By Wilson Rothman
Apple Inc. (AAPL) released iOS 8.0.2 on Thursday evening,
promising to "fix an issue that affected iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
users who downloaded 8.0.1," the company said in a statement.
The update also "includes improvements and bug fixes originally
in iOS 8.0.1. We apologize for inconveniencing the iPhone 6 and
iPhone 6 Plus users who were impacted by the bug in iOS 8.0.1."
On Wednesday, the company was forced to pull the 8.0.1 update
after 60 minutes of availability, because of user reports that it
was disrupting cellular network connections and Touch ID
fingerprint scanning on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models. An Apple
spokeswoman said that fewer than 40,000 devices were affected by
the bug.
The following is Apple's list of the fixes included in the 8.0.2
release:
-Fixes an issue in iOS 8.0.1 that impacted cellular network connectivity
and Touch ID on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
-Fixes a bug so HealthKit apps can now be made available on the App Store
-Addresses an issue where 3rd party keyboards could become deselected when a
user enters their passcode
-Fixes an issue that prevented some apps from accessing photos from the Photo
Library
-Improves the reliability of the Reachability feature on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6
Plus
-Fixes an issue that could cause unexpected cellular data usage when receiving
SMS/MMS messages
-Better support of Ask To Buy for Family Sharing for In-App Purchases
-Fixes an issue where ringtones were sometimes not restored from iCloud backups
-Fixes a bug that prevented uploading photos and videos from Safari
-Apple had previously delayed the introduction of third-party HealthKit-
compatible apps to the App Store due to a bug in iOS 8.
The buggy software release came on the heels of another fiasco
for Apple: users reporting that their iPhone 6 Plus models were
bending in their pockets. Several videos appeared on the Internet
depicting phones being bent by hand. Apple responded to what
Twitter users began calling "Bendgate" with an explanation of its
iPhone 6 and 6 Plus durability tests, and a statement that only
nine users had reported bent iPhone Plus models in the first six
days of sales.
Apple's stock fell 3.8% to $97.87 Thursday amid the iPhone
concerns.
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