I've always updated my phone to the most current beta version the same day it comes out or the next day. Every single time, the OTA update won't ever work. It just keeps saying Unable to check for Update - An error occurred while checking for a software update. So I always update it through itunes and downloading the current version. It's really starting to annoy me right now and has me wondering if this will continue even after the final update. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?
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Why doesnt my OTA updates ever work?
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If suggest a clean restore without putting your backup on either now or when the final release is out.
Agreed, do this. For every beta, I originally checked over wifi (once I knew it was for sure available) and it never saw the update. I would switch off wifi, check again (on cellular), and it would show. Then, I'd switch wifi back on to download/install the update.
Give this a shot, OP.
I can confirm the same thing with one of the devices that I've seen--restarting, resetting settings, turning off WiFi completely, etc., etc., etc., none of it seemed to make any difference for at least the last 3 betas or so.
It could be that. It could be something else about how those particular devices are set up, or have been installed, or something like that. That's really part of the issue--that it's hard to figure out what could be behind it, and if it's even a general beta-related issue of some sort or something unique to those particular devices and unrelated to the actual betas themselves.
OTA notifications generally do not appear on all my devices at the same time. And I assume the errors are overloaded servers or throttling, unless it never works (days after release).
Yeah, it just never works (at least in my experience), even days after the release.
Same with me. At first I assumed it had to do with servers being overloaded. So I figured id wait a day and see what happens. Same thing.