Topic 'Re: iOS 6.0.1' in forum 'All Things Macintosh' - dslreports.com

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 11:57:03 EDT

GuruGuy posted :

http://9to5mac.com/2012/11/01/apple-releases-ios-6-0-1-with-improvements-and-bug-fixes/

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iPhone 5 owners will have to download this update through iTunes as a bug prevents over-the-air updating.

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Ran this update on two iPhones that had WiFi turned OFF and after the update, the setting on both phones had been turned on.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:42:54 EDT

Nezmo posted :

said by Stacy:

said by Jackarino:

I have no power or wifi so I cannot update :(

said by Nezmo:

I would think a phone firmware update would be bottom of your list of concerns right now.

You underestimate the importance of a cell phone and reliable communication in a disaster area.

Uh, no. My comment was about the poster wanting to update firmware - hardly a priority in times of catastrophy. I would assume their phone was working just as well under iOS 6 without needing to upgrade.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:21:13 EDT

darcilicious posted : I shouldn't think that a minor update like this is critical to making an iPhone work...? Or did I miss a major issue with the 6.0 release?
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:38:20 EDT

Stacy posted :

said by Jackarino:

I have no power or wifi so I cannot update :(

said by Nezmo:

I would think a phone firmware update would be bottom of your list of concerns right now.

You underestimate the importance of a cell phone and reliable communication in a disaster area.

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:23:22 EDT

Elite posted : Installed this bad boy a couple days ago on my iPhone 5 OTA. Seems to change... absolutely nothing. But I've experienced pretty much ZERO issues on iOS 6, contrary to most other users.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:59:31 EDT

Nezmo posted : Oh, and Auto-Brightness still not working on my 4S with this update. It has been working fine under iOS 6 on my iPad 2 (and still does under 6.0.1).

BTW, this has been a well-reported problem. And it does affect some iPads too.

Edit: After posting I did some more digging. It seems this feature changed in iOS 6 but of course we are supposed to guess that. Here's some info but for me, this does not work with the iPad 2. The iPad 2 continues to work like it did before - I set the slider about half way and have auto on. The fact the 4S no longer worked that way made me think it was broken.

"1. You need to set slider on minimum brightness
2. Turn auto-brightness one ON/OFF and set it on ON, than it will adjust automaticly

"Auto-Brightness:

The auto-dim feature got significantly improved in iOS 6. The best improvement is brightness adjustment in the lock screen. Before, in a dark room, I would be blasted with the iPad or iPhone’s default brightness before sliding to unlock and having it dim down to match the room’s brightness. Now, from the moment the screen turns on, the brightness is appropriate.

In all previous versions of iOS, the light sensor would sense the room’s brightness and then suddenly make the brightness adjustment. In iOS 6, the auto-brightness adjustment is gradual and much more subtle, like the Mac. "

This explains things better...

»www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl···kXbCrc58
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:17:10 EDT

J E F F posted : Well, did a restore to factory and the device still crashes apps and freezes.

I do have a warranty (not applecare but from my provider) and will revert to the BlackBerry until it is fixed. Although I only had issues with the iOS 6 update.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:03:26 EDT

J E F F posted : I tried to restore once already, connection to server error!!! Will try again and will get back to you, I have a couple apps that don't work at all.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:57:54 EDT

Nezmo posted :

said by ptrowski:

So nothing about fixing the phantom data usage?

Apparently not. But, the wheels are animated now. That probably makes more people happy than the Wi-Fi fix. Jony gets knighted for this stuff you know.

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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:57:52 EDT

ptrowski posted : So nothing about fixing the phantom data usage?

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:41:56 EDT

Nezmo posted :

said by Thinkdiff:

said by J E F F:

My device isn't jail broken, perhaps I should just go ahead and restore it.

I think that's a given. Frequent app crashes are not normal.

Something is up. In all the years I've had iPhones I have had very few issues overall. But my 4S has been quite unreliable since I put iOS 6 on it. It's a shame as now what was once something that was basically very reliable is now riddled with freezes and crashes.

I can try a restore but it's obvious I'm not the only one with issues. I'd hate to go through all that for no reason. Smacks of my help desk telling me to clear my browser cache, history and cookies this morning to fix a remote desktop issue and I knew that was nothing to do with it. And it wasn't.

I have never jailbroken.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:48:25 EDT

Thinkdiff posted :

said by J E F F:

My device isn't jail broken, perhaps I should just go ahead and restore it.

I think that's a given. Frequent app crashes are not normal.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:21:03 EDT

ptrowski posted : That is why I am staying on a jail broken 4s running 5.1.1 which works like a charm.

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:28:07 EDT

J E F F posted :

said by Nezmo:

Edit - reading the details I'm not hopeful my issues are addressed. Time will tell.

My iPhone 4 freezes and crashes apps constantly. Was hoping the upgrade would fix it, but it's only worse. Not sure what else I can do. Regret the day I upgraded to 6.

My device isn't jail broken, perhaps I should just go ahead and restore it.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:34:01 EDT

norbert26 posted : updating my old ip4 now watching the wheels turn. They make it sound like the update is only for ip5 :(

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:32:12 EDT

Maven posted : Sounds like a lot of the issues linger. I'll be sticking with 5.11.

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:18:02 EDT

DKS posted :

said by Nezmo:

said by BellBoy:

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Wow...for my 5 (without installing the OTA updater fix) the download comes in at a whopping 983 megs!

BTW, 48MB on a 4S. I guess it was truly an increment and not a full reload.

That was my experience. Similar for my iPad 2
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:22:20 EDT

Andy from CA posted :

said by Nezmo:

said by BellBoy:

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Wow...for my 5 (without installing the OTA updater fix) the download comes in at a whopping 983 megs!

BTW, 48MB on a 4S. I guess it was truly an increment and not a full reload.

IIRC my 3GS was around 64MB.

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:06:02 EDT

Nezmo posted :

said by BellBoy:

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Wow...for my 5 (without installing the OTA updater fix) the download comes in at a whopping 983 megs!

BTW, 48MB on a 4S. I guess it was truly an increment and not a full reload.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:23:28 EDT

bobrk posted :

said by Andy from CA:

Updating my 3GS with 6.0.1 and being entertained by the animated turning gears icon. :)

That was indeed Teh Awesome™.

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:05:26 EDT

Andy from CA posted :

said by Nezmo:

I just got asked for my Apple ID password again while just browsing the App Store on my 4S.

I just tried both App Store and iTunes and no password prompt on my old fashion 3GS.

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:00:26 EDT

Nezmo posted : I just got asked for my Apple ID password again while just browsing the App Store on my 4S.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:41:18 EDT

Jackarino posted : I do have more things to worry about.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:45:37 EDT

Nezmo posted : Just did an update to two apps post installing 6.0.1. The apps updated THEN I was prompted for my Apple ID password. I cancelled without putting my password in. The apps have updated.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:44:29 EDT

darcilicious posted : Downloaded, rebooting/installing now... on my iPad 2 wifi only.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:35:26 EDT

Andy from CA posted :

said by ptrowski:

said by Andy from CA:

Updating my 3GS with 6.0.1 and being entertained by the animated turning gears icon. :)

I'm just sittin' here watching the wheels go round and round,

AAAH now that song is in my head. :o

Thanks a lot! You asked for it..

Good guess, but the answer was "Watching the Wheels" by John Lennon

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=moCf_pghM-U

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:25:34 EDT

ptrowski posted :

said by Andy from CA:

Updating my 3GS with 6.0.1 and being entertained by the animated turning gears icon. :)

I'm just sittin' here watching the wheels go round and round,

AAAH now that song is in my head. :o

Thanks a lot! You asked for it..

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M60rLoC···a_player
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:21:55 EDT

Andy from CA posted : Updating my 3GS with 6.0.1 and being entertained by the animated turning gears icon. :)

I'm just sittin' here watching the wheels go round and round,

AAAH now that song is in my head. :o

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:17:34 EDT

Mike posted : It's ok. Tim Cook is executing a SVP because of shitty results.

It'll be better, soon.

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:16:19 EDT

Nezmo posted :

said by Jackarino:

I have no power or wifi so I cannot update :(

I would think a phone firmware update would be bottom of your list of concerns right now.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:38:17 EDT

Jackarino posted : I have no power or wifi so I cannot update :(
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:14:50 EDT

BellBoy posted :

said by HiVolt:

said by Mike:

WOOHOO AN UPD.. "iPhone 5 owners will have to download this update through iTunes as a bug prevents over-the-air updating."

FUUUUUUUUUU.

Edit -

You have to install an app to install 6.0.1 OTA

Thats f'n hilarious, when the whole iCloud thing was supposed to free people from iTunes...

Hint hint apple... maybe a tad let profits, but test these things eh?

Yyyyyeah...as I mentioned in my first (edited) post it was a bug for iPhone 5 users. You install the patch first OTA, then you should be able to install 6.0.1.

:uhh:
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:14:07 EDT

Irish Shark posted : "iPhone 5 owners will have to download this update through iTunes as a bug prevents over-the-air updating."

I did it from the iPhone5 wireless. Took about 4 minutes.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:03:29 EDT

HiVolt posted :

said by Mike:

WOOHOO AN UPD.. "iPhone 5 owners will have to download this update through iTunes as a bug prevents over-the-air updating."

FUUUUUUUUUU.

Edit -

You have to install an app to install 6.0.1 OTA

Thats f'n hilarious, when the whole iCloud thing was supposed to free people from iTunes...

Hint hint apple... maybe a tad let profits, but test these things eh?
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:54:48 EDT

Mike posted : WOOHOO AN UPD.. "iPhone 5 owners will have to download this update through iTunes as a bug prevents over-the-air updating."

FUUUUUUUUUU.

Edit -

You have to install an app to install 6.0.1 OTA

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:53:34 EDT

acadiel posted : Hmph - checked for updates in General menu on my 4S running 6.0 and it didn't pop up any updates, even after "checking".

I guess I'll check later. :)

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:50:47 EDT

Daemon posted : "Consolidated the Use Cellular Data switch for iTunes Match" is actually fairly obnoxious. I have the phone set up to automatically download apps and iBooks installed on other iOS devices, but only while on WiFi. Meanwhile, I had it setup to use cell data for iTunes Match (otherwise I can't listen to music while on the go)

Now, I either have to use cellular data for all of those things, none of those things, or toggle the switch every time I want to listen to music.

I wonder what problem they thought they were fixing by making the change.
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:34:19 EDT

yabos posted :

said by Nezmo:

Timely. I can honestly say that my 4S has never had so many freeze-ups and crashes. It's been getting worse lately, almost daily issues. I hope this update helps.

Edit - reading the details I'm not hopeful my issues are addressed. Time will tell.

My 4S and my gf's 4 have been having the UI freezing up on and off. Originally just hers, and now mine was doing it. Rebooting seems to fix the issue. I was also hoping that 6.0.1 would fix that, but they don't mention it. Guess time will tell.

Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:31:29 EDT

BellBoy posted : At a Halloween party over last weekend, I had the flash problem. I rebooted the phone and that fixed it, so good to see that's in here.

Wow...for my 5 (without installing the OTA updater fix) the download comes in at a whopping 983 megs!
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Re: iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:16:00 EDT

Nezmo posted : Timely. I can honestly say that my 4S has never had so many freeze-ups and crashes. It's been getting worse lately, almost daily issues. I hope this update helps.

Edit - reading the details I'm not hopeful my issues are addressed. Time will tell.
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iOS 6.0.1

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:14:39 EDT

BellBoy posted : »9to5mac.com/2012/11/01/apple-rel···g-fixes/

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iPhone 5 owners will have to download this update through iTunes as a bug prevents over-the-air updating.

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What iPhone 5 users will see before they update.