#7, reset all settings, fixed the notification issues. But, get use to setting up your phone again for the next week or so. You’ll have to login to your all your WiFi-s with your password again, set up signing in with your password and face recognition with all your apps; tailor all your display, font, focus, sound & haptics settings again; almost like a brand new phone, except your apps and data are there. Pretty annoying.
I will probably refrain from any updates indefinitely. I already use F2A with hard passkeys, and a VPN, so the security argument for conducting updates is watered down enough for my risk tolerance. With the “leave no child behind” generation securely in today’s workforce, these half-assed updates they’re putting out aren’t worth the trouble.
I’ll be setting up a secure googless android to replace the iPhone soon enough. Abstaining from any new Apple products from here on out will be my weaning off Apple period. This sort of thing has happened too often.