WARNING APPLE IS PULLING THE PLUG ON IOS 9.3

I was almost ready to install on my gen 2 iPad mini when I saw your post.

Yes, there is a glitch, but part of your post is inaccurate. It's not quite that dire.

People only need to enter their correct password. But yes, if you have an older device, you can wait for the update release.

So I told Wife about this post, and it turns out She installed the Update yesterday (Iphone 6)... and all was fine...
Probably because it was a 6?

The update for certain devices was pulled for a short time, fixed, and has been re-released...

FUD-mongers irritate me.

..and did not have an issue on my 5s. Everything is working as it should. Of course, I did know my Apple password and that may have helped things along.

I updated my 5s and my wife's 5c and all went well.

Installed on my ancient iPad 2, works fine, actually a little faster than the previous version.

iPhones are doing just fine.

Keep walking, nothing to see here.

I know your a true Apple fan/lover but the OP was being kind and trying to help others avoid unnecessary problems and possibly being stuck with an inoperative device.

The glass is half full or half empty, I guess it's the way you perceive things. As far as I'm concerned I saw this thread as being positive/helpful and your post very rude.

why? i updates ipad air, no issues

I was wondering why I was having problems updating my iPhone 5 to 9.3. Thanks.

From what I read last night, this was only caused by older device OS's that needed to have the username and PW entered for the upgrade. If it wasn't entered, it caused the 'not activated' problem.

Last night I posted a messages about the new IOS 9.3 update and I stated that most of the problem are for I phone 5s and older version of I pad..The response was maybe my messages was too DIRE as someone posted, then You got to read the post from a laser brain as KCH50428..he wrote that the problem as been fidex if apple fixed maybe they fix it just for him and no one else..

MY posted messages was to avoid pople have theyr phone brick and not be able to be use it all...

THE Itune solution that apple posted does not resolve the problem I spend over 1 hours waiting today to talk to customer support ,finaly I was able to talk to one of the rapppresentative and I was told they is NO SOLUTION to the problem so far. apple will be released a new fix next week I was told DO NOT TRY TO DOWNLOAD the update..
and On top of that some people even if they have the 6s,now they have problem too.

Yes KCH why don"t you contact all those people on the link below and tell them that they are FUD Mongers

KCH Like they say in Poker READ THEM AND WEEP you idiot

https://discussions.apple.com/article/HT206203?filter=qa

Just expressing my opinion. Sorrry you can't handle it. I'll go back to not coming here again... Adios.

I run (and test) betas of iOS and OS X. I don't run them on my main line devices! I run the iOS betas on my iPad, and on my older dev iPhone (with the almost dead battery and no SIM card). I do NOT run betas on my carry everywhere iPhone, nor do I run them on my main development machine, or the server in the closet.

When iOS 9.3 came out, I updated my devices with no problems.

I wait a few days for my wife's and my daughter's gear though... I know how to deal with issues, and I don't want them to!

The re-release should be in a day or so.

Let's keep comments on topic and avoid bickering.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/28855

~Angela

Thanks

Looks like botched updates are sign of our times. Is there anyone who is testing software before releasing it? Or just "do it quick and see what will happen"?

On my work 5s or my wife's 4s. Yeah, I know I've been trying to get my wife to update her phone, but she says it's all she needs.

(disclosure: I worked at Apple from 1980 through 1997. Most of that time was in engineering. I also spent time running tech support groups in engineering. Spent the decade before that transitioning from software for mainframes to microprocessor systems, hardware and software.)

This update got a LOT of testing, both in-house, and through the public beta cycle. They all get a lot of testing. There are massive automated test suites (that get larger all the time, and you can bet a few more test cases will be added because of this). But nothing beats actual humans for random, strange, and illogical behaviour (as in, "why the *** would anyone do THAT?!?" -- but they do).

Yet, some things slip through -- particularly when they are on (somewhat convoluted) error paths.

Software is hard. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it (and you'd get results like the Internet of Tears, with companies shipping horrible code they don't understand and abandoning it on delivery, security flaws and all. but that's another rant).

Yes, 9.3 had an almost unprecedented release of 7 beta versions prior to the final release. That made a lot of people comment on the Apple forums that Apple really must want to get this one right. Sadly, it appears bugs slipped through.

In another Life, for many years, I did Beta Testing for Adobe on PPRO, Encore, and AME software... For about 9 years or maybe more... I honestly don't remember the dates... (PPRO V1.5 all the way to CS6 for that program, and I did short stints on others, and 'special projects')

I can tell you that mistakes slip through... I can also tell you that lots of mistakes and bugs ARE CAUGHT!

The issue that I saw occur over and over was a Release Date to correspond with a Trade Show, interfering with beta test time frame.... Sometimes the Advantage of a Release Date at a big Trade Show gets in the way of Proper Beta Testing....
With the expected results...

Don't know how it was with Apple, but we Betatester's stayed on after a release and also worked on the "DOT" Releases as well...

Example of this Upgrade Procedure was: CS6 Premiere Pro.. CS6.0 was Released Early because of a trade show... and we stayed on until V6.03 when we were released.
Management tested V6.04 without us, and it had some glaring bugs that slipped through... It was only after much screaming that they then released V6.05, which fixed the problems, and became the Final CS6 PPRO Version, but to save face a rumour was released that the 6.04 issue was betatester missing a bug.

The expense to a company is not the betatesters or free software they are given, it's the expense of the software writers and team that is put in place to over-see the betatesters... The sooner the betatest program is over, the faster the expenses can be minimized...

I left the Betatest program after CS6... I wanted nothing to do with "Cloud" (Rental) software....

I gave a lot of my time, and learned a lot... From this experience... and if I could do it all over again, I would.

This is helpful information.

Well, more like way over the top.

I have yet to see where Apple is "pulling the plug on iOS 9.3". I have only seen where Apple is pausing the release of iOS 9.3 for certain older devices.

And it also appears that the user base has come up with a simple workaround to get past the issue.

I have an iPhone 6 for work. (I hate it!) I leave it at work and when I came in this morning I had no Internet connection. In fact, it wouldn't do anything at all until I entered my Apple ID and password. I guess this post probably explains what was going on. I had no idea there was an update as I don't own anything from Apple as a personal device.

From my perspective, the good news is that when I walk out the door at 4:00 PM on June 17 I will no longer have anything to do with the iPhone as I will be going on "permanent vacation".

http://www.macrumors.com/2016/03/28/apple-releases-updated-i...

Looks like a sinister plan... Life is beautiful, you know?

...One of the greatest words in the English language.

Has anyone installed this new version on a 4s?

But your rants are funny!

Got the update installed on my wife's IPad 2 and all is well.

The press is full ... of stories that iOS 9.3 crashes, some times when you click on a link! Oh no! Apple still hasn't fixed it!

This kind of stuff is great when spread on your flower beds this time of year...

The current so-called disaster goes to a new feature in iOS9, and its (ab)use by a few app vendors. The "universal links" feature gives app developers a way to tell iOS to open their app when a user clicks on certain kinds of links. Sounds good.

But a few app developers, rather than toss in a few of these definitions, toss in a s* load, causing the crash.

Yes, it's a bug, and it needs to be fixed. But really, it's predictable. Whenever you release version 1 of something, and this is pretty much version 1 of this new feature, some clever individual is going to find a way to (ab)use it that you never thought of... If you're lucky, your internal developers had the time to sit back for a while and muse, "how could I really, really, push this thing sideways?" and then put in checks to limit and/or reward such behaviour.

The original Mac OS, in 1984, had this "version 1" problem in extremis -- much of the OS, particularly the GUI toolbox, and the way the GUI and the OS interacted through this new thing called the Finder, was brand new. But the incredibly talented folks who built that code understood that after developers had a chance to play/work with things, they'd go back and rewrite a lot of code. And they did. And newer groups of talented developers continue to write and rewrite things. Software is the part that never stops.

So the world isn't ending. Apple hasn't lost its touch. Software is still hard, and version 1 of anything is going to give you surprises. The folks who have done this before expect some surprises, and expect to change/fix/rewrite things.

Great insight on this. Thanks.

Well said.

There will always be a couple outliers that will try to use something in ways other than intended. There are people that will use things any and every way possible other than intended, just because. The rest of us have to put up with the protections required to protect us from these people, and these people from themselves.

I have been nagged to install it for about a week now on my 5c. I'm tired of reading the "install now" or "later" so I said install. Evidently Apple already downloaded it to my device!!! Without my consent. Nice. Anyways when it was checking the validity of the file, IT FAILED. Reason given was no internet connection. Well that's a lie because I'm connected to my home internet wi-fi and I just received email and I can get to the internet on the phone. It will have to wait. I'm taking a trip and need the phone.

iOS update package will download automatically when your device is charging, connected to the internet and there's sufficient free space.

I block access to mesu.apple.com (update server) on my WiFi router to prevent the auto download. I'm still running iOS 8 and have never seen any iOS updates. I don't want unnecessary traffic on my broadband.

It's a known problem. Apple has fixed that problem and release another update package but that package triggers another problem (unable to follow URL and crashing). You might want to delete the update package you got in your iPad. Download the new(er) iOS package. I'd wait a few weeks if I were you.

That's a good decision. If you're taking a trip, do not make any changes to the devices you're taking with you.

And its on my phone not the Ipad. The Ipad is the companies and theres a program we run where it is not compatible yet with any version 9.

And how do you delete it from the phone?
Didn't know you could do that so I guess I will goggle that.
Thanks

Learn something new every day. I deleted the update AND of course its already showing an update for 9.3

Who's apple?

Yeah I have a iPad Pro from work, but it would have been nice if they offered a choice of a Surface Pro.

I did find it funny, how on my wife's iPad 4 (whatever it was actually called), when it went to 8, she could no longer charge it using a USB extension, and was forced to buy a new lightening cable that had the apple MFi logo (prior to 8 she just used a $3 USB extension between the factory power supply and the factory lightening cable). In a way that's bad will writing software to do that intentionally.

I find that strange because (if I recall correctly) iOS update has always been automatically downloaded for many years. It will never auto install. However, it'll nag users to install the downloaded update package.

Looks like you've found the answer. If you delete the update package, it will re-download automatically if the 3 conditions I mentioned earlier are met. What you're seeing now is likely the redeployed iOS 9.3. Some users are still having problem with that update.

Last week I had the same problem as most people,when it come to install the update,I was getting the messages on the screen that I was not connect to the Internet, It never download the new update cause Apple suspend the update, so somehow instead the messages showing that the update was not there.it was coming back as I was not connected to the internet..I call customer support,and I was told, NOT to try to download the update at this time,but to wait and I was told that will call me back when the update was fix..

well yesterday around noon Apple support call me,and they told me that a NEW update version was back on Monday.It took a while I can see the apple logo show up on the screen, it did 2 pass but it finaly work..

also ones the update was done,I was ask to enter the password, I do not remember now how did I do it but I was able to hit SKIP and again I was ask are you sure you want to skip this option I hit yes.. and everythig was fine

So for those who have not try to update since Yesterday,try again..If you need to contact Apple customer support here is the toll free number 1-800-692-7753 ,be ready to wait about 30-40 minutes.on the phone before be able to speak to an agent.

For those of you who wonder if the version of new new IOS 9.3 fail or was never download do this..

1) CLICK ON SETTING

2)CLICK ON GENERAL

3)Select ABOUT

4)see VERSION.

IF it read 9.3 (13E237) then the new version was installed.and this is the correct working version.

If it read 9.1 then you still have the previous IOS version and the new version was never Install it or update.

Update OTA via wifi or connect to iTunes... aka do the usual thing... new build number is 12E238

Always good to have the info and make an informed choice.

I just had a huge chunk of sky land in my backyard!!!!

No issues as of yet.

It really messed up my email links; phone just freezes now and waiting patiently till Apple fixes this issue

My software update is 9.3.1 (13E238) for an iPad. Maybe there is a difference in software based on the device.

My post above was in error - 13E238 is the build I have on my iPhone and iPad...

As far as I know iOS 9.3.1 fixes the problem you're experiencing.

Which version are you using?

http://www.macrumors.com/2016/03/31/sprint-users-ios-9-3-dat...