The iOS 10 over the air update is reportedly bricking some devices.
Multiple forum members on MacRumors have expressed dismay at what appears to be a botched software update.
bit_bucket: What the actual heck. iPhone just bricked itself as well. That makes 2 devices screwed up by the OTA update and I have to try and restore to the older version now. I do not jailbreak and I did not preinstall the update. Just installed for the first time now. Come on apple. Appears since I hit update right after it hit the servers, I somehow got a corrupt install.
Both iPhones and iPads are being affected by issue. Here's the message users are seeing...
There is a problem with the iPhone "iPhone" that requires it to be updated or restored.
The problem may be fixed by updating your iPhone, which preserves your settings and content. However, if updating doesn't work, it may be necessary to click Restore, which erases all settings and content. If you backed up this iPhone to this computer or iCloud, you'll be prompted to restore the backup onto the iPhone.
If you are having a problem with the OTA update then try an update in iTunes as this will save your settings and data. If the update doesn't work then a restore may be necessary.
As usual we recommend you do a backup before performing any software update. To be safe you may want to forego the OTA update and use iTunes to update to iOS 10 instead. You can find firmware links for iOS 10 below...
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KenS6Plus - September 16, 2016 at 1:42pm
I did update my 6plus to a 10 beta 6or 7 whatever was the last beta but I went back to 9.3.5 and I'm still their but their is no advantage for older devices to update to iOS 10 as a lot of the new features like raise to wake don't work on my iPhone 6Plus only 6s and 7.
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iH85CH001 - September 14, 2016 at 7:26pm
This article is misleading. It is not bricking the devices, it is just causing it to have to be restored. Bricking is when it will not boot at all, even after a restore.
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Name14 - September 15, 2016 at 2:32pm
Sensationalism - try and make it look like the end of life on earth problem.
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ipadguy - September 14, 2016 at 1:02pm
My iPhone 6S plus did not get Bricked on the iTunes update although my moms S6 plus did not get Brecht on the OTA update I did update some hours after the servers went live
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gamerscul9870 - September 14, 2016 at 2:10pm
s6 plus? Also, you typed my last name instead of 'bricked'.
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Amatmulisha - September 14, 2016 at 12:09pm
Im so lucky Having no problem updating to ios 10.i love it.feel more smooth and neat.just one,safari load so slow.i don't know this prob because a bugs or my own network.
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Adam - September 14, 2016 at 9:17am
I had to leave it over night just waiting for it to complete even after downloading. Left it changing. Whatever it was doing it, the iPhone was hot by the morning but it did complete before I woke anyway. The battery did seem to drop quickly from 100% to <90%. I cooled the phone off the cold wall. It's working in any case.
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Guest - September 14, 2016 at 8:30am
it worked over the air but battery went from 90% to 75%... !?
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shaz - September 14, 2016 at 8:26am
bricked after updating through the phone. had to update back to 9.3.5 from iTunes then update to ios 10 on the computer.
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Cosmo - September 14, 2016 at 9:22pm
That's not bricked then
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Xiaomi - September 14, 2016 at 7:49am
bricked phone is better than an exploding phone..IMO.
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Antoni - September 14, 2016 at 2:13am
Upgraded, and i dont have any problem, tested on iphone 5 gsm. Maybe the issue comes to newer version of apples product.
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rahilxx98 - September 14, 2016 at 1:00am
I just did an over the air update and it worked fine on my iPad and iPhone. Took less than 5 min.
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Mahdi - September 14, 2016 at 12:34am
Yes. Make sure of your backups!
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zetaprime - September 14, 2016 at 12:31am
Finished update of phones via iTunes. It seems to have worked just fine. Now doing the iPad the same way.
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zetaprime - September 14, 2016 at 12:16am
Oops. That not thy.
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zetaprime - September 14, 2016 at 12:15am
Updating now via iTunes. Is thy working ok for people?
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Slidor - September 14, 2016 at 4:37am
Yup. Updating via iTunes worked for me. No problems so far (iPhone 6).
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JuergenWest - September 13, 2016 at 10:37pm
Bricking renders an iPhone permanently useless. Not updating on a first try is a temporary albeit inconvenient glitch.
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Aik - September 13, 2016 at 10:17pm
No such headache here, two iPhones updated over the air... smooth and simple
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gamerscul9870 - September 13, 2016 at 9:57pm
You can't always expect a fresh new iOS versions from the very first update to be perfect. There's always going to be iOS x.0.1 or x.0.2 updates coming sooo...
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rahilxx98 - September 13, 2016 at 11:37pm
This is 10.0.1...... Apple already messed up
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Seka - September 13, 2016 at 11:56pm
That's why beta versions are released in advance, to avoid this kind of issues, and still they appear! Why I'm not surprised?
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gamerscul9870 - September 13, 2016 at 9:51pm
What's this "melting"? Older devices still running the first few iOS versions still hold up just fine.
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AverageReviewer - September 13, 2016 at 9:42pm
Ipsw.me then get the firmware, go into DFU mode and in iTunes Option restore to iOS 10
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freudenschade - September 13, 2016 at 10:48pm
Can't enter DFU mode. Screen returns to the "connect to iTunes" graphic display. However, if you hold down the
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MJ - September 13, 2016 at 9:25pm
This is not bricking. Bricking cannot be recovered from
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freudenschade - September 13, 2016 at 10:53pm
Technically maybe true, but the term "bricking" in jail break circles is commonly used to describe rendering the phone into a mode whereby it's tricky (sometimes seemingly impossible) to restore its normal functionality. No?
"Let's not split hares here, eh, doc?" -- Bugs Bunny
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Cosmo - September 13, 2016 at 11:08pm
No. Bricking is bricking
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zetaprime - September 14, 2016 at 12:18am
That's what I thought...that bricked meant an unrecoverable device that has to be discarded.
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Cosmo - September 14, 2016 at 1:24am
That's not a bricked device. The term refers to a device being rendered permanently unusable, or as useful as a brick.
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