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."

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From bent to broken?

[blueshift_1]

Apple sure is mucking up this one... from bendable phones to buggy software. You know it's rough when you're creating issues with both hardware and software (but who is ultimately to blame?!? - the usual chicken and the egg argument).

Re:ha ha

[Ash-Fox]

I really wish Apple would be successful in locking people out from jail breaking their devices. Then we could focus more on open platforms instead instead of wasting effort on a platform never intended to be open.

Re:Just don't update it that way.

[_xeno_]

I'm not standing up for Apple... this was a stupid mistake. Didn't any of their beta-testers wear skinny jeans and keep it in the pocket? They should have realized the potential issue.

You know what, based on previous Apple stories, probably not.

Apparently Apple is so stupidly secretive about their new phones that when they beta test the new hardware, they require them to be in special "camouflage cases" to prevent outsiders from getting a sneak peak at the new phone.

So it's entirely possible that they literally never tested having the phone in a pants pocket the entire day without it also being in a rigid case that prevented the problem from happening.