New 13.2 Update Bricking Some HomePods [Update Pulled by Apple]

[kaneda]

I don't want to sound negative but what is going on at Apple's software development?!

402 is legal now... 🙂

 

[gjpgjp]

For the exact reason you are witnessing. There is no way to downgrade it if something goes wrong.

like the Apple Watch?

 

[bbednarz]

like the Apple Watch?

There is no public beta for the Apple Watch. Them allowing developers to use the beta makes sense because they need to build and test apps. Something that isn't done for HomePod.

 

[hortod1]

NINE hompods? I have 4... and I am sorry for both the bricking and the nine HomePods in general. These are such a joke of a product.

If they’re such a joke why did you spend the money on 4 of them?

Asking for a friend.

 

[ChinaRye]

why does anyone need to reset them after the update just use them it works fine

Mine were not fine after the update. Siri was non-responsive or said she can't connect, hence why I did the reset. I imagine that this is the case for many people.

 

[BF1M]

Anyone else forget they even own a HomePod? Alarms stopped working updates ago and so ended my use of it.

 

[Bazooka-joe]

Mine were not fine after the update. Siri was non-responsive or said she can't connect, hence why I did the reset. I imagine that this is the case for many people.

When you say a reset, did you just power cycle them or do a factory reset?

 

[Zance]

Anyone else forget they even own a HomePod? Alarms stopped working updates ago and so ended my use of it.

I mean, if you purchased it just for alarms, that was your first mistake.

 

[Wedlock]

I have installed the update on my two homepods and have encountered no problems.
I tried the taking over function with my iPhone while playing music and it worked fine.
Sorry for the people who have bricked HomePods now, here’s hoping Apple will resolve your issues.

 

[ChinaRye]

Anyone with a bricked one actually tried the hard reset?

How to Reset HomePod Manually
Step #1. First off, unplug the HomePod and then plug it back in.
Step #2. Now, you need to press and hold the top of HomePod.
The white spinning light will turn red. Make sure to keep pressing until you hear three beeps.

Yes, the HomePods keep rebooting every few seconds, so if you long press it will turn red for a second before rebooting again to a white swirl. The thing reboots too quickly to perform the hard reset.

 

[bbednarz]

Anyone else forget they even own a HomePod? Alarms stopped working updates ago and so ended my use of it.

You bought a $350 alarm clock? To each their own I guess...

 

[ctdonath]

Wait til most HomePods auto-update tonight.

 

[Vasilioskn]

Why anyone would by a “smart” speaker that only plays what Apple allows you to play is beyond me. Lmfao

 

[ChinaRye]

When you say a reset, did you just power cycle them or do a factory reset?

Did a hard reset by long pressing on the top. The problem is that they are rebooting every few seconds in an endless loop, so long pressing on top doesn't work because it reboots before it can reset.

 

[dominiongamma]

I have installed the update on my two homepods and have encountered no problems.
I tried the taking over function with my iPhone while playing music and it worked fine.
Sorry for the people who have bricked HomePods now, here’s hoping Apple will resolve your issues.

Apple shouldn’t have to resolve issues if they did the job right the first time.

 

[bbednarz]

Why anyone would by a “smart” speaker that only plays what Apple allows you to play is beyond me. Lmfao

When people post stuff like this I always wonder if they feel better about themselves after.

 

[BF1M]

You bought a $350 alarm clock? To each their own I guess...

I did; two of them. Worked great for cooking. Alarms haven’t worked in awhile though.

 

[dominiongamma]

Why anyone would by a “smart” speaker that only plays what Apple allows you to play is beyond me. Lmfao

Why I went with Amazon echo, cheaper and I can even choose a default music player 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[hermes16]

Oh. I though Apple has created a new product, HomeBrick.

The IHomeBrick

 

[zorinlynx]

I hope this mess costs Apple a ton of money so they start putting service ports on their devices again. It's absurd that they're making devices without a way to DFU them when updates go bad.

 

[apolloa]

Haha good ol Apple and it’s quality updates...

My iPhone XR won’t update, it downloads the update but then won’t highlight the install button haha...

Every other device I own from other manufactures update perfectly fine, but Apple, by far the most expensive devices I own? Nah...

I think Apple have every year certainly for the last 4 or 5, managed to release updates that have bricked devices in one way or another?

 

[supergt]

Update to 13.2 then shame on you!

 

[hermes16]

I hope this mess costs Apple a ton of money so they start putting service ports on their devices again. It's absurd that they're making devices without a way to DFU them when updates go bad.

There is a FU in so many devices lately.

 

[waquzy]

Haha good ol Apple and it’s quality updates...

My iPhone XR won’t update, it downloads the update but then won’t highlight the install button haha...

You need to plug in your phone, doh!

 

[squizzler]

My HomePod is bricked. What do we do guys?