iOS 17.4 typing issues with Notes App

Your not alone, I woke up 2 weeks ago (24th Feb) to the 17.4 update (2am) and my screen wasn't working, not only that all the photos I had taken the night before have vanished and all messages from 1pm the previous day had gone, even though it says it had backed up before the update. I was away at the time so I didn't have a phone for 24hrs.

When I got home I had to DFU it through my Mac and the screen started working again.

I had to reset through iCloud on my phone in the end, as if I did it through the Mac it wouldn't upload from the last update the night before, its the same user account!! probably user error but never had problems before.

Then yesterday (6 March) a couple of the apps wouldn't start so I restarted the phone, BIG MISTAKE, I was back to the beginning with unresponsive screen, back to DFU and reload from iTunes and its all ok again.

This is a software issue, the phone had not had any problems prior to the 17.4 update, so thats the problem. They roll these updates out to quickly before they know whats potentially wrong with them.

All in all its taken 8 hours to get back to this point with loading apps music bank cards and watches etc, and I still don't know whats going to happen if my phone runs out of power, will I have to start over AGAIN!

Maybe its time to give android a punt!

cheers steve

hope you get your faults sorted quicker that I did lol,

iOS updates aim to enhance user experience, boost security, and fix bugs rather than disrupt core features. Typing issues after updates might stem from underlying, unmentioned factors. Updates won't typically alter personal data but may refine settings or features. Backup before major updates for safety. Review Apple's update details and backup advice for a smooth process.

Kindly consider checking your settings and addressing any device issues before attributing the issue to external factors. This could be a pure coincidence that the iOS update affected typing.

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Thought I would add the issues I am having, normally I wouldn’t shout about these but my issues are as follows on my iPhone 12 Pro:

1. phone freezes and becomes completely non responsive - even to a forced restart
2. messages not always being delivered to iPhone - although delivered on MacBook connected to the same account
3. set alarm not going off
4. various apps acting weird (whilst somewhat expected I wouldn’t have thought to this extent)

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My wifi data is not functioning well since i update to 17.4

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edit: I have an iphone 12

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Namazusan wrote:

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