Is it Safe to Update iPhone 13 Pro Max to iOS 18?

I am using an iPhone 13 Pro Max, and I recently updated it to iOS 18.1.1. For the first two days, everything was fine. However, on the third day, while using it in the morning, my iPhone experienced a green screen issue. I tried fixing it myself by following tutorials on YouTube, but eventually, I had to send it for repair. 🥲 I ended up paying RM350 for the repair.

Now I’m afraid to update my iPhone again because the repair technician mentioned that this issue might happen again if I update the software.

If you are using iOS 17, you must have ignored all of the feedback from users telling you that they regret installing it and warning you against installing it yourself.

The same feedback appears with every new iOS version that Apple introduces.

And yet, things very likely went just fine when you installed iOS 17, as they did for about a billion other users when they installed iOS 17.

If you want the most up to date security for your iPhone, it would be a good idea for you to install iOS 18.

COD_23 wrote:

Is it safe now to upgrade? I use an iPhone 13 Pro Max

I updated to iOS 18 on the day it was released and iOS 18.0.1 when that was released. No problems either time.

Don”t update to IOS 18 .It has many problems that Apple is trying to fix .

I use an Iphone 13 and do some very intensive gaming on it along with some work stuff and IOS 18 has definitely helped my base model iPhone 13 run a lot smoother and not lag nearly “as” much when I’m gaming which has been very nice for screen recording my games and such. If you wanna wait a few more days that’s totally fine but it has definitely helped my phone.

IOS 18 not yet safe for older series of iPhones due to many technical reasons and yes of course 13 have drastic displays issue since ios 16.5 update but safe zone is upgraded to ios 17 without delayed

ELLADITSA wrote:

I have a 13 Pro Max and and now I have the 17.7 but the 18 just came out and I don’t know if it’s safe so I have to wait a few days I guess but the 17th is fine

iOS 18 was released over two months ago (September 16th). It is "safe". Whether or not you will like all of the changes is something only you can answer. Take a look at what people are talking about in the forums. The change most people seem to have strong opinions about is the redesign of Photos. Some people hate it; some people really like it.

Smokey8852 wrote:

Yeah its safe if u want a almost unusable phone the new update is full of bugs i have the 15 pro max in when i have it on carplay it is useless itll not work then go to carplay screen then to bluetooth then back to my phone plays music while on a calls ill be switching back to android soon as i am able to upgrade

It apparently also broke all of your punctuation keys. That's rough.

Yes. Very safe. I just updated mine just about now and it is working fine. Very smooth and intuitive.

Install ios18 !!

Yes I also heard the same, that do not update iPhone 13 max pro to latest OS else screen will be green.

before few days ago my iPhone 13 max pro screen got freezed and multiple time I restarted but faced same issue. The person said that this is happening in most of iPhone 13 series. I am not sure why it happens and not sure if apple updates affecting on this or enforced user to buy latest phone. :)

I upgraded my 13 Pro Max to iOS 18, and the only issue I noted was that my already lowish battery capacity went from 80% to 79%, and now I'm getting the battery service alert. Just a coincidence I suppose. 🤔

markbyrn wrote:

I upgraded my 13 Pro Max to iOS 18, and the only issue I noted was that my already lowish battery capacity went from 80% to 79%, and now I'm getting the battery service alert. Just a coincidence I suppose.

The battery health number isn't terribly accurate. When you do a major update, it gets recalibrated. So, the change in the number may be related to the update, but that's all. It also may be a coincidence that your battery health went from 80% to 79.9% at the same time you updated. And that would show as 79%.

If any one once wants a good advice my advice on this I would highly suggest anyone not running iOS 17.7 that can get 17.7 to update there iPhone to that version of iOS and wait to at least iOS 18.1 or iOS 18.2 comes out first

I have a 13 pro max and I recently updated to 18.1 and my screen showed a white blank screen for almost 2 days I tried to force shut down but it didn’t work then after a week it came back to life after a force shut down. Then I updated to 18.1.1 so let’s see