Potential issues with iOS 26 update

I have an Apple 16 ProMax, why did Apple go from IOS 18 to IOS 26? Usually, OS updates increase by one digit. OS26 does nothing for me. Unresponsive screen issues as other community members said. Also, the phone contacts screens are more complicated to navigate than the OS18. When I first did the update several of my Apple icons had white lines outlining the perimeter of the icons - I thought that the whole OS 26 update was a fraudulent update especially due to an 8 digit increase in the OS - left me thinking that this was a hacker’s overlay. Lastly, all processors seem to be slower. Very dis appointed.

My brand new iPhone 17 Pro keeps going on recovery mode. It has done it since the minute I bought it. Apple has not been able to provide a fix. We have done so many force restarts, restores etc but no one can tell me whats wrong with it. It's unfortunate since it is a brand new iPhone.

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I’m having this same problem and I don’t know what else to do. I’ve turned it on and off so many times and hard reset my phone twice . How do I uninstall the update because at this point, I don’t want it anymore.

Updated my ipad last night with ios26, now since morning i am not able to open any app. The swipe motion is also working very slow and i am also unable to restart or shut off the ipad since there is no response from anything i do on screen. How to manage this? I did try the long press on the screen lock button but again nothing is happening.

Hello everyone I don’t know why but I have ios26 before 3 days I could download anything but now I press get on the app I want and it just goes into a split second loading and again says get . I don’t know what to do I have tried everything

My phone is iPhone 15 recently I brought this phone 3 months ago after I installed ios 26 update my phone camera was not working properly and some bugs like live voicemail and offline siri not working so please fix it and help us

i updated the new iOS 26 and since then I can’t make calls,the data symbol is not showing and my iCloud Drive too is not showing in files unless I use web..Already tried troubleshooting options but still the same.

HJM66 wrote:

Not happy - update has killed some of my apps like BBC News and BBC Sport. Neither work anymore.

They work for me, in fact I tested them some time ago.

Are you in Britain, or accessing it from abroad via VPN?

I got the 17 pro max on launch day and everything went smooth on set up. BOOOM very next day my Apple Intelligence does NOT work. Zero features work. I have tried everything. No its not my internet speed. This is very disappointing and every year Apple is pushing me further and further away.

I have a iPhone 15 and my Face ID isn’t working and now that I can’t download any new apps even though I have everything thing set up correctly. It won’t let me reset my iPhone 15 because it needs Face ID and I can’t turn off stolen protection either because it needs Face ID.

24th September 2025

At first, AirPods played audio from Apple TV and Netflix at

a lower volume than expected on the iPhone. After removing and reconnecting the

AirPods, the volume issue appeared to be resolved.

Currently, the Podcasts app is experiencing issues where the

page becomes unresponsive and deleted podcasts continue to appear in the

download section.

I recently updated My iPad A16 to 26. Now I can't access the app store, it keeps telling me there is no internet connection. I tried opening other apps they work just fine. I tried restarting my iPad. I tried restoring internet settings.

corpse_constant wrote:

Anyone else with this problem, or a solution?

you are welcome to ask for a solution, please don’t poll for others’s problems.

You probably need to start your own question, this one is now just a place to vent feelings.

Or ask Instagram support forum.

I have been having issues with music on car play any time I get off a call, receiving a text or a programmed alarm (after being dismissed or snoozed). I have to go back in each time to restart my music. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Did it fix the problem? I was in the process of transferring from old phone and it was stuck on the update page and then I can’t swipe to open to finish install and even after hard reboot still glitching and phone is warm like very warm