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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."
Even funnier is that sometimes it takes 6 months for 3rd party products to pass their QA, meanwhile their own software that bricks phones gets shat out in less than a week.
dude, if you have a really long, really thin piece of aluminum and you flex it really hard it might bend. news at 11. what do people expect. it's like blaming apple if the screen cracks when you drop it on concrete or asphalt. hint: don't do that.
I don't know anything about the iOS8 issue. I assume there may have been an effect on 1 or 2 phones, but likely something else was going on. so they pulled it, are checking their ducks, and will release it. nothing to see here.
in the meaintime, I'm left with my iphone 5 because I'm not going to upgrade to one of those novelty large toy phones.
Id like to believe if this issue was widespread, we would have heard about it when the note 3 launched.. or the GS5... or the (insert other flagship phone here) was released. I mean the iphone 6 hasnt been out a week, This will end up becoming a much bigger issue than antennagate
have you seen my sig? there are many others like it but none that are the same
Do you get overtime when Apple fucks up this badly and you have to come on Slashdot to protect them?
YOU DON'T KNOW! YOU'RE WRONG! ALL PHONES DO IT! MY PHONE IS STILL SPECIAL!
Really? You sound like a petty child defending his toys. I see that the only website that you linked is called the Cult of Mac, which pretty much says it's about the Apple Religion (fanboi!) and not about true functionality.
How many years did you have a key before you bent your first one? When apple comes out with a new design that takes into account that people do put phones in their pocket, will you admit that you're full of shit? Or will you ignore it and/or call them revolutionary for fixing a problem they created? You can't save Steve Jobs' life by sticking your head up his ass now. He's gone. I'm sorry bro. If you need to cry it out then let me know. I'll be your shoulder to cry on. I'll be your strength when you can no longer stand. I love you, bro.
This is the smartest thing I've seen anyone say about the issue. Please don't let the fanbois know where you live. They may kill you for having sense.
At Apple we bend over backwards to bring you the thinnest phones?