OTA update to iOS 10 bricked my SE. Never had this problem before, so it scared me. Read a few posts on Insider about using iTunes as an alternate way to update, or in my case, to recover from an update. So, I loaded iTunes SW on my Windows PC at work and closely watched a 2.16 GB download, including a firmware update. Took a while, but now my SE appears to be as good as new. Love the new iOS 10, but the downloading process really has some issues this time around. Strongly recommend a full backup to iCloud BEFORE this, or any other iOS update.
Good grief, this thing has gone through 8 betas... I've had it updated that many times.
If you don't back up your shit before a major upgrade, you are an idiot.
You're also an idiot if you immediately upgrade as soon as the update is available. Always wait a week to see if anything is found. Looking forward to giving it a go next week! Looks really good
nonsense. all my data is backed up so what do I care if there's some minor issue? the value I derive in that week is worth the "risk".
Good grief, this thing has gone through 8 betas... I've had it updated that many times.
If you don't back up your shit before a major upgrade, you are an idiot.
You're also an idiot if you immediately upgrade as soon as the update is available. Always wait a week to see if anything is found. Looking forward to giving it a go next week! Looks really good
Why should we have to wait? If its available then we should assume Apple has done the necessary testing to make sure it works properly and just download it.
Why anyone would perform an iOS upgrade over the air is beyond me. You should ALWAYS perform a full backup of any device before upgrading the OS. The only way to do that on a mobile device is by connecting to a computer and backing up via iTunes. Then performing the OS upgrade while still connected is a no-brainer. Even Apple suggests this as the better process.
1. I'm willing to bet OTA is by far the way most are updated. I've never had an issue updating anything iOS until today OTA.
2. If you have iCloud backups enabled your phone is always backed up, however yes you should make it run a backup before updating just in case.
3. Where does Apple suggest this as a better process vs OTA? Link please???
Why should we have to wait? If its available then we should assume Apple has done the necessary testing to make sure it works properly and just download it.
You don't "have" to wait. But it's prudent. Just like not driving over freshly-painted road lines; they're probably dry but they may not be. Why take the chance?
If you do take the chance, thank you. You're the one the rest of us are waiting to hear from. If something goes wrong with yours, we will know to wait.
If everybody waits a week to update, if that is the smart move, then the even smarter move is to wait 2 weeks to update, to be truly sure, as many people won't be updating until a week has passed, according to your logic.
Hell, let's just wait a whole fucking month maybe.
Not only does this chart show just how long an iPhone can be updated with each year's new OS (now up to nearly five years, on average), but it also implies that next year's iOS version won't support any iPhone that doesn't have a 64-bit processor. And that means it won't need to include any 32-bit code or libraries. It should therefore be smaller in storage and memory, perform better, and include a number of optimizations, leaving Android even farther behind. Sweet.
I don't think people understand the meaning of bricked anymore. Then again, people change the meaning of words all the time these days when they're too lazy to find the right one to use.
According to the update in the article, Apple has corrected the problem with OTA...
Who want's to be the beta tester?
BTW, updated my iPhone 6S+ and iPad Pro 9.7 WiFi via iTunes using full IPSW obtained from ipsw.me, and all is good, though the iPad was initially a bit choppy at responsiveness just after iOS 10 installation...
My iPad Air 2 worked over wifi with no problems. I had to plug iPad Pro 9.7 and iPhone 6s Plus into iTunes. Didn't need to restore from backup though. It just did the update as it would if you just connected to iTunes.
Not only is my iPhone buggered totally, it has a black screen and nothing else, the iOS 10 update failure has made my Apple Watch apps stop working due to iPhone bricked!
both my iPhone 6s plus's have bricked. they are both backed up to icloud so will not lose anything eventually when I get them upgraded. Cant download via iTunes as it keeps timing out and saying it will take over 3 hours to download 10.0.1 after about 20 mins the phone restarts and cancels the download. getting error "an unknown error occurred (-39)"
They're not "bricked", they still work. just more anti-Apple clickbait.
Why anyone would perform an iOS upgrade over the air is beyond me. You should ALWAYS perform a full backup of any device before upgrading the OS. The only way to do that on a mobile device is by connecting to a computer and backing up via iTunes. Then performing the OS upgrade while still connected is a no-brainer. Even Apple suggests this as the better process.
Whether you, the tech community or Apple likes it or not, this logic becomes a problem when a user has a single computing device...the one that the update process just bricked. I'm positive there will be some kind of on-device rollback mechanism built into these updates sooner than later. (Or I hope so.)
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Thier official statement is that there was an issue for the first hour and they are sorry, but they have fixed it now.
How can they release a file that requires an iTunes restore for every OTA update on iPhone 6s models, did they not bother to test it beforehand......
Amateur hour.
Why should we have to wait? If its available then we should assume Apple has done the necessary testing to make sure it works properly and just download it.
2. If you have iCloud backups enabled your phone is always backed up, however yes you should make it run a backup before updating just in case.
3. Where does Apple suggest this as a better process vs OTA? Link please???
You don't "have" to wait. But it's prudent. Just like not driving over freshly-painted road lines; they're probably dry but they may not be. Why take the chance?
If you do take the chance, thank you. You're the one the rest of us are waiting to hear from. If something goes wrong with yours, we will know to wait.
Hell, let's just wait a whole fucking month maybe.
I don't think people understand the meaning of bricked anymore. Then again, people change the meaning of words all the time these days when they're too lazy to find the right one to use.
Who want's to be the beta tester?
BTW, updated my iPhone 6S+ and iPad Pro 9.7 WiFi via iTunes using full IPSW obtained from ipsw.me, and all is good, though the iPad was initially a bit choppy at responsiveness just after iOS 10 installation...
(/s for the sarcasm-challenged)
just more anti-Apple clickbait.