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

And this is why I always wait at least two weeks before I apply a iOS software update. Because there's always Issues that somehow corrupt or manipulate the Apple device. Rule of thumb, let the others be the test subjects for you.
 
MacDevil7334 said:
Well, ignoring your condescending tone and the assumption behind it that I know nothing about software development, my question is did nobody bother to test the final release build? Why does Apple get a pass just because the bug slipped in between Beta 4 and the public release?

I've been using an iPhone since OS 1.1.2. The iOS 1-6 days did not have anywhere near the kind of nonsense we have had in the last two years. In addition to the Error 53 and Error 56 problems we've had recently, there was also the incident of the iOS 8.0.1 update completely deactivating the cellular functionality of iPhone 6 and 6 Plusses. Yeah earlier versions of iOS had the occasional bugs like the alarm sometimes not working or maybe even a battery drain. But it never had the kind of show-stopping bugs we've had over the past two years. Quality control has demonstrably slipped since iOS 7 (anyone who remembers what iOS 7.0 was like on an iPad knows exactly what I mean). Given what we pay for Apple's products and how much cash they are currently hoarding, there is no earthly reason why we should believe these problems are not preventable, nor should we tolerate them.
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Could not agree anymore with you, Apple, a corporation with billions and billions in it's cash flow and bank account, it has access to endless resources, yet it seems utterly incapable of testing the software THEY make themselves properly, the software that runs the devices which make them the large majority of their profits, and they are not capable of properly testing it...

No doubt we will have an Apple statement tomorrow or they will pull the update like they have before, twice I think.
But they do not have any excuses really, considering they design all the iOS devices, they approve all the apps for their iOS devices, they make the iOS themselves for their iOS devices....
 
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LOL great, I've already started the update. At least I'm not doing over the air - hopeful. :D

Edit - All good. iPad Pro 12.9 128GB, 9.7 256GB, and iPhone 6s+ 128GB.
 
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EM2013 said:
Cue 9.3.3 and yet another delay in jailbreaking
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I think jailbreaking is pretty done-with to be honest, which is a shame. I heard that 9.3.2 totally switched up the kernel. That could be a good thing (revealed new exploits) or most likely, really bad (closed pretty much everything up)

But yeah, hardly anybody is even working towards making a jailbreak anymore. We've got two Chinese teams (Pangu and TaiG(?)) and nobody else really even bothers (to my knowledge) I think the profit return is just too little now considering the work that goes into it, must be damn-near impossible to find any exploits now...

Could be totally wrong though. People have been saying "JAILBRAKING IS DONNEE FOORRR!!111!1!1!!!!1" since iOS 6 and its really long amount of time that took to get jailbroken, but we have had a jailbroken iOS 6, 7, 8, and now 9 (With a big delay after first release) so who knows. I almost got into jailbreaking for the first time with iOS 9 but quickly lost hope, and I have decided I don't want to get involved with the nightmare of waiting for new jailbreaks ALL THE TIME or else my phone will never be updated. I don't want to become dependent on a jailbreak in other words if it's such an unreliably released.
 
Michael Goff said:
Tell that to my sister who couldn't plug in an Xbox controller for a while because it would BSOD my SP 3. Or my brother in law whose new computer had wifi issues out of the box on a computer that came with 10 pre installed.
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Tell that to me when I had a "kernel panic" and lost about 3 hours worth of work. Or when I took my laptop to the apple store because it took 5 minutes to boot up (apparently something to do with memory). Or my & a few other people's phones that have to turn them off and on again multiple times because the touchscreen becomes unresponsive. It's great apple is replacing them for free, but it's bad that every single one of them still has issues.

I can keep going on and on and on. It was worse with MS back in the day, but it's better now and Apple is much worse. I'm not expecting perfection, I'm just saying, Microsoft is no longer the buggiest software company anymore. Apple is now heading to the top very very quickly.
 
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JD92 said:
Although I've got a Mac, iPhone and iPad, I avoid using Apple software (aside from the core OS) as much as possible. It's just not reliable enough to meet my needs.
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That's curious. I seem to avoid using everyone else's software for precisely the same reasons. Adobe on is one exception, I have to use it as I know the software too well to bother learning alternatives. However 'Buggy As Bug McBuggery' it most definitely is.
 
XTheLancerX said:
I think jailbreaking is pretty done-with to be honest, which is a shame. I heard that 9.3.2 totally switched up the kernel. That could be a good thing (revealed new exploits) or most likely, really bad (closed pretty much everything up)

But yeah, hardly anybody is even working towards making a jailbreak anymore. We've got two Chinese teams (Pangu and TaiG(?)) and nobody else really even bothers (to my knowledge) I think the profit return is just too little now considering the work that goes into it, must be damn-near impossible to find any exploits now...

Could be totally wrong though. People have been saying "JAILBRAKING IS DONNEE FOORRR!!111!1!1!!!!1" since iOS 6 and its really long amount of time that took to get jailbroken, but we have had a jailbroken iOS 6, 7, 8, and now 9 (With a big delay after first release) so who knows. I almost got into jailbreaking for the first time with iOS 9 but quickly lost hope, and I have decided I don't want to get involved with the nightmare of waiting for new jailbreaks ALL THE TIME or else my phone will never be updated. I don't want to become dependent on a jailbreak in other words if it's such an unreliably released.
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I think considering Apple went all the way up the courts in America to try and block jailbreaking, I wouldn't be too surprised if they do close all the loopholes that allow it. But you'll have to wait and see I guess.
 
Zirel said:
Typical macrumors.

5 or 6 reports = news article
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Instead of bug reports, please give us more "rumors" about 2017/2018 iPhone from non-reliable sources.
It will feature bezel-less QHD amoled, display fingerprint sensor, integrated projector, between 0 and 2 headphone jacks and a toothpick.
 
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aloshka said:
Or my & a few other people's phones that have to turn them off and on again multiple times because the touchscreen becomes unresponsive. It's great apple is replacing them for free, but it's bad that every single one of them still has issues.

I can keep going on and on and on. It was worse with MS back in the day, but it's better now and Apple is much worse. I'm not expecting perfection, I'm just saying, Microsoft is no longer the buggiest software company anymore. Apple is now heading to the top very very quickly.
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The touch screen thing has gotten very bad for me lately. Well said.
 
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Well, add me to the list. Bricked iPad Pro 9.7. It's showing "connect to iTunes" error then it dumps out when trying to restore at the "updating firmware" step. Tried the update three times. Fails each time.
 
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Here's Mr. Cook being asked the question "What is quality control?"

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:)
 
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n-evo said:
Every software update Apple released for the past months seems to cause enormous issues with at least one of their devices. Unbelievable.
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So very true!

I wonder how SJ would handle these types of buggy releases....if they were to happen so frequently on his watch.

Sure....plenty of stories and rumours about his domineering and hard-to-work-with personality, but by how he worked (as right or wrong as it was), he seemed* to have driven the best out of people.

This buggy trend by Apple is started to stink like MS of the old.

* I have to no idea because I've never worked for Apple, but something isn't right...

Cheers,
Keebler
 
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Lancetx said:
It's not just this one person, it's most people. So yes, for most 9.7" iPad Pro owners there is nothing to see here....
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For what it's worth, we saw about 15-20 complaints across MR forums, Twitter, and Facebook before we posted, which seemed like enough to warrant a warning for people who hadn't yet installed the update. Glad to see a lot of reports that the update installed fine, but there are definitely enough people out there experiencing issues that it's probably worth waiting before installing iOS 9.3.2 on a 9.7-inch iPad Pro.
 
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