iPad Pro Some M4 iPad Pro's seem to brick with iOS 18

[sparksd]

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?

I wouldn't worry about it - I'm not with my 13, which updated just fine.

 

[Apple_Robert]

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?

You are fine.

 

[mpetrides]

Well, I’ve been using the public betas on both my 11 and 13 inch M4 iPad Pros for a month or two and iPad OS 18 has been rock solid. Evidently, the latest beta is regarded as the release version because I keep being told that my OS is up to date whenever I try to update—even when I turn off beta updates.

Not sure what’s going on here but fortunately neither iPad is bricked.

 

[MisterSavage]

I only put iPadOS 18 on my M4 when the RC was out. Glad it didn't happen to me.

 

[JaraCz]

You did not put iOS 18 on M4 like the writer here?

 

[forza1976]

Really solid experience through Best Buy this week. Took my bricked ipad in Tuesday afternoon, Apple sent them the brown box replacement mid-day yesterday and I was able to pick it up. Brand new, generic brown box, zero cycles on the battery.

Very pleased with how BB and Apple handled this, not that I expect any less!

 

[JaraCz]

Yeah, refurbished unit.. really great deal, mam.. 🙈

 

[Coolpher]

This is why I always wait. I wonder if hooking it up to a computer will fix it.

If you bring it to an Apple Store, I’m assuming they’ll replace it because they know of the problem and they pulled the update

 

[AStaleyUK]

When are we likely to see an updated iOS18 for the M4 IPP’s?

 

[TokyoKiller]

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?

You’re fine if it installed without issue

 

[beerseagulls]

You’re fine if it installed without issue

Thanks! Still seems fine as of this morning. although I think my cat may have bent it a little bit after he jumped on it a few times, but that's why I have AppleCare

 

[Keith Weisshar]

Why does Apple need to replace the iPad Pro M4 if it gets bricked with the iOS 18 update? Would it be possbile for Apple technicians to use DFU mode over USB-C from a Mac to restore the device instead of replacing it?

 

[Sappharad]

Why does Apple need to replace the iPad Pro M4 if it gets bricked with the iOS 18 update? Would it be possbile for Apple technicians to use DFU mode over USB-C from a Mac to restore the device instead of replacing it?

Based on what I've read in this thread, the bricked iPads can't even get into DFU mode. They won't turn on, even connected to power, even connected to a mac, even holding down the button combination to enter DFU mode. They don't even try to boot up under any circumstances, so there's no way to recover without taking them apart.

 

[Rayansb]

Why does Apple need to replace the iPad Pro M4 if it gets bricked with the iOS 18 update? Would it be possbile for Apple technicians to use DFU mode over USB-C from a Mac to restore the device instead of replacing it?

When my 11 inch M4 got bricked, Apple told me to wait for a call the next day. They then called me and said to ship it back. They said a replacement will be sent "some time in October". When I asked if it can be fixed without sending it back they told me there is no way to recover hence why they're sending a replacement.

 

[art6969]

yeah, ipad pro m4 can now update os18.0.1

 

[ddhawk]

Here is a new and recent variation. I had been upgrading my M4 iPad Pro with beta software from 18.0 to 18.1 to 18.2.
18.2 seemed a bit funky to me, so I decided to restore the recently released 18.1.
(I had already done the same, successfully, with my iPhone)
Instead of proceeding with the restore from my Mac Studio, the restore would terminate suddenly, sending me back to the Finder. No amount of hard resets, cable changes, or alternate restore ISPW files changed the result.
I took it to an Apple service centre, and they confirmed that the iPad was indeed bricked; however, covered by Apple Care, Apple will be sending a replacement device “within a week”. The definition of “bricked” that I use is that the device consistently returns to the “restore” screen (showing a picture of a cable and a computer) no matter what you (or others) do.
So, I’m typing this message on my OTHER iPad Pro, the one I keep in reserve just in case my rather agressive adoption of beta software bites me. I‘ve had good luck to this point, but got bit this time. I doubt I’ll learn from the experience.
This is a potentially rare case, but I’d be interested if anyone else has had a similar experience.