Apps don’t work after updating to iOS 18.1.1

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MKK-US wrote:

Carrier-côr-thermostat app not working on iphone after upgrade to 18.1.1

Carrier® Côr™ Thermostat

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/carrier-côr-thermostat/id941486794

What did Carrier suggests when you surely contact them? Apple doesn't own them, nor their app, so you need to contact Carrier for help.

My messages aren’t working after update toggle is on keeps loading but nothing ever populates and messages vanish 2 hours with Verizon and apple support was no help apparently I have to do a factory reset waste of my time

is anyone having trouble with the watch .. I cant get the watch to do anything except tell time...

of course 3 of the 4 phones i have are suffering battery depletion at an alarming rate since the upgrade... and you messed with my photos... good gosh why did you screw so much up

joe banske wrote:

is anyone having trouble with the watch .. I cant get the watch to do anything except tell time...

of course 3 of the 4 phones i have are suffering battery depletion at an alarming rate since the upgrade... and you messed with my photos... good gosh why did you screw so much up

We didn't mess anything up. We aren't apple. This is a user to user only forum. Nothing was messed up for me with the iOS 18.1.1 update. No problems with 2 Apple Watches. No battery drain. And my photos are all there in the newly enhanced and expanded Photos App.

Have you forced restarted either your phone of watch?

Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

Restart Apple Watch - Apple Support

And if you'd like to customize the new Photos app --> Customize the Photos app on iPhone - Apple Support

So many issues since the update. Just discovered another of several apps that are screwed up. Tonight a favorite photo editing app has lost all of its special features. I pay a lot for the app.

And for the most part, the ringer has stopped working, so I’m not alerted for text or phone calls.

I have rebooted the phone several times to no avail. Really frustrated and hope there’s a newer update soon that can correct the bugs and issues.

Since the update I am unable to open the Hollister or Abercrombie and fitch websites to shop. It gives error code that says bad request with code #953efc72cb264296a073000000000001. This is very annoying. Also crazy pop ups happening

I feel exactly the same way D1..!!

QUITE BOTHERSOME, to say the least..!! Through trial and error, I’ve been able to fix most of the issues I had or at least can work through them now. Initially, I had a problem with the calculator, and editing photos, but I figured both of those out. The issue that I still have, and it REALLY BOTHERS me, IS THAT SIRI DOES NOT WORK..!!

U N B E L I E V A B L E . . . . ! ! ! !

I used to use Siri quite a bit, she was both quite informative and enjoyable to use. You almost felt like you were talking to a real human being.

NOT ANYMORE..!!

most of the time if you ask Siri something now, she’ll respond with her two syllable “ah huh..?!”

then, when you proceeded to ask her a question, you get a message on the top of your screen.

Siri’s VERBAL RESPONSE IS NOW GONE.

S M H . . ! ! 🥲🙁😡

ME TOO, Larry..!!

I enjoyed SIRI and used it often, but “Hey Siri…” DOES NOT WORK on my iPhone AFTER the iOS 18 UPGRADE..!! UGH..!!

SPECIFICALLY, when I ask SIRI a question NOW, I get the normally expected two-syllable response of “ah huh…”, THEN… when I ask my question, there is NO VERBAL response from SIRI, ONLY A SILENT MESSAGE at the top of my screen.

And to make matters worse, that message DISAPPEARS within a few seconds..!! UGH..!! 😡😡😡😡😡

I was so pumped because I've been looking for an answer since upgrading a few days ago. Search is the main feature that broke for me (search in mail. search in spotlight. search in notes...). I reset network settings, as described above. After the reboot I was excited because things seemed to be working, but, as some other users have mentioned, search stops working again about a few seconds. I'm not a hater, but this is, indeed, the worst iOS update I've ever experienced. I hope this is fixed quickly. Everything takes 10x longer on the phone without search.

Hello, LarryEgerton!

Siri does not work no matter what I do after the 18.11 update

Many people have had the same issue as you, but many did find a solution. I suggest that you try searching “voice recognition” in Settings. For some people, the switch flipped off after the update. If it’s off, turn it back on and then check if Siri works.

If Siri still doesn’t work, submit a bug report on the Apple feedback page and then contact the Official Apple Support.

I hope this helps!

Calendar is all jacked up for several users. Notes app is still there but either most or all of the separate notes have disappeared. Group chats are missing parts of conversations - both past and present. There is a major delay in receiving text messages - not a carrier issue.

Will the new iOS 18.2 correct these issues and return our phones to the state they were in - that is, all apps working as advertised and the restoration of items such as Notes?

Makes me wonder if the iOS's are beta tested on all models and devices before pushing out the code. This was a bad deployment and needs to be corrected. This is not a good look for Apple.

DDB1967 wrote:

Will the new iOS 18.2 correct these issues and return our phones to the state they were in - that is, all apps working as advertised and the restoration of items such as Notes?

I can't answer that as I never had any issues with Notes or Calendar or anything using iOS 18.1.1. (or any other version of iOS 18). And I like the new version of Photos.

Makes me wonder if the iOS's are beta tested on all models and devices before pushing out the code. This was a bad deployment and needs to be corrected. This is not a good look for Apple.

Apple makes beta software publicly available. Lots of people participate. You can, too!

My Checkbook app, which I use every single day, crashed on me. Now years of account data is gone. My GroupText app, which I use weekly, and paid for, crashed on me, and now I no longer have use of these apps. This happened after the latest IOS update. VERY FRUSTRATING, none of the fixes work!

AlDeals I agree. If there are this many complaints about apps not working it is very obvious that this is a poor release. Why fix what wasn’t broken only to break what was once working. This obviously isn’t isolated it’s widespread frustration!