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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
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?
Isn't the most obvious solution to incomplete transmissions to wait until the entire OS is downloaded before installing it? And isn't that what Apple is doing anyway? I doubt that's the problem here, but I'm willing to be disappointed and proven wrong...
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
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.
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You're assuming that's the problem when the evidence is pointing in an entirely different direction. iOS verifies the download against a checksum before it begins installing, specifically to ensure that the download is complete and arrived as expected. Likewise, it ensures that the battery has sufficient charge to complete the installation, or else requires that you plug the device in first. It's more likely that the problem lies with the installer itself or the hardware for the iPad in question, given that the issue appears to be specific to a particular device model.
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
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.
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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.