(released) ios16 broke my phone

i tried upgrading my phone (iphone X) to ios16. however, when the download was done i was already having issues with unlocking the phone: when i touched the screen in any way, nothing was responding, and when it finally did, it was glitching. when i did unlock the phone somehow, everything was glitched and frozen (i couldn’t even scroll slowly without it freezing). i tried the soft reset and even factory reset - nothing worked.

iPhone X, iOS 16

Posted on Sep 13, 2022 2:57 AM

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Posted on Sep 14, 2022 1:35 AM

I had the same problem with ios16 (third party screen in my iPhone XR).

I returned to iOS 15.6.1 following these instructions

Now, my Xr is ok running IOS15.7.

(Be careful you have the proper backup and follow the step by step instructions)


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