mp3 file causing your resprings.