iOS 15.2 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[iamMacPerson]

Custom vibrations seem to no longer work with iOS 15.2. When I went into contacts it didn’t show the custom vibration on the contact card and after setting it again it’s still using the default vibration.

 

[Fred Zed]

iPhone 12 👍🏼

Try charging to 80% , unplug and hard reboot.

 

[sbailey4]

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Not here, no. 13PM.

Well there is always 15.2.1-15.8.1 to sort it out. Very strange this message exists but no one is getting it. Perhaps its a model specific issue. Oh well probably never use it anyway. Can just copy the created address from the settings if need be.

 

[Pearsey]

Try charging to 80% , unplug and hard reboot.

Will do today. See what happens ??.

 

[StumpyBloke]

Well there is always 15.2.1-15.8.1 to sort it out. Very strange this message exists but no one is getting it. Perhaps its a model specific issue. Oh well probably never use it anyway. Can just copy the created address from the settings if need be.

I saw it or something very similar the first time I selected hide my email in the from box when composing a new email. And as it said I had to associate the proper email address I wanted to use.

 

[Pearsey]

Well there is always 15.2.1-15.8.1 to sort it out. Very strange this message exists but no one is getting it. Perhaps its a model specific issue. Oh well probably never use it anyway. Can just copy the created address from the settings if need be.

Yeah for me, Private Relay and Hide my email are staying off until they come off beta for my phone and MBP - to much trouble than it’s worth right now, but we will get there ??

 

[EPO75]

Just came here to also say the battery life on my 13 Pro is ridiculously good the RC build. 2.5 hours of phone calls today, plus emails, texting and I’m still at 70%+

I guess you guys don’t have a Apple watch & Airtags (+ other findmy stuff) & Homekit accessories? My battery life is bad but was always bad unfortunately.

 

[Diesel79]

Has anyone experienced any issues with contacts? I’ve had a few contacts duplicate themselves without me doing a thing. I only noticed whilst looking for a contact yesterday.

Also, I’m seeing some contacts names disappear with just their phone number and iCloud photo showing.

This has happened to contacts I’ve had for years and 1 pretty recent contact.

I saw one contact had been replicated into 4 contacts, all with the same name, phone number, and! iCloud photo. These are two strange bugs that I’ve never encountered before.

 

[Bobout]

Has anyone experienced any issues with contacts? I’ve had a few contacts duplicate themselves without me doing a thing. I only noticed whilst looking for a contact yesterday.

Also, I’m seeing some contacts names disappear with just their phone number and iCloud photo showing.

This has happened to contacts I’ve had for years and 1 pretty recent contact.

I saw one contact had been replicated into 4 contacts, all with the same name, phone number, and! iCloud photo. These are two strange bugs that I’ve never encountered before.

This only happens to me if I turn on contacts from other email accounts like yahoo and Gmail.. I turned off add contacts from those services and duplicates went away ..

 

[Diesel79]

I guess you guys don’t have a Apple watch & Airtags (+ other findmy stuff) & Homekit accessories? My battery life is bad but was always bad unfortunately.

I have those items and the battery life on my 13PM has been fantastic all throughout the 15.2 betas.

I know how you feel suffering with bad battery life. My 12PM had terrible battery life. I saw lots of people getting good battery life with the 12PM too.

The battery life on my 13PM has been good since I bought the phone at launch, but it genuinely has been fantastic with all of the 15.2 betas and, now with the 15.2 RC. Apple will have to fix a few longer standing issues before I jump on the beta train again when 15.2 RC is release.

 

[drak22]

As the days go by with RC, instead of stabilizing it seems that it is getting worse. The blocking sound goes with lag, or does not sound at all; sometimes notifications do not sound when they arrive, something that did not happen to me for many betas; the system data has shot up, and I notice in some applications lag when scrolling through them, as it gives microtirons, when it did not happen before. I have reinstalled by ipsw twice already, because the original one did it wrong for some reason, so I will only have the restoration if the compilation that they launch next week is the same as this one.

 

[twx]

I guess you guys don’t have a Apple watch & Airtags (+ other findmy stuff) & Homekit accessories? My battery life is bad but was always bad unfortunately.

I have an Apple Watch that I use daily. No AirTags. But AirPods Pro that I use everyday and AirPods Max.

 

[Pearsey]

Try charging to 80% , unplug and hard reboot.

Oh yeaaaaah. How odd. 🤔

Good find buddy. Will report.

 

[sbailey4]

I saw it or something very similar the first time I selected hide my email in the from box when composing a new email. And as it said I had to associate the proper email address I wanted to use.

Yeah first time it popped up I went to settings and ONLY one email account was in there to choose from (the AppleID acct). I selected it and got the check mark. But still get this message and there is no other accounts in there to choose from or change to. Anyway thx for the input. Like @Pearsey said, perhaps when its out of beta is the time to start using it.

 

[Banglazed]

iOS 15.2

Developer Release Date ― December 10, 2021 (RC 2), December 7, 2021 (RC)
Public Release Date ― December 13, 2021
Build Number - 19C56 | 19C57 (iPhone 13)
Darwin Kernel Version ― 21.2.0: Sun Nov 28 20:43:39 PST 2021; root:xnu-8019.62.2~1

(Will merge with RC build)

iOS 15.2 Release Notes

iOS 15.2 adds Apple Music Voice Plan, a new subscription tier that provides access to music using Siri. This update also includes the App Privacy Report, new safety features for children and parents in Messages, and other features and bug fixes for your iPhone.

Apple Music Voice Plan

• Apple Music Voice Plan is a new subscription tier that gives you access to all songs, playlists, and stations in Apple Music using Siri
• Just Ask Siri suggests music based on your listening history and likes or dislikes
• Play it Again lets you access a list of your recently played music

Privacy

• App Privacy Report in Settings lets you see how often apps have accessed your location, photos, camera, microphone, contacts and more during the last seven days, as well as their network activity

Messages

• Communication safety setting gives parents the ability to enable warnings for children when they receive or send photos that contain nudity
• Safety warnings contain helpful resources for children when they receive photos that contain nudity

Siri and Search

• Expanded guidance in Siri, Spotlight and Safari Search to help children and parents stay safe online and get help with unsafe situations

Apple ID

• Digital Legacy allows you to designate people as Legacy Contacts so they can access your iCloud account and personal information in the event of your death

Camera

• Macro photo control for switching to the Ultra Wide lens to capture macro photos and videos can be enabled in Settings on iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max

TV app

• Store tab lets you browse, buy, and rent movies and TV Shows all in one place

CarPlay

• Enhanced city map in Apple Maps with road details like turn lanes, medians, bike lanes, and pedestrian crosswalks for supported cities

This release also includes the following enhancements for your iPhone:

• Hide My Email is available in the Mail app for iCloud+ subscribers to create unique, random email addresses
• Find My can locate iPhone for up to five hours when in Power Reserve
• Stocks allows you to view the currency for a ticker and see year-to-date performance when viewing charts
• Reminders and Notes now allow you to delete or rename tags

This release also includes bug fixes for your iPhone:

• Siri may not respond while VoiceOver is running and iPhone is locked
• ProRAW photos may appear overexposed when viewing in third-party photo editing apps
• HomeKit scenes that include a garage door may not run from CarPlay when your iPhone is locked
• CarPlay may not update Now Playing information for certain apps
• Video streaming apps may not load content on iPhone 13 models
• Calendar events may appear on the wrong day for Microsoft Exchange users

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:

iOS 15.2 RC Release Notes

New Features & Changes

• Auto Call can now be set up to use one of two methods for initiating an emergency call: holding the side button together with a volume button, or rapidly pressing the side button multiple times. Both methods now show a longer, 8-second countdown before placing an emergency call
• Parts and Service History in Settings>About to see if the battery, display, or camera have been replaced

New Issues
Remaining Issues

• Streaming in the Music app could result in higher CPU usage, causing faster battery drain in some scenarios

Resolved Issues

• Character count is correctly reported in Messages.

Additional Notes

• Developers and testers can still report bugs using the hidden Feedback app by entering the following in Safari URL:
  

  applefeedback://

• iOS Release Notes
• iOS Beta Release Notes
• iOS Security Updates

Spoiler: Modem Firmware

• iPhone 13/Mini/Pro/Max: 1.32.09
• iPhone 12/Mini/Pro/Max: 2.23.02
• iPhone 11/Pro/Max/SE 2020: 2.04.07
• iPhone XR/XS/Max: 4.02.02
• Qualcomm iPhone 8/8 Plus/X: 7.00.00
• Intel iPhone 8/8 Plus/X: 5.01.01
• Qualcomm iPhone 7/7 Plus: 7.10.01
• Intel iPhone 7/7 Plus: 5.00.00
• iPhone SE: 11.01.02
• iPhone 6S/6S Plus: 7.70.00 and 8.02.01
• iPad Air 4th gen: 3.01.02

Spoiler: Carrier Version

United States

• Verizon - 49.0
• Visible (MVNO Verizon) 46.0
• Verizon (iPad) - 41.0
• T-Mobile - 49.0
• AT&T - 49.0.1
• FirstNet - 49.0
• FirstNet (iPad) - 41.7.6
• Cricket - 40.5.2
• MetroPCS -
• U.S. Cellular - 46.7.24
• Sprint - 40.0
• TracFone/Straight Talk/Walmart Family Mobile - 49.0
• Xfinity Mobile 45

Australia

• Optus - 49.0
• Telstra - 49.0
• Vodafone AU - 49.0

Belgium

• BASE - 33.0
• Orange B - 32.5.7
• Proximus - 45.0
• Telenet - 44.1

Canada

• Videotron - 49.0
• Rogers - 41.0
• Fido - 49.0
• Bell - 48.5
• Telus - 48.5
• Freedom/Shaw Mobile - 49.0
• Fizz - 49.0
• Virgin Mobile - 49.0

Denmark

• 3 DK - 46.7.11

France

• Bouygues Telecom - 40.0
• Orange France - 47.0

Germany

• Vodafone.de - 48.5
• Telekom.de - 47.0
• O2-DE - 48.5.1

Greece:

• Cosmote - 38.0

Guatemala

• TIGO GT - 49.0

India

• Airtel - 48.0
• Jio - 48.0
• Vi India (Vodafone Idea) - 47.0

Ireland

• Eir - 33.5
• Vodafone IE - 38.0

Mexico

• Mexico - Telcel - 35.0

Morocco

• Orange - 44.0

Netherlands

• KPN - 49.0
• Vodafone NL - 45.0

Poland

• T-Mobile -
• Orange - 47.0
• Play - 31.0

Portugal

• Vodafone P - 40.0

Southeast Asia

• Singapore Singtel -
• Philippines Globe - 46.0
• 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
• Taiwan -

Sweden

• Comviq -
• Tre - 31.0

Switzerland

• Salt - 45.0
• Swisscom - 45.0

Turkey

• Turkcell (Lifecell) - 36.5.5
• Vodafone TR - 32.0
• Turk Telekom - 32.0

United Kingdom

• EE - 49.0
• BT-UK (MVNO on EE)- 46.7.11
• Three - 49.0
• 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
• Lebara (Vodafone MVNO) - 49.0

Other

• Docomo - 32.5.10
• AlwaysOnline -
• TDC (Denmark) 46.0

 

[Maclver]

Build 19C57

 

[thenobody]

It’s for iPhone 13 phones only

 

[Manneman32]

Odd… not getting it OTA.

 

[WaruiKoohii]

390 something MB on my iPhone 13 Pro Max.

 

[Manneman32]

It’s for iPhone 13 phones only

Where did you read that?

 

[thenobody]

Where did you read that?

Developer portal shows it’s iPhone 13 phones only

 

[drak22]

I have looked for information, and neither Apple nor anyone indicates that this RC2 is exclusive for some specific models, but it looks like it is. I don't have it available on an 11 pro

 

[Manneman32]

Developer portal shows it’s iPhone 13 phones only

Thanks, mate!

 

[GoldenChild]

Hopefully this fixes the constant Siri battery usage. Even with hey Siri turned off it was always at the top of my battery usage on my 13PM.

 

[Broken Hope]

Updated modem firmware.