iOS 26 Speculation Thread

[zarmanto]

I hope they don’t can 26.0.2 after testing it internally, it would be unprecedented behavior for them and I am more interested in installing that than 26.1

I just went back through this thread to see if I could find some indication as to why you're so upset right now, and couldn't find it. Can you please enlighten us as to why you're so dead set on hating 26.1?

 

[MrRom92]

There is no truth in Apple releasing an update that hasn't't been released yet 😆 And telling people how unstable it is when it's not unstable, is in my mind fear mongering. Plus, if there IS any testing being done internally with 26.0.2, any "bug fixes" you'll be wanting would be included in 26.1

It’s been particularly unstable for me, even more so than when I was on any of the iOS 26 betas. If that’s fear mongering, I’d rather be fear mongering than ignorant, which would be the case if I said everything is fine when it clearly is not.

Even if the same (or any) bug fixes are implemented in 26.1, rolling out a new build that they’ve clearly already developed and have been testing would be pretty simple and the correct course of action instead of just throwing hands to the wind and saying “ahhh screw em, let them wait another 2 weeks”


Fear mongering would be me speculating that the release of 26.0.2 was canceled because they discovered some severe device bricking bug in their code that they couldn’t let out in good conscience. Such a catastrophe wouldn’t be unheard of for Apple… what would be unheard of is them pulling it rather than letting out flawed software to the masses and letting everyone else sort it out! See: the versions of Apple Devices that were destroying iOS and iPadOS installations for MONTHS before they were patched

Of course this was never officially documented and Apple even kept encouraging customers to download and use the broken software. It would only be through reading the MacRumors forums, or through personal guinea pig testing (as I did myself) that anyone could know the software would seriously screw up their device if used as advertised or intended.

Maybe some rogue apple developer implemented a backdoor in 26.0.2 with significant security implications, like a botnet or worm that views everyone’s iMessages. It’s a good thing they caught this before, god forbid, they may have released such a thing. It’s no wonder they canceled this update. Ahh. I’ll stop fear mongering now.

I just went back through this thread to see if I could find some indication as to why you're so upset right now, and couldn't find it. Can you please enlighten us as to why you're so dead set on hating 26.1?

It’s pretty much right there in the post you quoted, I am just more interested in 26.0.2. But only the golden few at Apple are worthy of access to such precious IPSWs. It was never meant for us.