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iOS 9.3.2 Bricking Some 9.7-inch iPad Pro Devices With 'Error 56' Message (macrumors.com)
An anonymous reader writes: iOS 9.3.2 is causing problems for some 9.7-inch iPad Pro owners, with multiple users reporting issues shortly after installing the update over the air. Affected users are seeing an "Error 56" message that instructs them to plug their devices into iTunes. Apple has issued a statement to iMore, simply stating the company is "looking into a small number of reports" regarding this issue. The statement reads: "We're looking into a small number of reports that some iPad units are receiving an error when updating the software. Those unable to restore their device through iTunes should contact Apple support."
I already upgraded my devices to Error 59
Modify installer to require the cable docked to a computer with iTunes for the update, and avoid the problem of error from incomplete transmissions.
It appears that Microsoft's slackening QA for its OS updates is beginning to infect Apple.
That would break the feature introduced in iOS 5 that allowed iPhone and iPad to enter mobile-only households, which have no Mac or Windows PC on which to run iTunes. One of my co-workers was mobile-only. Or would Apple direct mobile-only users to the nearest Apple Store or Apple authorized dealer?
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Like at least Microsoft can blame a wide range of devices. How many iPads can their possibly be?
Yeah, I recently bought a used 5s for testing work, based on the claim that iTunes wasn't required. There is an Apple Store in this State but it's almost two hours away.
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
It's one thing to buy a nice walled garden.
It's another for the contractor to come around a bit later and brick up the entrance.
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
For normal (non-OS) software, wait at least a week before upgrading and keep the old version around just in case.
For an OS, wait at least a month and do a complete backup where possible.
This is the new standard because of the customers-as-testers mentality most software companies seem to have adopted.
Even when I follow these rules, I can't recall the last time I didn't get bitten by an OS upgrade (especially with iOS).
Bricking doesn't apparently mean what it used to. There is no evidence to support that this is completely unfixable.
-- these are only opinions and they might not be mine.
Bricking doesn't apparently mean what it used to. There is no evidence to support that this is completely unfixable.
Thank you for pointing that out. I hate the bastardization of IT lingo.
"A plan fiendishly clever in its intricacies"- Homer Simpson
See softbrick vs hardbrick
But yes, misleading all the same
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
FTFY
"Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
The problem with working nights is you get out of sync with the rest of the world. I updated the phone on Tuesday, no problems, so I figured I'd just do the update on the iPad and move on. Now I get to restore my shiny new iPad Pro to factory defaults. Looks like one issue with restoring is that the iPad isn't waiting for the 1.94GB download to complete, so it restarts, causing iTunes to stop downloading until you go through the whole EULA again. Fingers crossed it will complete the load before bedtime.
I'd love to see the RCA on this one, especially since it only affects the 9.7" iPad pro.
"Well, good luck finding a judge that doesn't run a bestiality site."
It says execute order 66.
Bricking doesn't apparently mean what it used to. There is no evidence to support that this is completely unfixable.
How far do you go?
If fixing it requires a programmer for the flash chips, is that bricked or not? Is there a line between having to desolder said flash chips for flashing or not?
To me brick means that the user/admin/whatever can't fix it with typical equipment and effort.
It warms my heart to see Apple users experiencing the real world of computers. Perhaps the more it happens, the more realistic they will become instead of saying there's nothing wrong with Apple devices.
It's how many years later and the biggest problem I see with most Apple devices? 1 stinkin button.
In addition to Apple's own retail stores, Apple partners with franchised stores called Apple Authorized Resellers. For example, Fort Wayne, Indiana, is 90 miles away from an Apple-owned retail store in Mishawaka, but the city has two franchisees: Signature Mac on the north side and Simply Mac on the west side.