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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?