ALERT: Do not install Apple’s iOS 8.0.1; breaks cellular connectivity, Touch ID support for ‘large number of users’

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 · 1:54 pm · 52 Comments

“Following the release of iOS 8.0.1 on Wednesday, many users began experiencing issues with the maintenance and software update, finding that their handset could no longer establish a cellular connection or recognize their fingerprint upon installing,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider.

“Users who have not yet installed iOS 8.0.1 are advised to hold off, as the problems presented by the update appear to affect a large number of users,” Hughes reports. “Initial reports suggest that the update causes issues for a variety of different iPhone models, including the newest iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Carrier connectivity issues are occurring across the board.”

Read more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Yup, even the world’s most valuable company can look like a Microsoftian clusterfsck at times.

To paraphrase Steve Jobs: Can anyone tell us what iOS 8.0.1 is supposed to do? So why the fsck doesn’t it do that?

Hopefully, iOS 8.0.2 will be arriving shortly.

MacDailyNews Note: UPDATE: 2:34pm EDT: Apple has pulled iOS 8.0.1.

Related article:
Apple releases iOS 8.0.1 – September 24, 2014

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Backlash

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 1:56 pm · Reply

MDN, you should keep this article pinned to the top like you guys have done in the past for others.
- Macinfo
  
  Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:31 pm · Reply
  
  It appears that Apple has removed the update from the developer site and from OTA delivery, essentially its gone for now.. it will of course re-appear when fixed. The question is will they roll the revision, the build will of course be changed.
mikecaine

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 1:59 pm · Reply

Ugh, can I cancel this update once it’s started downloading?
- Backlash
  
  Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:00 pm · Reply
  
  wait till it’s downloaded.
  
  http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/13/ios-7-1-delete-over-the-air-updates/
  
  Works the same to delete the update so you will have to redownload it to update.
  - mikecaine
    
    Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:09 pm · Reply
    
    Thanks. Didn’t need it in the end but good to know
- mikecaine
  
  Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:07 pm · Reply
  
  Phew, update required 50% battery power remaining and I was down to 39%
  
  First time I’ve been happy about iffy battery life
  - Micro Me
    
    Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:23 pm · Reply
    
    Same here. Low battery stopped the update. I’ve no reason to believe that 8.0.1 would kill my particular cellular connection, but I would rather not find out.
    
    Not your finest hour Apple.
    - mikecaine
      
      Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:31 pm · Reply
      
      I a,ready had to do a full reinstall after my 5S was very unresponsive a few day after upgrading to 8.0. Dropbox and Downcast in particular were fairly unusable.
  - R2
    
    Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:41 pm · Reply
    
    That’s what saved me as well. And thanks to the tip from Backlash above, I was able to delete it off my iPhone 6 entirely. Now since Apple pulled iOS 8.0.1 it says my phone is up to date.
Mark G

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:00 pm · Reply

Hopefully 8.0.2 will also address performance issues with running iOS8 on an iPhone 4s
- Brawndo Drinker
  
  Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:03 pm · Reply
  
  Dude, quit dreaming.
  
  iOS 8.02 isn’t going to replace your iPhone 4s’ A5 SoC with an A8.
  
  You need a new iPhone. It’s past time for an upgrade.
  
  (Brought to you by Carls’ Jr.)
  - Micro Me
    
    Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:35 pm · Reply
    
    With respect, I disagree. My 4S is hardly steam-powered technology, but the lag is marked under iOS 8. Resetting helped a little, but it would be better if Apple either limited iOS8 to iPhone 5 and above, or tweaked it sufficiently to make it more usable on a 4 or 4S
    - derss
      
      Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:38 pm · Reply
      
      Actually, iOS 7.1 has made operation on iPhone 4 signifnicantly faster than what was possible with iOS 7.0.
      
      So Mark has to wait for few months for that. None of 8.0.* releases will improve speed on iPhone 4S/iPad 2, only 8.1 will.
  - R2
    
    Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:47 pm · Reply
    
    Bullshit. The iPhone 4s is still one of the best smartphones after all these years. They’re selling new Android phones today that can’t even measure up. He doesn’t need a new phone.
  - ivid
    
    Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 3:24 pm · Reply
    
    BS. 2 years and a week ago it was the latest iPhone available. You don’t pull that shit on 2 year old customers. Except they did with the first iPad…
Take To Task

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:01 pm · Reply

So far, fingerprint scanning is working. I’m at work and have nobody to call.
james

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:01 pm · Reply

Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
R2

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:02 pm · Reply

Tim must be furious. You can be assured that heads are rolling in Cupertino today.
- AnR
  
  Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:09 pm · Reply
  
  I hear Ballmer’s spending some time in California now, maybe he can come by and show Tim how to throw some chairs.
- First 2014, Then 2016
  
  Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:15 pm · Reply
  
  Yeah, Timmy is furiously planning this Friday’s Beer Bash is more like it. Apple’s becoming lax and mediocre without a man like Steve Jobs at the helm.
  - solid
    
    Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:25 pm · Reply
    
    Hogwash. iTunes had an update that wiped people’s entire music libraries when Jobs was at the helm. Lots of mistakes happened under the Steveship.
    - mossman
      
      Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 4:16 pm · Reply
      
      Never mind music library, some update in the pre-10.5 days wiped the entire hard drive if the drive name started with a space character, which mine did (a habit held over from the pre-OSX and pre-Quick Look days, where clicking to desktop and hitting space let you quickly select the hard drive without seeing it).
      
      I was *very* lucky because at the time I was still installing Mac updates the day they came out, but I wasn’t home the day/weekend it was released (IIRC it was released Friday, problem wasn’t widely known until Saturday/Sunday).
      
      Sure that’s a more obscure bug than dropped calls, but its effects were far more devastating. That was enough to break the “update trust” though, and I never again installed anything the first day it was released.
Tom Bamford

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:08 pm · Reply

My wonderful new iPhone 6 is busted. On O2 in the UK. No cellular, no touch ID.

This is not good for Apple. In using their products for over 25 years, nothing like this has ever happened to me.

Speechless.
silverhawk1

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:09 pm · Reply

Bull Sh*t. Has MDN been bought by Gaagle or samdung? You sure are letting the trolls in.
- johnapplec
  
  Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:21 pm · Reply
  
  WTF is wrong with you!
  - TxUser
    
    Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 6:39 pm · Reply
    
    My guess is that silverhawk1 is a paid Android troll brought in to make Apple users look like Kool-Aid drinking fanatics.
macster

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:11 pm · Reply

Fsck! I didn’t see this in time. My phone is bricked. ARRRGH!
First 2014, Then 2016

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:14 pm · Reply

Might I suggest that instead of Timmy giving the whole company an extra week of vacation time in November, coercing them to march in Gay Pride parades, and wallowing in global warming groupthink get togethers, perhaps he should embark on weeding out the brain-dead losers who are doing nothing but destroying Apple’s brand equity and investor value and work to get some competent employees in there who can do their fscking jobs for a change?
- GruvDone
  
  Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 2:34 pm · Reply
  
  Posting in all bold does not make your rambling BS any more valid or relevant. Don’t you have a baby to eat somewhere?
  - Sean
    
    Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 3:55 pm · Reply
    
    Well said, Gruv.
    
    Also, First, why are you ranting about Apple when it’s Obama’s fault, anyway? /s