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iOS 9.3.2 Bricking Some 9.7-inch iPad Pro Devices With 'Error 56' Message [Updated]

Well, if you haven't learned by now not to update a new iOS update the very moment it is released then shame on you.

I wonder if Tim Cook will ever brag about how quickly people update...and brick...their iDevices in the next keynote.
 
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dannys1 said:
I do wonder, has quality really got worse - or is there now just A LOT more Apple devices and a LOT more internet coverage of every issue than ever in the history of Apple.
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More coverage for sure and way more users. It is just easier to whine with social media.

Before iOS there were entire Mac OS system updates which would fail. About system 3 or 4.1 or so.
Nobody remembers.

With all the different apps and individual configurations, it will always stay that way.
(As in some people will have issues after updates)

As always, it will be fixed!
 
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How annoying.

Though I'm not going to jump on the "quality control is in the toilet at Apple" bandwagon, since I'm seeing this everywhere with every tech company. Been using a Surface Pro 4 from Microsoft, running an OS from Microsoft and drivers from Microsoft, and the thing still isn't 100% reliable almost a year after release. It's just how these things go, unfortunately. Waiting a day and checking MacRumors for reports first is always a good idea.
 
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"Commander Cook, the time has come.

Execute Order 56."

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dannys1 said:
I do wonder, has quality really got worse - or is there now just A LOT more Apple devices and a LOT more internet coverage of every issue than ever in the history of Apple.
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It's really just a lot more coverage. Bugs like these used to take days, sometimes weeks to hit news sites. Now everyone is more trigger happy online. Plus member here still bow down to Steve Jobs, Snow Leopard, and iOS 6. They forgot the many bugs that those OSs had.
 
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Nunyabinez said:
Yeah, and in the 60s you hardly ever heard about spousal abuse. Domestic violence is just out of control now.

Or maybe reporting has jumped and the rate of assaults was always what it is today.

The number of people who have Apple devices today versus 2013 is huge (you must say that with Donald Trump's voice), and the access that people have to the internet and public forums is also dramatically higher.
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I mean that browsing these forums, I don't remember stories on these kind of issues.
 
Hal~9000 said:
Not that Apple doesn't bear some of the blame, but why the mad rush to update? o_O

As a general rule: Always give it a day or two and let the guinea pigs try an update out first before you update your own device.
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You really shouldn't have to do this, especially not with Apple who makes all their own hardware and software. It makes sense to be a bit more cautious with Windows or Android where there are so many different devices made by dozens of different manufacturers that all have to run the new software smoothly. Also, this is what months of beta testing is for. I'm not trying to slam Apple or any other company, but when a notification comes to my device saying that an update is available, there should be no reason to fear installing it right away. The more people who wait for the guinea pigs the less problems that will become apparent in the first few days anyway since everyone is just waiting on everyone else. Again, that's what the months of beta testing are supposed to be for.
 
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Just finished updating my iPP 9.7 without a hitch, and all the minor glitches I had with it are now gone, so can't complain...

As usual, I think this is just the byproduct of our current generation, the whining generation... Not discounting there is a problem on some of the devices, but I don't believe it's that far reaching as these screamers on forums are making it out to be...

If it is, we should see Apple pulling the update in the next few hours...
 
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My iPad mini 4 wouldn't respond when it first booted after update. Took a good 30 seconds to let me log in. That's not usual I don't think. All is fine now though.
 
Traverse said:
I mean that browsing these forums, I don't remember stories on these kind of issues.
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I wonder if any admin or superuser would be willing to share how many registered MR posters there are today and how many there were in 2012. That would be an interesting number to know.
 
This device bricking is just TC's latest revenue brain storm. He's jealous of all these hackers making mint w/ RansomWare, so why not join in!

I kid, I kid. Seriously though what is so vital about a bug kill point update that you would want to install it on a work machine and in the middle of the day?
 
It's very impressive that the update doesn't brick every single iOS device out there, good job Apple!
 
The vague wording in this article makes me thing it is more clickbait than anything else.

Several reports of the issue on MacRumors and Twitter does not equal a major issue with the 9.3.2 update.

These could be isolated incidents and/or genuine hardware issues.

I'll reserve judgement until I see some substantial numbers indicating a widespread issue.

EDIT: Oh, and for the record, I updated to 9.3.2 on both my iPad and iPhone with zero issues.
 
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Zirel said:
Typical macrumors.

5 or 6 reports = news article

AAPL loses top market value for 5 minutes = news article

AAPL regains it = no news article, pretend it never happened
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That is not MR, but the media in general. Although I would suggest that the reason that that happens is because WE click on those stories and not the others, so who's really to blame in the end?
 
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