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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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.

[ledow]

Then don't make your phone from that metal.

People put phones in pockets. People sit on phones. People drop phones.

I know, because I've done all the above. My phone basically lives in my pocket, sitting or standing, or running around. And I've never bent one yet.

Maybe it's just fashion-over-functionality, like most Apple products, but I'd prefer a very expensive phone not to bend because it's in your pocket.

P.S. My keys are metal. They don't bend. Car keyfobs don't bend, even the larger ones. You can make excuses all you like - other models and manufacturers DO NOT have this problem, to anywhere near the same extent. Seriously, one week after release - it's not a "repeated and prolonged" stress - it's you forgetting it's in your pocket ONCE and then bending a very expensive device.

Re:Just don't update it that way.

[BasilBrush]

P.S. My keys are metal. They don't bend.

Some people have bent their iPhones, some people have bent their keys. Looking at the video of someone bending an iPhone 6 Plus deliberately in their hands, the pressure needed is about the same as it would take to bend a key.

I'd actually say there are very few people who've never bent a key. It doesn't happen often but it does happen. And it's a precursor to the key snapping in the lock, which plenty of people have also experienced.

You can make excuses all you like - other models and manufacturers DO NOT have this problem, to anywhere near the same extent.

You don't know what the extent is. You just have a small number of examples, and this being Apple anything that happens is news. Other phones do bend, and if they don't bend, they break.

http://www.cultofmac.com/29740...

Re:Just don't update it that way.

[ganjadude]

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

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.

Re:Just don't update it that way.

[BasilBrush]

Samsung phones don't get the same news coverage that Apple phones do. A new iPhone and any surrounding issues make it onto mainstream news sites and chat shows.

All large, thin phones bend. A plastic one is more likely to bend back than an aluminium one. But it depends also on the internals and how flexible or brittle they are.

Re:Just don't update it that way.

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

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

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).

ha ha

[enjar]

I wonder what Tim Cook's chosen "it's a crappy day in the neighborhood" anger outlet is?
Ballmer threw chairs.

Re:ha ha

[enjar]

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

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:ha ha

[enjar]

Siri? Is that you?

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:Higher standard anyone?

[Moheeheeko]

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.

Shocking.

[technomom]

"Apple never releases anything until it actually works." -- Quote from an Apple fanboy Fanboys.....just a tip, never use the term "Never" or "Always" regarding your favorite toy. That goes for Android, Apple, Windows, Blackberry, whatever. These companies have people working for them. Some good, some great, some really suck at their jobs. They're all just people, not superheroes. Sometimes Apple fucks up. Sometimes Google does. Sometimes Microsoft does. It happens. Get over it. Your phone is just another finicky appliance no matter how shiny the bendable aluminum is.

itunes fix

[SternisheFan]

How to Downgrade From Apple's Fatally Flawed iOS 8.0.1 Back to iOS

://mashable.com/2014/09/24/how-to-downgrade-ios-8-0-1/

Direct link if you want to try to fix an iPhone 6 through iTunes. http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS8...

Here is for the 6+ http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS8...

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:These jokes are old, get new material please.

[sjames]

At Apple we bend over backwards to bring you the thinnest phones?

Re:Steve Jobs

[bobbied]

As sad as it sounds, I think you are right. Steve was apparently an SOB to work for, making demands and taking no excuses for failure, but that's what it takes to stay on top with technology. I'm thinking that they are falling into the corporate "manage to quarter" mindset. They are just running in the same well worn rut now and will follow Steve into the grave...

Question is who will replace them.

just wait a year

[issicus]

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