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iPhone Owners Irate After iOS Update Bricks Cellular Data (tomsguide.com)

Posted by msmash on from the beware dept.

According to several reports, iPhone users around the world who have upgraded to the latest version of iOS are finding that it cuts off mobile data services. From a report: One Twitter user @kevbruh says that "Apple update 12.1.1, I had no cellular data. I tried inserting my SIM card again, hard resetting my device, and tried resetting the network settings. Nothing happened and the problem persists." In addition to North America, similar issues are being reported in South America, Europe and Asia. Other iPhone owners are reporting that they can't make or receive calls and others are saying that they can't text or receive texts. [...] Many more iPhone users have come forward on Twitter claiming that they are having connectivity issues related to iOS 12.1.2. Apple is advising some to try to update their carrier settings using this guide.

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  1. Oh Apple by bobstreo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    your update quality control seems to be approaching Microsoft levels.

    If Jobs was still around, there would be no Christmas for any employees until this was fixed, and there would probably be some people thrown out of windows as part of their separation package.

  2. Tim Cook MUST STEP DOWN !!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Cook's "leadership" has resulted in Apple being the source of increasingly mediocre products and software. The quality of this stuff is so bad that smart people are looking for alternatives in a very earnest manner, and I am in that group myself.

    Seriously, how long are stockholders and the Apple Board going to allow this to go on ?

    Apple is heading toward the abyss which is MUCH harder to get out of than it is to sink into. That abyss will taint the company so badly that the company will be lucky to survive, despite its vast cash reserves, which were earned before the influence of the truly incompetent Tim Cook had its full effect.

  3. Re:Thimk Different by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "It Just Works"

    (unless it doesn't and then it's just like every other shitty, craptastically-overpriced gadget.)

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    Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
  4. Re:Thimk Different by msauve · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "I had NO problems with my iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 12.1.1 or 12.1.2."

    Apparently, that makes you special.

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    "National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law