Apple emits emergency iOS security updates while warning holes may have been exploited in wild by hackers Apple today released software updates to patch vulnerabilities in iPhones and iPads that may have been exploited by miscreants to silently snoop on victims from afar. Folks should check for and install the latest version of their iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS software. Here's the quick run down of the programming blunders: …
Will that be the only thing the update changes?
I have a iPhone 6 that is basically a tea warmer due to an update. Charge lasted a day and half, after the update ( and subsequent updates) it last 5 min after unplug.
Last update to my Apple TV messed up remote turning the tv on and introduced as much as 10sec random delays in my HomeKit.
Last update to my phone removed my ability to use the find iPhone app to find my wife’s phone, she has a different Apple ID. Email now starts with a blank screen, then populates.
I understand that patches can effect an app, but removing basic functionality or the app is not a patch. For the Apple guys, yes I did spend a few hours on all the recommendations to restore the functionality back to what I had purchased.
Give us a way back so we are not gambling that the device will be useless after an update.
I will continue to use their product, but will never trust the updates.
"I always update immediately and I’ve never been left with a problem that affects use."
As a person that has in the past been tasked to support and manage over 2K Apple devices, I can say that you have indeed lived a charmed life. Not that Apple has really been any worse than Android or anyone else. Microsoft of course is the king of using the world as their unwitting beta testers.
Not to say it wasn't caused by an update but I have a 6+ which is pretty much the same internals apart from the screen and battery and didn't get this.
Although perhaps masked by the larger battery, I'm not a heavy user, but it was still easily lasting me the day up until I upgraded at Christmas.
I did get the battery replaced a couple of years ago though.
Here goes anyway. I'm not an expert, but, iPhone 6, doesn't run the latest iOS but might get patched for this, if it doesn't then, yes, use it as a coaster. Also, look at the battery saver / power use setting. You'll remember - legal action is ingoing in Italy - that Apple were low-powering devices with older batteries through the OS to extend the life of the battery charge... also making them run slower than a new phone. And this was insufficiently publicised. Now the function is optional, so you need to turn it on to use it, I think.
Also, installing iOS in full is recommended, though I don't always do it on my 6s or 7 or whichever one I got to replace my 6. If you don't like iCloud, this involves installing iTunes, updating iTunes, connecting your phone to the PC, backing up, then letting iTunes download about 3GB plus of update then install it on the phone. Both of the last two steps take a while - several hours to download for me. I don't know if that repeats for more than one phone you'd hope not.
I'm patching now; the patch for UK wasn't available when I read the story on Tuesday evening. If the patch isn't offered to you, then maybe it is time to retire the device. You can check existence on the phone and then do the iTunes thing to get it if you prefer, or just go to iTunes first if you're lax about the backups, which you and I should do anyway.
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Back when I started in computing, the Macs were the most affected devices at my first company. Although there were more Macs than PCs at the time and most wanted to use the Macs. The rest used VT100s.
Macs had a very poor virus record for a long time. It was only with OS X that the problem really died away.
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