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iOS 14.2 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

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iOS 14.2

Release Date ― November 5, 2020
Build Number ― 18B92
Darwin Kernel Version ― 20.1.0: Fri Oct 30 00:34:17 PDT 2020; root:xnu-7195.42.3~1

iOS 14.2 includes the following improvements for your iPhone:
  • Over 100 new emoji, including animals, food, faces, household objects, musical instruments, gender-inclusive emoji, and more
  • Eight new wallpapers in both light and dark mode versions
  • Magnifier can detect people nearby, and report their distance using the LiDAR sensor included in iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max
  • Support for iPhone 12 Leather Sleeve with MagSafe
  • Optimized battery charging for AirPods to slow the rate of battery aging by reducing the time your AirPods spends fully charged
  • Headphone audio level notifications to alert you when audio level could impact your hearing
  • New AirPlay controls to stream entertainment throughout your home
  • Intercom support with HomePod and HomePod mini using iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, and CarPlay
  • Ability to connect HomePod to Apple TV 4K for stereo, surround sound, and Dolby Atmos audio
  • Option to provide statistics about Exposure Notifications, without identifying you, to participating Public Health Authorities
This release also fixes the following issues:
  • Apps could be out of order on the Home Screen dock
  • Camera viewfinder may appear black when launched
  • The keyboard on the Lock Screen could miss touches when trying to enter the passcode
  • Reminders could default to times in the past
  • Photos widget may not display content
  • Weather widget could display the high temperature in Celsius when set to Fahrenheit
  • Next-hour precipitation chart description in Weather could incorrectly indicate when precipitation stops
  • Voice Memos recordings are interrupted by incoming calls
  • The screen could be black during Netflix video playback
  • Apple Cash could fail to send or receive money when asked via Siri
  • Apple Watch app may unexpectedly close when opened
  • Workout GPS routes or Health data are prevented from syncing between Apple Watch and iPhone for some users
  • Audio is incorrectly labeled as "Not Playing” in the CarPlay Dashboard
  • Devices could be prevented from charging wirelessly
  • Exposure Notifications is disabled when restoring iPhone from iCloud Backup or transferring data to a new iPhone using iPhone Migration
New Features & Changes
New Issues
Remaining Issues
Resolved Issues
Additional Notes
  • iPhone 12 Pro: 1.14.05
  • Intel iPhone 11/Pro/Max/SE 2020: 2.02.04
  • Intel iPhone XR/XS/Max: 3.01.01
  • Qualcomm iPhone 8/8 Plus/X: 6.02.01
  • Intel iPhone 8/8 Plus/X: 3.50.04
  • Qualcomm iPhone 7/7 Plus: 7.10.01
  • Intel iPhone 7/7 Plus: 5.00.00
  • iPhone SE: 10.00.02
  • iPhone 6S/6S Plus: 7.70.00 and 8.02.01
United States
  • Verizon - 44.0.1
  • Visible (MVNO Verizon) 34.0
  • Verizon (iPad) - 41.0
  • T-Mobile - 42.1
  • T-Mobile (iPad) - 34.5
  • AT&T - 41.7.54 and 42
  • AT&T (iPad) - 37.0 (b6)
  • FirstNet - 41.7.8
  • FirstNet (iPad) - 41.7.6
  • Cricket - 40.5.2
  • MetroPCS -
  • U.S. Cellular - 32.5.9
  • Sprint - 40.0
  • TracFone/Straight Talk/Walmart Family Mobile - 44.0.1
  • Xfinity Mobile 44
Australia
  • Optus - 44.0
  • Telstra - 44.0
  • Vodafone AU - 44.0
Belgium
  • Orange B - 32.5.7
  • BASE - 33.0
  • Telenet - 44.1
  • Proximus - 44.0
Canada
  • Videotron - 42.0
  • Rogers - 41.0
  • Fido - 38.0
  • Bell - 42.0
  • Telus - 32.5.12
  • Freedom Mobile - 42.0
  • Fizz - 42.0
  • Virgin Mobile - 42.0
France
  • Bouygues Telecom - 40.0
  • Orange France - 44.0
Germany
  • Vodafone.de - 42.0
  • Telekom.de - 40.0
  • O2-DE - 40.0
Greece:
  • Cosmote - 38.0
Guatemala
  • TIGO GT - 42.0.1
India
  • Airtel - 42.0
  • Jio - 42.0
  • Vodafone Idea - 41.7.5
  • Idea Cellular - 40.0
Ireland
  • Eir - 33.5
  • Vodafone IE - 38.0
Mexico
  • Mexico - Telcel - 35.0
Morocco
  • Orange - 44.0
Netherlands
  • KPN - 44.0
  • Vodafone NL - 44.0
Poland
  • T-Mobile -
  • Orange - 32.0
  • Play - 31.0
Portugal
  • Vodafone P - 40.0
Southeast Asia
  • Singapore Singtel -
  • Philippines Globe - 44.0
  • Philippines Globe (iPad) - 38.0
  • Philippines Smart - 44.0
  • Thailand AIS -
  • Malaysia Umobile - 33.0
  • Malaysia Maxis -33.0
  • Malaysia Digi -
  • Malaysia celcom -
  • Hong Kong - 32.0
Sweden
  • Comviq -
  • Tre - 31.0
Switzerland
  • Salt - 42.0
  • Swisscom - 41.0
Turkey
  • Turkcell (Lifecell) - 36.5.5
  • Vodafone TR - 32.0
  • Turk Telekom - 32.0
United Kingdom
  • EE - 42.0
  • BT-UK (MVNO on EE)- 44.0.1
  • Three - 42.0
  • iD Mobile (MVNO on Three) - 36.5.4
  • O2-UK - 44.0
  • Giffgaff (O2 MVNO) - 41.0
  • Vodafone UK - 40.0
  • Virgin Mobile (EE MVNO) - 39.5
Other
  • Docomo - 32.5.10
  • AlwaysOnline -
 
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From 14.2 beta 4 to 14.2 RC the imessage notifications didn't show up, had to go into the app, to see if there is a new message. Because of this i downgraded back to 14.1, where the problem does not exist. I hope they have fixed it with the build change.
 
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From 14.2 beta 4 to 14.2 RC the imessage notifications didn't show up, had to go into the app, to see if there is a new message. Beacause of this i downgraded back to 14.1, where the problem does not exist. I hope they have fixed it with the build change.
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I noticed the same. I toggled all of my Messages notifications on/off a few times in Settings and I think that fixed it.
 
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DeadKlau5 said:
From 14.2 beta 4 to 14.2 RC the imessage notifications didn't show up, had to go into the app, to see if there is a new message. Because of this i downgraded back to 14.1, where the problem does not exist. I hope they have fixed it with the build change.
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Wow. Thanks for voicing that, I thought I was just really bad at noticing my iMessage notifications lately. So many conversations I had supposedly viewed hours ago. Maybe something actually has been fishy and I’m not crazy...
 
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boxermansr said:
Newer than RC1 (18B91) no?

OTA is 4.3 GB going from the RC to this.
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I was running 14.1 on my 12 and the 14.2 update was considerably smaller than what you are saying...don't remember the size, but it was way smaller.
 
Frehley said:
I was running 14.1 on my 12 and the 14.2 update was considerably smaller than what you are saying...don't remember the size, but it was way smaller.
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Yeah it was smaller on my wife's iPhone 11 Pro Max, as she was still on 14.1. I was on 14.2 RC1 so I guess it was a full update from RC1 -> Final.
 
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boxermansr said:
Yeah it was smaller on my wife's iPhone 11 Pro Max, as she was still on 14.1. I was on 14.2 RC1 so I guess it was a full update from RC1 -> Final.
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I was running RC1 on my Xs Max and the new update checks in at 5.02GB!
 
I’m completely missing 5G after installing 14.2. All I have is LTE. It’s an iOS 14.2 issue or it’s just me?
 
When I set those new wallpaper, even I set perspective zoom off and the icons still move. ☹️
 
f0ku5 said:
I’m completely missing 5G after installing 14.2. All I have is LTE. It’s an iOS 14.2 issue or it’s just me?
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Weird. I have 5G turned off on my 12 Pro but when I saw your message I looked at my phone and I had no bars with Verizon WiFi showing. I disabled and enabled cellular and my signal came back.
 
I had an issue where I couldn't edit photo's on 14.1, seems to be fixed now on 14.2.

Modem firmware on my XS updated to 3.01.01
Carrier version KPN NL and Vodafone NL updated to 44.0
Wiki updated
 
Knowlege Bomb said:
Weird. I have 5G turned off on my 12 Pro but when I saw your message I looked at my phone and I had no bars with Verizon WiFi showing. I disabled and enabled cellular and my signal came back.
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In my case turning iPhone off and then again on fixed it. Strange, because normally using airplane mode should do the trick, but this time it failed :)
 
1.1 GB from 14.1 on a 12 Pro. I didn't even bother looking at the modem info before I upgraded. Oh well.
 
iPhone 7+
I just updated to iOS 14.2, now some of my app pages are missing. I took the pain to sort through my apps and categorize them into their own pages and hide/ unhide them when necessary, but now I noticed some of those pages are missing. This is annoying, I do not want to reset home screen layout and do it all over again.
 
Looks like a number of fixes beyond those listed in the release notes are also in iOS 14.2.
 
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