Apple Yanks iOS 8 Update

alphadogg writes Within hours of releasing an iOS 8 update to address assorted bugs in the new iPhone and iPad operating system Apple has been forced to pull the patch, which itself was causing iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users grief. Reports filled Apple support forums that the iOS 8 update was cutting off users' cell service and making Touch ID inoperable. The Wall Street Journal received this statement from Apple: "We have received reports of an issue with the iOS 8.0.1 update. We are actively investigating these reports and will provide information as quickly as we can. In the meantime we have pulled back the iOS 8.0.1 update."

Comments

Just don't update it that way.

[Anonymous Coward]

Sent from my iPhone 6, now with FlexScreen Technology

Re: Just don't update it that way.

[Anonymous Coward]

You're sitting on it wrong...

Re:Just don't update it that way.

[Grizzley9]

You can make excuses all you like - other models and manufacturers DO NOT have this problem,

Mod +1 Funny.

Re:Just don't update it that way.

[Barsteward]

it saves putting a sock down there

Re: Just don't update it that way.

[jackspenn]

You don't know what the extent is. You just have a small number of examples

Which, is why we're opening up the latest /. challenge.

We've slashdotted web sites before, but not retail stores. So what if in the name of science we go to Apple stores and test for ourselves? (We can publish experiments and their results on YouTube ... Oh the iRony)

Think of how helpful this will be; not only Apple designers, but for consumers as well.

Let's test the iPhone 6+ in tight pants, really tight pants, European tight pants, blue jeans, front pockets, back pockets, shirt pockets, skirt pockets and dare I suggest some of the boys over at the Scottish Apple store (or administrators of System V based Unix) try testing kilt pockets.

iLearn by example, so remember we need a control. Somebody is going to have to go to the NYC glass cube, buck naked. We need to know if your iPhone 6+ gets bent or not when the police choke hold you from behind.

Re: Just don't update it that way.

[jackspenn]

This is not rocket science

Nope, this is pocketscience.

it's a new feature

[alen]

to make sure you don't use up your mobile data quota

So iOS 8.0.1 blocks histers from their phones?

[_xeno_]

Wait, so iOS 8.0.1 prevents hipsters from unlocking their phones and from making calls?

And Apple is calling that a bug and pulling the update over that?

This sounds like the best version of iOS Apple has ever created! Why would they want to stop people from upgrading? Get iOS 8.0.1 out to everyone as fast as possible!

Re:No big deal

[plover]

"Cortana, can you fix my buggy iPhone update?"

"You bought an iPhone. Oh, dear. There is a Microsoft store ten miles south of you. Would you like directions?"

Not a bug but a feature!

[dysmal]

Apple got sick of people complaining about data and battery usage so they released this update.

Re:ha ha

[enjar]

Denial is a river in Egypt, but good luck finding it with Apple Maps.

Re:No big deal

[ArcadeMan]

"You bought an iPhone. Oh, dear. There is a Microsoft store ten thousand miles south of you. Would you like directions?"

FTFY.

Re:Higher standard anyone?

[ArcadeMan]

Nobody in QA was able to afford the new models yet.

Re:These jokes are old, get new material please.

[SternisheFan]

No reason to get 'bent' out of shape.

(ducks!)

Re:Laugh

[Virtucon]

Walled garden has weeds!

Re:ha ha

[enjar]

Siri? Is that you?

just wait a year

[issicus]

i'm sure iOS 9 and iphone 7 will be better.