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T-Mobile To iPhone Users: Do Not Download iOS 10 For Now (zdnet.com)
If you have an iPhone, and you're on T-Mobile network, do not install iOS 10 for now. The U.S. carrier warned on Thursday that the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and the iPhone 5SE users who downloaded Apple's newest iOS software were facing connectivity issues. Apple is working on a fix, and T-Mobile expects to resolve things within 48 hours. ZDNet adds: You can power-cycle your iPhone by holding in the power and home button at the same time until you see an Apple logo displayed on the screen. Apple's release of iOS 10 hasn't been perfect. During its first hour of availability on Tuesday, iOS users reported issues with the update stalling just as it finished. Those impacted by the issue were required to use iTunes on a computer to reinstall the update. Despite a rough start, iOS 10 adoption was at nearly 15 percent after just 24 hours, and is currently at 21 perfect nearly two days after availability according to Mixpanel.
If you have a car that supports CarPlay, you shouldn't upgrade either. iOS 10 breaks the ability to remain paired. You'll basically need to re-pair the phone every time you turn the car on. (Not quite every time, sometimes it still works.)
On top of that, they somehow managed to break every non-Apple streaming app I've tried: Spotify, Pandora, NPR One: none of them work through CarPlay in iOS 10.
(Of course, if your car supports Android Auto you should be using that instead of CarPlay anyway: Android Auto is leagues ahead of CarPlay in literally every way.)
Given the complete lack of new features (the only noteworthy changes are Messages is now more annoying than ever and they broke the lock screen), it's hard to recommend ANYONE downgrade to iOS 10.
What is it with version 10 of OSes and then being horrible downgrades? I guess Apple wanted to take a page from Microsoft.
The editors are far less than 21 perfect...
Yes it's an anecdote! Were you expecting original research in a Slashdot comment?
Any files on a website with /speedtest in the path are whitelisted:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/09/14/2242216/a-teenage-hacker-figured-out-how-to-get-free-data-on-his-phone
I'd call that "connectivity issues for Tmo billing!"
"Despite a rough start, iOS 10 adoption was at nearly 15 percent after just 24 hours, and is currently at 21 perfect nearly two days after availability according to Mixpanel."
Or:
"48 hours after an all-but-enforced update for almost every one of their products, 80% of device owners still hadn't wanted - or managed - to install it."
500+ iPads on-site. 1/3 not eligible for the update. Local update caching MacOS server. High-end wireless network has fallen over for the last two days as they all try to get 1Gb update from local network, fail, retry, fail, retry.
Lucky we've got the caching server or they'd totally fuck the 100Mbps leased line connecting us to the world.
As I am a moron, I simply updated when the update came out. The update went smoothly.
That said I have had to restart my phone two or three times since the update finished and the phone has frozen at least once...... So, yeah. Not a clean process.
How else can I get porn so easily in my iMessage conversations?
Go get a good phone instead.
Yeah! Like a Note 7. I hear that's the new hot shit in town...
I ran into an issue where incoming calls when straight to voicemail. I don't know for sure if this problem was caused by iOS 10, or something else. I don't receive many calls.
Regardless, I tried various troubleshooting step including rebooting the device (regular power off/on), resetting the device (holding power and home until it restarted), and resetting my network settings (General->Reset->Reset Network Settings).
What ended up working for me was to simply eject the SIM card, wait a couple seconds, and plug it back in. Didn't even need to reboot. I think the carrier settings got scrambled somehow, or something.
Now the only thing I'm miffed about was missing out on the whole Huge/Butt thing. Damn censors work way too quick.
Better yet, go get a good network.
Yeah, if you are on T-Mo, the Lumia 550 would be a good choice... Unless losing FaceTime/Duo is a major deal
For what it is worth, as an iPhone 6 user on T-Mobile who did the upgrade yesterday I have not had any problem. I just verified that I can call myself and make outgoing calls. Whatever the problem is it apparently doesn't affect everybody.
I read the internet for the articles.
I have a 6S no problems downloaded the first day.
Someone posted get a "good" phone. Hmm yeah Android users don't have upgrade
issues because carriers rarely update Android phones to new versions....
How long would it take for Android to get 21% of its devices to be at the most recent release? Already on N and has M made 21%?
For what it is worth, as an iPhone 6 user on T-Mobile who did the upgrade yesterday I have not had any problem. I just verified that I can call myself and make outgoing calls. Whatever the problem is it apparently doesn't affect everybody.
Increment the counter for me. No issues, same situation.
Could it be location specific, perhaps?
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You'd think after Apple forced the hands of the carriers to deliver updates directly without their approval they would at least test the updates on all the major networks.
nection issues.
My 6S Plus has had consistent issues staying connected to TMobile towers. Switching between strong LTE, mediocre 4G, and one bar 2g and then no signal whatsoever (requiring a reboot or a visit to airplane mode to restore) within minutes without me moving away from my desk.
Since updating connections don't shift and I haven't had to drop into airplane mode to restore connection once.
Loaded argument.
Over time, hardware capabilities change. An android 3.x based device just can't run marshmallow. They tend to have crippled internal storage (usually 200 to 500mb!), and crippled ram (512 to 700mb!). Even if you wanted to, the modern android OS stack cannot run on them.
Apple gets around this by saying "We won't support older handsets after this release." And apple's customers are all too gung-ho to drop shitloads of money on the newest ishiny, allowing most of the obsoleted devices to not be daily drivers.
Android is different. The devices are meant to be inexpensive, because there are people that really cannot afford the apple lifestyle. They get a phone, and use it until it literally stops working.
As a consequence, there are android froyo and gingerbread devices still taking calls all over the place, on ancient hardware.
If the rate of improvement outsteps the rate of device replacement, more and more old devices will remain in the ecosystem.
Unless you want to purposefully brick millions of devices, you will never get android harmonized.
It's da bomb!
The SE is based on the 6s Plus or something, A9 processor; there was never a 5SE.
Apple gets around this by saying "We won't support older handsets after this release."
Wrong. Apple doesn't "get around" supporting old devices, they continue to support old devices for years and years while Android vendors including Google dropped support for devices mere months after selling them.
Democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the issue
I'm on T-Mobile, and have been running the iOS 10 betas, as well as the final release. If you are on T-Mobile, don't install the carrier settings update. Stay on 25.0.
-- if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic - Lewis Carrol
NO, they do not.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2...
try again.
Is it reading comprehension or is it counting with big numbers that you fail to understand?
The Ars link you cite notes that the Ipad 2 and the iPhone 4s that both came out in march 2011 are only now being orphaned by iOS 10. That's over 5 years of support that you can contrast with Android's much shorter 6-24 months before being abandoned.
Democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the issue
For some android devices, it seems like a month after release is asking a lot an update with these devices some companies make. And if these devices do get updated, it is a minor security fix.
I'm on T-Mo but have a Samsung Galaxy S3. I noticed this week that my mobile data usage was massive. Just this week I've used nearly 2.5GB. My normal usage is less than a GB for the whole billing period. I'm wondering if the iOS 10 issue is hammering the T-Mo network and causing my problems. My data usage shows that it's my email app that is using all the data; I have an Apple email acct, maybe the combo of the two things is affecting me?
I'm really confused. I just read there was no reason not to update (!)
Since when is T-Mobile a U.S. carrier? I thought they were the mobile network branch of Deutsche Telekom.
Remember the sweet spot when Apple software was all about quality, now when ever I use or hear about apple software in the news it's about shit features and even shittier bugs. No more stability and leanness.
I'm on T-Mobile, and I needed to replace a dying Galaxy S3 a few months back.
The offerings at the T-Mobile store were both lacking and overpriced. The iPhone is expensive and locked in. The various Android handsets ranged from anemic to overpriced, and all of them were loaded with crapware. There was a hint that there might be a Windows phone around somewhere, but everyone was too embarrassed to admit it.
So I went and bought an unlocked Lumia 950XL from the Microsoft store, stuck a new SIM in, and everything was working great within a few minutes. (The 950XL uses nano-SIM while the GS3 uses micro-SIM, so it required a new SIM and a call to an automated line from a different phone to transfer service to the new phone.) I've gotten several updates, and none of them have caused even a hint of any problems with my phone. Yes, it's a "flagship" phone, so it shouldn't be a surprise that the updates work perfectly for it. But so is a current iPhone, so what's Apple's excuse?
T-Mobile doesn't even acknowledge the existence of my phone model. They certainly aren't going to tweak their network for it. And yet, I've had ZERO problems with it. It works better than any phone I've had. Yes, any, ever. (And that includes iPhones, high-end Androids, and a WinMo 6.5 phone back in the day.)
When iOS 6 came out I did not experience any issues after power cycling the phone at least once. With iOS 10 I am having problems with the new unlock screen "feature" failing to work correctly (it is opening the Home screen 50% of the time) and apps are crashing and glitching on me daily including Apple's own apps. I highly recommend anyone that has not upgraded yet to not do so and instead wait for 1 or 2 point releases.
-==- Buy a Mac and leave me alone!
NEVER install the first major release; always wait for the subsequent followup version. So while the first major release may be final RTM, it's still an initial beta test once the public starts to use it.
Life is not for the lazy.
Ya, those things are on fire
A Note 7, even on fire, still does a better job than an iPhone.