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Which iPhone are you getting

  • iPhone 17

    Votes: 74 5.6%
  • iPhone 17 Air

    Votes: 237 17.9%
  • iPhone 17 Pro

    Votes: 287 21.7%
  • iPhone 17 Pro Max

    Votes: 726 54.8%

  • Total voters
    1,324
I usually a on/off after a software update, what does a hard reset do that on/off doesn't?
it clears cache, etc. is my understanding.

i think it is like a safe mode reboot on the Mac. Any "corruption" is bypassed by having to reload everything rather than the shortcut of using cache already loaded.

I do know hard reset and safe mode reboots are part of every OS update I've done for the last 15 years at least. I recognized that it may be "voodoo" and not having anything to do with my never having an issue with OS updates, public release or betas, in all that time. But I do enjoy the ritual of it. lol
 
Hey, did you get this sorted? Having the same issue here. I don't have icloud backup for messages turned on. I did a full backup to my PC and restored it. All of my data is here except messages.. it is completely blank. Storage still shows that they are present on my device.. seems like a visual bug
We had the same. iCloud messages was off on GF phone (16 Pro) and I could swear all toggles were on for everything before I stated). Done this for ten years and pretty familiar with it! Went back to old phone turned it on, resynced, and same on new phone. All good.

Something def turned off the iCloud messages toggle. Got my Org 256 PM coming next eeek and will check that before and after.

Did phone to phone for her migration and was perfect except for this.
 
Picked mine up yesterday with ISPU in Seattle Alderwood store. Had a 4:45 - 5:00PM timeslot but arrived at 4PM. No issues at all. Walked away with new phone at 4:10PM.


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Now that I have both orders in my posession (ISPU and delivery), I have to decide which one goes back.

Such a nice conundrum!

Since last year was a nightmare with UPS losing my package to a potential UPS contractor.....
 
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We had the same. iCloud messages was off on GF phone (16 Pro) and I could swear all toggles were on for everything before I stated). Done this for ten years and pretty familiar with it! Went back to old phone turned it on, resynced, and same on new phone. All good.

Something def turned off the iCloud messages toggle. Got my Org 256 PM coming next eeek and will check that before and after.

Did phone to phone for her migration and was perfect except for this.
Sorry, I should have specified that iCloud messages were deliberately turned off by myself. I do not use this feature currently.

There seems to be a bug within iOS 26, I am going to try and update a current thread here and would encourage anyone else encountering this to do so.
 
Every single color and size base is not available for pickup at our 12 "closest" stores for a few days now - and shipping is Oct 7-14 for everything. Interesting! Guess demand really was more than expected. Hoping a Sage green pops up in the next week for ISPU, mad I didn't jump on it when it was available launch day!

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Every single color and size base is not available for pickup at our 12 "closest" stores for a few days now - and shipping is Oct 7-14 for everything. Interesting! Guess demand really was more than expected. Hoping a Sage green pops up in the next week for ISPU, mad I didn't jump on it when it was available launch day!

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Must be your area ?

My area has tons in stock - all models.

12 different Apple stores stock available!

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Battery production dates for mine and my wife’s phones:

17 Pro, 512GB Cosmic Orange - August 2025
17 Pro, 512GB Deep Blue - August 2025
 
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