A lot of issues with iOS 26.1

My old iPhone SE (2nd generation) which functioned seamlessly for nearly 5 years is not the same phone since installing the iOS 26.1. I was hesitant to do it, but bit the bullet a couple days ago; I wish i'd listened to my gut. My phone is now a glitchy piece of junk. I can't make any calls out and none come in, there's lag time for some functions and buttons are non-responsive. The whole reconfiguration of the layout is annoying and stress inducing especially w no ability to make calls. This morning I went to the big box electronic store where a tech ran a "diagnostic" check only to tell me he could find nothing related to the update install preventing calls. He suggested I see my phone service provider who switched out my old sim card and for a few hours I could make phone calls. Later today... i'm back to no phone service. I've tried everything short of a factory reset for which I have no storage or Mac book for a backup.

I have iPhone 12 Pro Max ever since I did update my phone has hard time unlocking and every time try get on internet look things up it freezes on me it’s like my screen locks up I want to undue update

i_D_J wrote:

My issue is the keyboard diminishingly in size. I have the iPhone SE gen 3, and it seems like they make the UI exclusively for their better phones. I feel a bit cheered because my phone should still be supported. How do I get a bigger keyboard like the one from 18?

My SE keyboard is no smaller than before and is as big as it gets.

Use a hollow rubber point stylus or use keyboard hoeprizontally.

Instead of picking up where I left off on my songs in the Apple Music library, 26.1 forces me to listen to what it selects for me. It seems to be a 5-6 step process to get back to where I was. This is a very negative change. How can I retake control from Apple and choose the songs I want to hear?

After downloading 26.1 it made a number of changes to my phone. Multiple settings changed and have not been able to change back.

The new layouts are childish and were not necessary.

Mr Apple, if it aint broke, then do not try to fix it.

Thank you for stuffing up my phone.

pinot52 wrote:

After downloading 26.1 it made a number of changes to my phone. Multiple settings changed and have not been able to change back.

The new layouts are childish and were not necessary.

Mr Apple, if it aint broke, then do not try to fix it.

Thank you for stuffing up my phone.

You are not addressing Apple, just use users in this support forum. To express yourself to Apple→Product Feedback - Apple

I am using a smaller screen SE3 model and my wife has the SE2 model. The iOS26.1 update seems to not have been designed for smaller screen models because words are overlapped in at least once screen mode. Furthermore, I cannot set the Tabs screen option of Compact to my phone so the tabs are taking up far too much of the viewing screen in Safari, emails, viewing videos on host sites like YouTube. In fact, since most of the viewable screen is covered by the tab bubble while attempting to view a YouTube video, I cannot even reach the play/pause button so the video repeats endlessly in the background on other screens until I close that tab in Safari. Also when typing in emails and texts, the keyboard bubble takes up nearly 1/3 of the viewable screen. And finally, when typing a text, the screen no longer automatically follows the lead of my message so I cannot see what I am typing after a few lines, forcing me scroll down to see what I am typing. iOS26.1 has major issues that need to be corrected immediately. I'd gladly go back to the prior iOS I was using if there was a safe way to do so without losing content. I see that there is now a iOS26.2 version. I assume that this has corrected some of the many issues but I am not going to do any further updates until I hear that the issues I am experiencing are corrected. HELP!!!

Hawgzilla wrote:

I am using a smaller screen SE3 model and my wife has the SE2 model. The iOS26.1 update seems to not have been designed for smaller screen models because words are overlapped in at least once screen mode.

Are you using a Larger Text size, especially the ones in Accessibility settings?

Change the font size on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Thank you for your reply. Reducing the text size does not reduce the size of the tool bubble at the bottom of the screen when viewing a web page on my SE3. This tool bubble takes up a continuous 25% of the viewing screen when the screen is still unless I scroll down. I'd really like to see the tool bar sized to Compact but my phone will not give me that option. I can only choose Bottom or Top in the Tabs setting of Safari. On our SE2, this is not the case. The tool bar does not take much viewing space at the bottom of the screen and Tabs is set to Compact in Safari. If I can figure out a way to get my SE3 to allow me to set Tabs in Safari to Compact, a lot of my issues would be resolved where web page viewing is concerned because I'd be able to view more of a web page and have access to controls/settings on a given web page. Should I install iOS26.2 to see if any of the bug fixes apply to my concerns/issues?

Franco123 wrote:

It is yet another reason why the phone I get to replace my 12 pro max is not going to be made by apple.

Well, Android phones are absolutely perfect! No one who has one has ever complained about any feature of it. Just visit some Android forums to see for yourself!

Lawrence Finch wrote:

Franco123 wrote:

It is yet another reason why the phone I get to replace my 12 pro max is not going to be made by apple.

Well, Android phones are absolutely perfect! No one who has one has ever complained about any feature of it. Just visit some Android forums to see for yourself!

I particularly like the ones over that that say they are fed up with their Android phone and are switching to an iPhone. Sound familiar?

Recently updated and HATE it! When sharing a contact, you cannot include notes. OOOOLLLLDDDD and long deleted texts are showing up in the "Unknown Senders" - the contact isn't even in my list any longer. Tried to send a new text to a contact, and it pulled up an old, deleted text, from 3 months ago to add to. The camera app is HORRIBLE and cumbersome. The format to delete emails has changed and you have a tendency to by fat fingered. Connectivity to various apps is slow or nonresponsive. WHEN DOES THE FIX COME OUT?!?

Hawgzilla wrote:

I am forced to use an Android phone for work. Functions that take one step with an iphone take two steps with an Android. Nope

Yea we know. For some reason some people think that saying they are going to buy an Android effects us or maybe it simply makes them feel better. Who knows, I really don't care what device someone uses and in my extended family there are both Android and iPhones. Others think that YELLING will get them the appropriate attention. This is simply a support site made up from other users like you and is not a Social Media site where that kind of behavior is commonplace.

nancyrae260 wrote:

Recently updated and HATE it! When sharing a contact, you cannot include notes. OOOOLLLLDDDD and long deleted texts are showing up in the "Unknown Senders" - the contact isn't even in my list any longer. Tried to send a new text to a contact, and it pulled up an old, deleted text, from 3 months ago to add to. The camera app is HORRIBLE and cumbersome. The format to delete emails has changed and you have a tendency to by fat fingered. Connectivity to various apps is slow or nonresponsive. WHEN DOES THE FIX COME OUT?!?

Well hundreds of millions of users seem to think that their iPhone is working just fine. So you should consider troubleshooting the issues with your specific iPhone.

Update is incompatible with Mercedes Benz Bluetooth unless very new models. It picks the in car system as AirPods and cannot use phone or listen to podcasts or Bluetooth music from iPhone