Apple’s iOS 8 was released to the general public on September 17th, with the build 12A365, the same code as the Gold Master release a week before. Following the public rollout, it followed up with an update just seven days later — iOS 8.0.1 — with the build 12A402 comes with quite a number of early fixes to address complaints worldwide:
- Fixes a bug so HealthKit apps can now be made available on the App Store
- Addresses an issue where 3rd party keyboards could become deselected when a user enters their passcode
- Fixes an issue that prevented some apps from accessing photos from the Photo Library
- Improves the reliability of the Reachability feature on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
- Fixes an issue that could cause unexpected cellular data usage when receiving SMS/MMS messages
- Better support of Ask To Buy for Family Sharing for In-App Purchases
- Fixes an issue where ringtones were sometimes not restored from iCloud backups
- Fixes a bug that prevented uploading photos and videos from Safari
All these fixes are much welcomed, especially the first fix where HealthKit-compatible third party apps can’t even pipe in the data into HealthKit itself. The update should also address one major annoyance where third party keyboards get deselected after unlocking the phone with a passcode, though I still get them deselected after this update until I completely remove the stock keyboard.
In any case, some iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners who were unfortunate enough to install this update were quickly hit with a bug that “impacted” cellular network connectivity and the Touch ID sensors; meaning both the network and Touch ID stopped working. Another way to put it is that this update turned the iPhone 6 into an iPod touch.
The seriousness of bug forced Apple to pull it down just moments later after 8.0.1 went live. It issued an emergency fix in for form of iOS 8.0.2 build 12A405 just a day later, on September 25th, to address the cellular and Touch ID issue.
- Fixes an issue in iOS 8.0.1 that impacted cellular network connectivity and Touch ID on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
iOS 8.0.2’s update page can be found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1758.
It doesn’t completely eliminated these problems though. There were some claiming that the cellular network is still not working, WiFi still “sluggish”, Bluetooth pairing in car accessories stopped working, and third party keyboards still can’t be defaulted.
Fortunately for us Malaysians, by the time iPhone 6 arrives here, some of the critical bugs may have already been fixed. So my question for you iOS users is, did you experience any issues on 8.0, and does 8.0.2 improve any of the problems you’ve faced?
In other news, iOS 8.1 Beta 1 (build 12B401) was just released on September 29th. Little is know at this point what new features of fixes it contains. The final release of iOS 8.1 may take up to around six months before it’s ready.
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