iOS 11.2.6 Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[Banglazed]

iOS 11.2.6

Release Date — February 19, 2018
Build Number —15D100
Darwin Kernel Version — 17.4.0: Wed Dec 13 22:51:56 PST 2017; root:xnu-4570.40.9~7\/RELEASE_ARM64_T8010

New Features & Changes
New Issues

• Adding a new contact via the dialer in the phone app will save the contact but the contact name will not show up in the dailer.(iPhone 7, please verify other devices)

Remaining Issues

• Keyboard keys become blue when text is pasted in the text field of WhatsApp, especially for URLs (Since iOS 11.0)
• Widgets jump up then goes back to normal position after device restart (Since iOS 11.0)
• Unlocking the device causes keyboard to disappear for a moment if keyboard is left open before locking the device (Since iOS 11.0)
• Transition animation stutters a lot while entering into the city list in Weather app when device is in Low Power Mode (Since iOS 11.0)
• Widgets and search bar overlap during call (Since iOS 11.0)
• Emoji keyboard has duplicate emojis in Frequently Used tab after resetting the keyboard settings (Since iOS 11.0)
• Weather Widget is not updating every time visiting the widget page (since iOS 11.0)

Resolved Issues

• Fixes an issue where using certain character (Telugu) sequences could cause apps to crash
• Fixes an issue where some third-party apps could fail to connect to external accessories

Spoiler: Modem Firmware

• Qualcomm iPhone 7 Plus: 3.42.00
• Qualcomm iPhone 7: 3.42.00
• Intel iPhone 7 Plus: 2.02.04
  
• Intel iPhone 7: 2.02.04
• Intel iPhone 8: 1.03.06
• Qualcomm iPhone 8 Plus: 1.62.00
• Intel iPhone 8 Plus: 1.03.06
• Qualcomm iPhone X: 1.62.00
• Intel iPhone X: 1.03.06
• iPhone SE: 6.30.4
• iPhone 6 Plus: 6.30.4
• iPhone 6: 6.30.4
  
• iPhone 6S/6S Plus: 4.30.02

Spoiler: Carrier Version

United States

• Verizon - 31.1
• Verizon iPads - 30.5
• T-Mobile - 31.1
• AT&T - 31.0
• MetroPCS -
• U.S. Cellular - 30.5.1
• Sprint - 31.1

United Kingdom

• O2-UK - 31.0
• BT-UK - 31.0
• Three - 31.0
• EE - 31.1
• Vodafone UK -

Canada

• Videotron -
• Rogers - 31.0
  
• Fido - 31.0
  
• Bell -
• Telus - 31.1
• Freedom Mobile - 31.1

France

• Orange France -

Germany

• O2-DE -
• Vodafone.de - 31.0
• Telekom.de - 31.0

Netherlands

• KPN -

Southeast Asia

• Singapore Singtel -
• Philippines Globe - 31.0
• Thailand AIS -

Sweden

• Comviq -
• Tre - 31.1

Ireland

• Meteor

Australia

• Optus - 30.5.1
• Telstra - 31.0

Turkey

• Turkcell (Lifecell) - 31.0
• Vodafone TR - 31.0
• Turk Telekom - 31.0

Poland

• T-Mobile - 31.0
• Orange - 31.0
• Play - 31.0

India

• Airtel - 31.0
• Jio - 31.0 (previously 30.5.2)

Mexico

• Mexico - Telcel - 31.0

Guatemala

• TIGO GT - 31.0

Other

• Docomo - 31.0
• AlwaysOnline -

 

[ras113]

Thanks.. but whats new?

 

[ZEEN0j]

Telugu bug fixed

 

[gahig ulo]

where is the people only 3 comments?

 

[BiGG DIESEL]

Continue the discussion here :

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...bug-that-causes-ios-devices-to-crash.2106764/

 

[Gonzbull]

My familys native language is Telugu. I know not a word! Sad.

 

[Kenc1103]

Video streaming has stopped working in Safari and apps after updating to iOS 11.2.6. Anyone having the same issue?

 

[frankenhooker]

Video streaming has stopped working in Safari and apps after updating to iOS 11.2.6. Anyone having the same issue?

No problem on my iPhone 7.

 

[Kenc1103]

No problem on my iPhone 7.

Only app able to stream video is YouTube. I have iPhone X.
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Only app able to stream video is YouTube. I have iPhone X.

I got it back to work after turning the phone off and on.

 

[BlankStar]

First: try reboot
Then: forumpost

 

[Jason B]

Did anyone notice their phone working any better from 11.2.5 to this 11.2.6? I'm on a 6, just wondering.

I have text message LAG!

 

[ipooed]

Did anyone notice their phone working any better from 11.2.5 to this 11.2.6? I'm on a 6, just wondering.

Haven’t noticed any performance enhancements iPhone 7 Plus.

Edit: I have noticed a small bump in battery life.

 

[Kenc1103]

First: try reboot
Then: forumpost

This is the first time that I had to reboot my phone for video streaming to work after an iOS update.

 

[Alex_Aug28]

iPhone 6s Plus, updated from iOS 11.2.5 to iOS 11.2.6 and it broke my cellular network, stays in an constant "Searching" network state..

 

[digitalexplr]

iPhone 6s Plus, updated from iOS 11.2.5 to iOS 11.2.6 and it broke my cellular network, stays in an constant "Searching" network state..

Try resetting network settings.

 

[ipooed]

iPhone 7 Plus, decent battery life since the update.

 

[ebika]

I updated yesterday, and my iPhone 8 is getting crazy good battery life today, in the neighborhood of ~10% drain when I would normally see ~50%. Hopefully it keeps this up, and nothing is broken that should be working.

 

[csurfr]

Any of you X owners noticed lag? I’ve had a lot of stuttering between the widgets screen and the home screen, as well as when typing in iMessage, and browsing in safari.. I suppose I’ll try to wipe and reinstall to see if that helps.

 

[Banglazed]

Any of you X owners noticed lag? I’ve had a lot of stuttering between the widgets screen and the home screen, as well as when typing in iMessage, and browsing in safari.. I suppose I’ll try to wipe and reinstall to see if that helps.

No issue on my friend’s X. You should put that bad boy in recovery mode and update again since it’s possibly a bad OTA.

 

[csurfr]

No issue on my friend’s X. You should put that bad boy in recovery mode and update again since it’s possibly a bad OTA.

I’m thinking that as well. Restoring via iTunes will do the same thing, right? Or should I toss it in DFU mode?

 

[Banglazed]

I’m thinking that as well. Restoring via iTunes will do the same thing, right? Or should I toss it in DFU mode?

If you update using recovery mode, it will preserve your data and overwrite iOS system files if it’s corrupt. If you have the time to do a clean wipe, you can restore it either recovery or DFU. I would use DFU mode since it bypass boot loader and it was designed for downgrading and updating firmware.

 

[csurfr]

If you update using recovery mode, it will preserve your data and overwrite iOS system files if it’s corrupt. If you have the time to do a clean wipe, you can restore it either recovery or DFU. I would use DFU mode since it bypass boot loader and it was designed for downgrading and updating firmware.

Good to know, thanks. I’ll google the way to put the X in DFU. Haven’t had to do that yet.

 

[Banglazed]

Good to know, thanks. I’ll google the way to put the X in DFU. Haven’t had to do that yet.

There’s like 2 diff method for DFU mode for X. Easiest way is to connect to iTunes while powered on, quickly press volume up, volume down then press and hold side till it powered down, as soon as screen turn black press and hold volume down with the side for 5 seconds and release side button but continue holding volume down till iTunes detect it.

 

[Perene]

Can someone clarify or post a link explaining how the last iOS version as of February 22 works in terms of disabling wi-fi and bluetooth completely? In other words, AIRPLANE MODE. I used iOS 11 in another device but now I am not going to upgrade my IPP 10.5 (or at least I'll wait for a long time). I heard Airplane mode now works partially, since some devices like the Pencil can still use it, and at least in iOS 10.X if I enable Airplane mode I'll need to pair the Pencil again (this isn't the case with the Airpods).

I wonder if enabling Airplane mode in the last iOS 11 version is in any way different than doing that in iOS 10.X if we use this kind of device to measure it:

Any thoughts?

http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/emf.html

This link says the following:

Apple are making it harder and harder to lower your EMF exposure by reducing the users choice to disable WiFi.

For example:

• In the latest release of iOS 11 you can no longer turn off WiFi or Bluetooth from the iPhone Control Centre.
• The new Apple Home Pod does not have an Ethernet port. It only works with wifi. (Google Home can be used with an Ethernet cable using the Chrome Ethernet adapter)

P.S. another thing that really bothers me is the pop-up that Apple sends every few minutes warning me that I am using Airplane mode, while I try to use certain apps. Unfortunately there's no way to disable this thing.

Also, like I said here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/problem-with-ipp-10-5-and-earpods.2106653/#post-25831700

Once the Earpods are plugged we can't select the iPAD speakers. The only way to do that is if we use the AIRPODS. Another stupid limitation.

 

[Paddle1]

Can someone clarify or post a link explaining how the last iOS version as of February 22 works in terms of disabling wi-fi and bluetooth completely? In other words, AIRPLANE MODE. I used iOS 11 in another device but now I am not going to upgrade my IPP 10.5 (or at least I'll wait for a long time). I heard Airplane mode now works partially, since some devices like the Pencil can still use it, and at least in iOS 10.X if I enable Airplane mode I'll need to pair the Pencil again (this isn't the case with the Airpods).

I wonder if enabling Airplane mode in the last iOS 11 version is in any way different than doing that in iOS 10.X if we use this kind of device to measure it:

Any thoughts?

http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/emf.html

This link says the following:

Apple are making it harder and harder to lower your EMF exposure by reducing the users choice to disable WiFi.

For example:

• In the latest release of iOS 11 you can no longer turn off WiFi or Bluetooth from the iPhone Control Centre.
• The new Apple Home Pod does not have an Ethernet port. It only works with wifi. (Google Home can be used with an Ethernet cable using the Chrome Ethernet adapter)

P.S. another thing that really bothers me is the pop-up that Apple sends every few minutes warning me that I am using Airplane mode, while I try to use certain apps. Unfortunately there's no way to disable this thing.

Also, like I said here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/problem-with-ipp-10-5-and-earpods.2106653/#post-25831700

Once the Earpods are plugged we can't select the iPAD speakers. The only way to do that is if we use the AIRPODS. Another stupid limitation.

This has been the case since September. To fully disable wifi or Bluetooth you have to use either the Settings app or Siri. Airplane mode works as well. The other toggles in control center will only "temporarily disconnect" you without actually turning off the radios.