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iPad Pro Some M4 iPad Pro's seem to brick with iOS 18
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So, everything went okay and that is luck?
It's a glass half full / half empty POV.
Another way to phrase it...
"No issues on my end. Guess I wasn't unlucky."
Happened to me also last night. While updating my M4 iPad Pro 13", the Apple logo and progress bar just disappeared and then nothing. Screen black. Did not respond at all when unplugging and reconnecting to power, connecting to my iMac or with the hard reset. I contacted Apple support who set up a mail return (not close to any Apple stores or repair locations).
PSA: iPadOS 18 update bricking some iPads
Beware, Apple's new iPadOS 18 update is bricking some iPads, especially the M4 iPad Pro models. Here are all the details.
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It happened to me again after performing a FULL CLEAN installation on my ipod touch SE2.
This iPadOS - ios18 its "beta dangerous".
Now i'm gonna have to downgrade again the iphone SE and the rest of my devices.
This iPadOS - ios18 its "beta dangerous".
Now i'm gonna have to downgrade again the iphone SE and the rest of my devices.
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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...
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Anyone wants to buy a super rare M4 iPad Pro that has iPadOS 18 on it? Selling it for $69 million.
How does something of this magnitude happen with so many beta versions of iPad OS 18 over the past few months. Just blows my mind. Any speculation on what might be causing it? Something specific to the M4 chip? This kind of thing fascinates me.
Updated my 13” M4 iPad Pro yesterday with zero issues. The only issue I‘ve encountered was with an unresponsive Smart Stack a few hours ago. Swiping the stack was like swiping the screen background and would invoke spotlight. I edited the Home Screen to delete the old widget and add a replacement, but the Done button became unresponsive and I could not exit editing mode mode or move from that editing screen using taps, swipes or button presses. The device was totally unresponsive, so I tried pressing and holding the power button and volume up button which seemed unresponsive at first, but several seconds later the device appeared to suffer a springboard failure which thankfully terminated the Home Screen editing. I was then able to add the new Smart Stack. I’ve had no problem since but that unresponsive screen felt like a momentary bricking. I’m sure Apple will release an update to fix any issues soon.
Even with multiple beta versions the amount of actual testers is going to be drastically smaller than the number of users when they release it to the whole world. I'm really curious to see if we get learn what the cause is eventually.
It bricked my 11" M4 iPad. I have a Genius Bar appointment tomorrow and expect them to replace it, fun times!
update: Genius replaced it after a few tests with a brown box that has 0 cycles on it and 100% battery life. No complaints.
update: Genius replaced it after a few tests with a brown box that has 0 cycles on it and 100% battery life. No complaints.
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Just read it yesterday. On monday updating went without any issues (M4 iPad Pro 11" 256 GB WIFI+cellular).
Don't get me started on iPadOS 18 itself, because I still find it disappointing what Apple probably due to "market segmentation" think's a tablet OS should do. It's still a larger iPhone like it was back in 2013.
Don't get me started on iPadOS 18 itself, because I still find it disappointing what Apple probably due to "market segmentation" think's a tablet OS should do. It's still a larger iPhone like it was back in 2013.
I did get the verify message last night and this morning. Now it doesn't show as available to install so sounds like they pulled the plug to figure it out.
after I updated my phone to iOS 18, I updated my iPad Pro 13 as well. The update installed fine. Still works fine as or right now.
However, I saw this news about bricked iPad Pro today and it got me real worried. Do I have nothing to worry about since my installation went without issues? Or will my iPad Pro 13 become bricked if I keep on using it?
However, I saw this news about bricked iPad Pro today and it got me real worried. Do I have nothing to worry about since my installation went without issues? Or will my iPad Pro 13 become bricked if I keep on using it?