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New iOS Update Fixes Unexpected Shutdown Issue On iPhone 6, iPhone 6s (techcrunch.com)
Matthew Panzarino, writing for TechCrunch: Over the past couple of iPhone versions users have complained of "unexpected" shutdowns of their devices. Some iPhone 6, 6S, 6 Plus and 6S Plus devices could basically go dark unexpectedly, forcing a user to have to plug them into an outlet to get them to power back on. Apple has been working on this very annoying bug and it says it has come up with a fix of sorts that should mitigate the problem on a majority of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s devices. The fix is actually already on your iPhone if you have installed iOS 10.2.1 -- something that around 50 percent of iOS users have already done. After letting the fix simmer on customer devices, Apple now has statistics to share on how it has improved the issue, citing 80 percent reduction on iPhone 6s and 70 percent reduction on iPhone 6 devices.
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As far as I’m able to understand what happened here, Apple found that sudden spikes of activity to the maximum power draw could cause older batteries, which had some mileage on them, to deliver power in an uneven manner, which would cause an emergency shutdown of the devices
So some older batteries are not able to support higher draw. They might have tweaked the scheduler not to launch too many jobs at the same time or throttle some jobs or even slow down the clock at high loads.
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For something that still happens 20% to 30% of the time it did before.
Mitigation is more appropriate until they can do much better,
"fixes" :Apple now has statistics to share on how it has improved the issue, citing 80 percent reduction on iPhone 6s and 70 percent reduction on iPhone 6 devices.
Well, that's not a "fix".
That's a quick patch to reduce the instances.
And suggestive that they have no idea what the issue really is.
If you do have a battery issue with 6s you can get it replaced for free at an apple store.
Any idea why Apple wants you to do this before they replace the battery?
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Because they may decide not to replace the battery and to give you another phone. But why wouldn't you want to do that anyway before giving random people your phone?
Seriously?
Buy a better phone.
You know, one that has a working mic.
How's that "most expensive phone on the market" thing working out for you?
If you do have a battery issue with 6s you can get it replaced for free at an apple store.
Any idea why Apple wants you to do this before they replace the battery?
Um, maybe so they don't have to worry about people in the refurb-chain stealing your data?
It's not a huge problem, unless the fucker shuts down at 55% power while you're navigating through a new city. Fuck Apple and this blatant attempt to force people to buy new phones.
Really, you can't fix a fucking batter you broke via software? I don't believe that. Hell, the Chinese knockoffs are better than that with their hamfisted engineering.
STFU, Hater.
Show me PROOF that Apple CAUSED this ON PURPOSE, or GTFO.
Seriously.
Fucking ACs...
Seriously?
Buy a better phone.
You know, one that has a working mic.
How's that "most expensive phone on the market" thing working out for you?
Wouldn't know; because a Samsung GN7 (when it was available) was MORE EXPENSIVE than an iPhone 7 PLUS, which is more expensive than the iPhone 6 and 6s models affected by this shutdown issue.
So, STFU, Hater. Do so research before venting your spleen.
I have a 6s as does my wife and son, and an iPhone 5 before that, and we've never had these issues. (Battery did die though, eventually). The phone that *does* often just randomly shut off on me is my Galaxy S4, which is my work phone. I've changed the battery on that twice already. Also, my Galaxy Tab A freezes, but to a much lesser extent than the S4. Overall I have more reliability issues with Samsung/Android than I do Apple. It's the pick of the draw, all these things have the potential for failure.
Look back up at my post, now look back down, you're on the Internet. Now look back up. I'm a signature.
My iPhone 6 Plus came with iOS 8.0 factory installed. I kept up with the updates until 10 came out, at which point I've refused every update. So my phone sits at 9.35, likely forever.
Reason (aside from avoiding bugs like in this thread topic) is to avoid a bloated OS that eats your battery life and overtaxes the processor/gpu. On a previous Apple device, I noticed that as soon as you got to two OS revisions above what it came with originally, it gets painfully slow. On that particular device it was originally iOS 4, and when i updated it to 6 there was a dramatic slowdown in responsiveness and app loading time. I eventually updated it to 7 to see if that helped, but it did nothing aside from taking up more disk space. It became so unusable, I gave it away for free.
There is a problem with this strategy though. Apple will force you to update. No matter what you do to your phone setting, it will phone home and automatically download the latest update. Disabling "Settings: App Store Auto Update" has no affect on this whatsoever. There is no way to disable this, aside from:
1. Jailbreaking with Cyanogenmod.
2. Block Apple update server from your wifi router (your phone will only attempt to auto-download when on wifi and not when on cellular)
I went with option #2 since I did not want to deal with the hassle of jailbreaking. Simply go to your router config page and block these two URLs:
appldnld.apple.com
mesu.apple.com
I have a 6s as does my wife and son, and an iPhone 5 before that, and we've never had these issues.
I have a 6+ (over 2 years now), and an iPhone 4 before that. I haven't had any of the oft reported issues on either, such as "antennagate", "bendgate", or random shutdowns. Not sure if I'm lucky, or if some users are doing weird stuff with their phones.
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
Yeah, malware purveyors and other malicious types are usually kind enough not to target people containing the latest disclosed vulnerability if they know that people are waiting on some mystical numerology before patching.
I thought that was Initech employees that knew that.
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I have this problem on my 6s (1 year old phone). We went to the "Genius Bar" at the Apple store and were told "Sorry, bud." [Can't help you] That's an exact quote. It was then I realized that Apple products aren't for me. With an Apple product, if something is wrong, they will tell you what they're going to do about it, and that's the end of it. No consumer repairable or upgradable anything on them. As a long-time tinkerer and nerd, this sort of arrangement is not for me. Even to replace the battery on an iPhone, you have to pay a "Genius" at the Apple store $80 to do it for you and they have to take your phone apart to do it. Other complaints: iTunes. What in the world? I can't just copy mp3 files on to my phone and listen to them? I have to "Import" them into iTunes and sync my phone on a Windows or Macintosh computer? Or how about no SD card slot? What kind of digital camera device has no removable media capability? Now on the latest iPhone they have removed the last standard piece of hardware on it: the headphones jack. But don't worry, you can buy new Apple wireless headphones for $160.00. This snotty little expensive eco-system is for the birds. Next phone will be Android where I have native compatibility with my Linux PC at home, an SD card slot, standard file formats and hardware/jacks, and way less expensive. Many Android phones have serviceable/upgradable parts too.