Is it safe now to upgrade to iOS 6?

Is it safe now to upgrade to iOS 6?

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grenpayne

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1,976 posts

161 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Quick question, is it safe to update my iPad 3 to iOS 6.0.1 now? I read the initial sh#tstorm when it came out but have they fixed things now? Or should I just leave alone as it's working like a dream at the moment?

UnluckyTimmeh

3,435 posts

212 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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I'd leave it until an app I wanted to use required it.

furtive

4,498 posts

278 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Works ok to me. Haven't noticed much of a difference

BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Can't comment on the iPad but iOS 6 has completely fked my iPhone 4. It loses signal where it is strong and then tells me it needs to be restored but if you try that it completely cocks up the phone and I am left with a screen that says "connect to iTunes" and does fk all. Even the people in the apple shop haven't got a clue what's wrong with it. The only remedy is to switch it on/off about 15-30 times until it magically works again.

This is just my experience, though.


anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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I think some people are cursed with techno-gremlins. I update all my firmware whenever the new ones are available, right back to the original iPhone, and I've never had any problems confused


LeeMad

1,098 posts

152 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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ios6 and osx 10.8 means my imessenger messages come to/from my phone number on all devices. good little upgrade

BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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This is the first time I've ever had an issue. I've got an iMac and MacBook Air as well as an iPad from work which are all fine, I'm just annoyed that my phone constantly has a spaz since the upgrade to iOS 6 - it means I have to use my work blackberry out of hours which I resent as I end up checking emails etc.. smile

XG332

3,927 posts

187 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Never had a problem, Running it on my iphone and ipad. Plus updated 2 ipads and iphones no problems

GTO Scott

3,816 posts

223 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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My iPhone 4 was updated a month ago and works fine.

dictys

913 posts

257 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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It seems to work well with everything except the ipad 3! facetime keeps dropping video and gives the poor connection message. However, facetime works perfectly on the iphone or ipod touch.

Paul 2000

1,080 posts

266 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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I've had no problems at all on an iPad 3, but if you've waited this long you might want to wait a few more days as 6.1 is rumoured to be close to release (that's rare - an Apple rumour smile ).

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/01/11/final-io...

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

254 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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Had no issues on ipad 2.

TameRacingDriver

18,048 posts

271 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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Mac. said:
I think some people are cursed with techno-gremlins. I update all my firmware whenever the new ones are available, right back to the original iPhone, and I've never had any problems confused
That describes me, if anything CAN go wrong with a gadget, car etc, then it WILL go wrong. Almost to the point that I've resigned myself to a life with a Nissan Micra and a Nokia 3310 (joke).

FWIW OP I've not upgraded ours to iOS 6 yet. As said, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

tog

4,517 posts

227 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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I waited until the Google Maps app came out, and I'm glad I did. The Apple effort is still very poor, with whole towns still mislabelled. I also don't like the very muted colours they use, although that's personal - other may like it. The shame is that other apps that use the iOS mapping now have to use Apple Maps too.

Overall, there's not much difference from iOS 5.

BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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Mine just broke, again hehe Oh well, iphone 5 is on it's way as I didn't realise I was due an upgrade.


Koofler

616 posts

165 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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On ipad 3, it's borked Home Sharing quite badly on both music and video which is its main use in our house.

Lots on the Apple forums about the above.

I think the main issue is that the majority of issues people are having after moving to IOS6 are being completely ignored by Apple, despite having numerous threads on their support forums that are heavily modded but ignored by Apple tech support. I spoke to them a couple of days ago and they wouldn't acknowledge the home sharing issues despite me pointing them to a dozen threads....

Given the option, I'd go back to IOS5.

CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

225 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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No problems on my iPad 3. Facetime works fine. I don't use home sharing.

CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

225 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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Koofler said:
On ipad 3, it's borked Home Sharing quite badly on both music and video which is its main use in our house.

Lots on the Apple forums about the above.

I think the main issue is that the majority of issues people are having after moving to IOS6 are being completely ignored by Apple, despite having numerous threads on their support forums that are heavily modded but ignored by Apple tech support. I spoke to them a couple of days ago and they wouldn't acknowledge the home sharing issues despite me pointing them to a dozen threads....

Given the option, I'd go back to IOS5.
As long as you've got the .ipsw file for IOS5, you can downgrade by option-clicking the "upgrade" button; it lets you browse to the firmware you want to install.

BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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Koofler said:
On ipad 3, it's borked Home Sharing quite badly on both music and video which is its main use in our house.

Lots on the Apple forums about the above.

I think the main issue is that the majority of issues people are having after moving to IOS6 are being completely ignored by Apple, despite having numerous threads on their support forums that are heavily modded but ignored by Apple tech support. I spoke to them a couple of days ago and they wouldn't acknowledge the home sharing issues despite me pointing them to a dozen threads....

Given the option, I'd go back to IOS5.
I was quite surprised the Apple shop when the guy just shrugged his shoulders in a "you're fked" sort of way when I described my problem. Someone else there looked like they wanted to help a bit more but the manager took him away to deal with something else. Oh well, hopefully my new iphone will be ok - this one has lasted 2 years to be fair.

LordGrover

33,531 posts

211 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2013
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Two issues on my ipad 3 (MD366B) since iOS 6
1. Connections with my home wifi is patchy and just frustrating. Apple's 'solution' is to remove security from the network - it then remains connected. Unfortunately, as well as being plain stupid, no security means the time capsule will not connect over wifi.
2. I didn't know this till I read about it above. iMessages are received on my iPhone only, not any other devices using my apple ID. Des it need enabling somewhere.

FTR all devices have latest firmware.