iOS 26.6 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[Omega Mac]

Did everyone panic updating all at the same time, brick US cell carriers? 😅

 

[Hans300]

Maybe Iran is hacking US tech services...?

 

[Harddrive]

Updated everything I guess their servers were hit hard one of the slowest updates I have done in awhile.

 

[sw1tcher]

Updated and now I cannot get a cell signal. It's stuck on SOS 🙄

Restarted. Nothing.
Force restart. Nothing
Turn Airplane Mode on then off. Nothing.


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EDIT... did a Reset Network Settings. Nothing.

Started hearing a bunch of back-to-back Ding! Ding! Ding! SMS alert sounds. Thought the iPhone was going crazy until I noticed it was because it picked up a cell signal. So a nearly 4.5 hour outage for me.

 

[burnout8488]

Everyone’s saying T-Mobile is to blame but the only people without service are the ones that just updated to 26.6.. how does that make sense? Non-updated Tmo devices in my house are fine, never dropped service at all. The only device without service had it occur immediately after 26.6.

 

[Harddrive]

I am all AT&T never lost service.

 

[eveluvsrainbows]

Updated and now I cannot get a cell signal. It's stuck on SOS 🙄

Restarted. Nothing.
Force restart. Nothing
Turn Airplane Mode on then off. Nothing.


View attachment 2648299


EDIT... did a Reset Network Settings. Nothing.

That is not because of an iOS issue. T-Mobile was down. Maybe next time instead of blaming an iOS update (which would not kill cell signal in the first place because Apple QA’s this stuff), maybe assume that there is an outage with your cell carrier instead.

 

[eveluvsrainbows]

Everyone’s saying T-Mobile is to blame but the only people without service are the ones that just updated to 26.6.. how does that make sense? Non-updated Tmo devices in my house are fine, never dropped service at all. The only device without service had it occur immediately after 26.6.

No, it isn’t. You quite literally can’t say it was because of the 26.6 update because even T-Mobile themselves said that there was/is an outage, and its almost guaranteed that there were devices not running 26.6 that were impacted:

T-Mobile 'actively working' to fix ongoing outage, iPhone SOS mode - 9to5Mac

T-Mobile is down across the United States, and many iPhone users are seeing "SOS" in their device's status bar.

9to5mac.com

Apple tests this stuff before they release updates, they wouldn’t release an update that would bork signal, esp. not on a single carrier only. They have a robust test suite that they run before they release each update.

 

[sw1tcher]

That is not because of an iOS issue. T-Mobile was down. Maybe next time instead of blaming an iOS update (which would not kill cell signal in the first place because Apple QA’s this stuff), maybe assume that there is an outage with your cell carrier instead.

You say Apple QA's this stuff and yet OS updates have been known to cause issues in the past

Apple Fixes Bug That Bricked Some Intel Macs After macOS Monterey Install

Apple has fixed an issue that could cause some Intel Macs with a T2 chip to fail to boot up after macOS Monterey was installed, Apple said in a statement. There was a problem with the firmware on the Apple T2 security chip that prevented some users from being able start their Macs after updating...

www.macrumors.com

macOS Monterey 12.3 Update Bricking Macs That Have Had Logic Board Replacements

The latest macOS Monterey update, released to the public this week, is bricking Macs that have had their logic boards replaced, causing panic among customers who are unable to get their Mac back to a working state, according to a cluster of user reports posted on social media and Apple's support...

www.macrumors.com

Apple Pulls iPadOS 18 for M4 iPad Pro After Bricking Complaints [Updated]

Apple stopped signing the iPadOS 18 update for the M4 iPad Pro models, which means the new software is no longer available to be downloaded and installed at the current time. The update appears to have been pulled following complaints from some iPad Pro owners, who found that the update bricked...

www.macrumors.com

There are reports on Reddit from ‌iPad Pro‌ users who had an interruption in the installation process, leading to an iPad that refused to turn on. A total replacement was required for affected users.


Note the part ^ in bold

 

[James6s]

Of course I don’t. The newest devices I have run iOS (and iPadOS) 18.3(.1). And I’m glad, Liquid Glass is (subjectively) ugly.

You can take steps to minimise the Liquid Glass effect if you don’t like it.
Personally I love it, best redesign in years!

I know you won’t, but I think iOS 26 is now safe to install with the release 26.6. It’s taken Apple a shockingly long time to get iOS 26 stable.

Post #44 16 Pro user & post #75 iPhone 15 user reporting improvements with 26.6.