IOS 17.5.1 Problems

Phone was dandy until I did iOS 17.5.1 update last night. I just got off phone with Apple Technical Support, no solutions as of now. Here’s a list of problems now:

  1. Dropping WiFi A LOT throughout day, 5 min on, then off, repeat
  2. Turning off WiFi, still couldn’work online using 5G
  3. Text and email notifications not working at all, banners nor sound
  4. When WiFi was working during day, I’d send email to myself to check, emails sat in OutBox until I waited 5-10 min then I’d go back to OutBox and push it through a second time. It would then go through

Very concerned I’m not getting important incoming emails.

I haven’t even checked yet if my photos have been messed up like others are reporting (which 17.5.1 was supposed to fix from previous update that caused photo issues)


My internet company is not having issues. My phone provider Verizon isn’t having issues.


This must be iOS huge mistakes. Nothing is related to each other, the only common denominator is 17.5.1


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iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on May 30, 2024 5:43 PM

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Posted on Jun 7, 2024 9:02 AM

All of my issues stemmed from Screen time settings. the following steps solved most of my issues:

Disable screentime completely (bottom of hte screen)

Open content & Privacy restrictions, allowed apps & features - and allow Siri.


For some reason, Siri had been disabled, and disappeared from my Settings menus - which meant that nothing else worked (like CarPlay, etc...) this seems to have resolved things (for now)


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Jun 6, 2024 6:13 PM in response to JBNV

My issues seem to be minor compared to some others.


if I use the countdown timer the remaining time shows as 0:00 on the Lock Screen and after using the timer and exiting the app the timer continues to show (as 0:00) on the Lock Screen.


When listening to a podcast and looking at other podcasts under the Home tab at the same time, sometimes the minimized player won’t enlarge when I pressed on it (it’s just frozen). Also podcast played on Lock Screen doesn’t have a skip back button, only skip forward.

Jun 6, 2024 9:06 PM in response to JBNV

this is such a headache. my issues are equally annoying although slightly different - after updating:

  1. most of my apps are greyed out & when I attempt to open they won't because I've "reached my time limit" - but I don't use screen time limits. and when I look at settings, it's not on. (I checked the VPN & that's not activated either)
  2. Siri has vanished from Setting menu. Where it used to say "Siri & Search" it now says "Face ID & passcode" ..???
  3. Siri has actually vanished altogether. (even tho when I search for it, it says I can find Siri under "Accessibility")
  4. when I got in the car, I got this "CarPlay not available. to use CarPlay, enable Siri in the settings on your iPhone" (which is how I discovered that Siri had gone missing ...



anyone having these issues?


Jun 7, 2024 9:21 AM in response to JBNV

With the last update my phone wouldn’t stop restarting throughout the day, waiting to see if this is fixed now. I was also having touch screen and voicemail issues where it wouldn’t recognize the touch and my voicemail would say I had voicemails but wouldn’t open the app when I clicked it. Hopefully this update doesn’t cause new problems and fixed the old ones 🤞

Jun 7, 2024 11:48 AM in response to JBNV

iPhone 14.


All those issues plus more.


Car Play/Bluetooth issues - disconnected/forgot and reconnected and so far so good.


Screen freezes occasionally.


When I swipe down I usually see recent apps but no more. Have to search each time.


When I share something, my recent connections/messages do not show up.


I hope there is a fix soon!

Jun 7, 2024 9:51 PM in response to JBNV

I'm having partial touchscreen insensitivity on my iPhone.


It began with one of the the iOS 17 updates on my iPhone SE 3rd Gen (currently on IOS 17.5.1). The touch doesn't register in an area vertically on the iPhone screen with a width of about a centimeter (on the left side of the screen)

it goes away by its own sometimes and sometimes after force restarting. It is unpredictable when it will happen next and has become a major issue with using the phone.


Anyone with similar issues?

Jun 7, 2024 11:41 PM in response to JBNV

Since updating to 17.5.1 some of my apps are glitchy. Some won’t load and others kick me out every time the screen shuts off. Is it a graphics issue? Example: Pinterest feed just showing blank boxes in the app. Opening it in the browser doesn’t change it. Still blank boxes. Not pleased that there isn’t a way to uninstall the update.

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