Heads up, a number of users are Reddit are reporting bricked M4 Ipad pro's, both 11 and 13 inch.
11" Pro M4 256 Wifi here and I'm bricked
11" Pro M4 256 Wifi here and I'm bricked
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iPad Pro Some M4 iPad Pro's seem to brick with iOS 18
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No problems with my 13 Pro (or Mini 6 & 14PM, all over the air).
I don’t believe any of those are m4 iPad pros ;-)
The impacted users seem to be that population.
Updated my month old M4 13 inch just an hour ago with no issues whatsoever.
I upgraded my 11in M4 iPad Pro last week to 18.0 Release Candidate and it went fine. No prompts to upgrade today, so I assume it was the same build that went out today. The only problem I had was that it was telling me my iPad's display was not genuine after that upgrade, (it's an unmodified launch day unit) but today after shutting down and restarting the iPad it's no longer complaining about the display anymore.
11" 256GB WiFi M4 and I luckily installed the RC without an issue.
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The 13 is my 13" M4 iPad Pro.
What do you mean by bricked? What’s are you seeing exactly? Post a picture of the problem, not what Reddit users are saying.
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No issue here with iPad Pro 11 M4 256GB with Cellular been running iOS 18 since the release candidate last week.
Likely the same as https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ssages-updates-and-more.2436492/post-33401865. That's what "bricked" generally means.
I know what it can mean. It can also mean other things. Just wanted to see exactly Op is facing to troubleshoot the issue.
I've always waited too man.
Last year with ios 17 i didn't update till ios 17.1
But this year there has been tons and tons of iOS 18.0 betas that made me go for it this time..... sigh.
Apparently people nowadays are more lazy regarding a clean ios installation each time a new brand new iOS X is released. They just update over the old update and forget about it, if that wasn't the case the problem would be more widespread right now.
Updating to iPadOS 18 bricked my 13" M4 iPad Pro. At first the update was going well. The update downloaded and verified. During installation I saw the Apple logo and the progress bar. Then the display went black. I chatted with Apple support who had me do the hard reset (Quick press on volume buttons then hold power button). That didn't work. Then I talked with a senior tech who also had me try the hard reset to no avail. He scheduled a visit to the Genius Bar. Brought it to the Apple Store, and they're sending me a new one. The Apple Tech said he thought it was a hardware failure.
It is not a hardware failure it is obviously a software one. I had 0 issues with my ipad since was released until today.
I never set up new, it’s not being lazy, I don’t see any advantages and it’s just redundant to move everything back after clean install.
i have an ipad pro m2 here, any bricking issues with those devices? already found a glitch where the calculator button labels are extremely tiny, hope they release a 17.0.1 update soon.
Yes, this is exactly what happened to me. The Apple Tech said I would receive a new, not refurbished, M4 13" iPad Pro by the end of the week.