iOS 26.2.1 has rendered my phone unusable

Jordanhooten wrote:

I updated my iPhone SE in December of last year and it died overnight. It could no longer charge, no matter what I did, past 1%.

The post you replied to was for iOS 26.2.1 and that was released January 26 so it is not related to your update and the user was not having a charging issue.

Sounds like a component in your phone failed and that can happen on any device at any time. Since Apple does not do component repairs on the motherboard, the replacement of the motherboard is what would be required. In most cases, it would make more sense to purchase a new phone then spend the money to replace the motherboard. If you had AppleCare, they would have likely proceeded with the repair since it would be covered.

I literally have had this happen on two iphone 14 pro maxes, one had a display issue that caused the screen to mess up, which initialy made me think the issue was the bad screen, but i got a replacement phone , exact same one, via the express replacement service, and it literally crashes editing widgets or editing home screen icons, I can't make up how horrible ios has been across every device I own, crashes in any enviroment constantly and i agree is a major step back.

Since the last update my phone has been crashing. My texts don’t work. The Apps delete icons keep coming up. I’ve rebooted but problems still come back. I have lots of space left on my phone. It’s almost unusable at the moment. Even when my camera is on the video starts recording on its own

I was not informed when I got my iPhone, that I also would need to get a computer so that the iPhone would work properly.

so, to eliminate this catastrophic failure. I had to either buy, “AppleCare+” or buy a computer.

green texts are taking over

It’s not required to own a computer to use an iPhone. I’m not sure how you arrived at that conclusion. My iPhone 17 Pro Max has never been connected to a computer and works properly. What makes you think you need a computer?

Habkecar wrote:

I was not informed when I got my iPhone, that I also would need to get a computer so that the iPhone would work properly.

so, to eliminate this catastrophic failure. I had to either buy, “AppleCare+” or buy a computer.

green texts are taking over

Huh? A computer is not required for an iPhone to work properly. But a computer can come in handy if you brick your phone from a forgotten passcode, which can help you erase them restore the phone.

AppleCare+ is an extended warranty against accidental damage, so I have no clue what this has to do with anything.

And what does "green texts are taking over mean?" Green texts simply mean they are being sent through your carrier not via iMessage.

Altogether, your post makes no sense. Care to explain what your issue is?

Supoorexcuse wrote:

I disagree LD150. My iPhone 11 worked completely fine before the upgrade. Once upgraded, the freeezing, sluggish odd

behaviour occurred and started randomly restarting with increased frequency over the first 48 hours to a point that my battery started to swell. Being an older iPhone 11, I don’t have Apple Care. I made an appointment and took it to Apple Store to which I was told that couldn’t help because the battery was no good. That’s true, but it easily held a full days work prior to upgrade and it wasnt swollen!

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Sorry, but you're complaining about a phone released in 2019, seven years ago. If it had the original battery, the update didn't cause the battery to swell. Age and use caused the battery to swell. The battery in your phone likely should have been replaced a long time ago, when its battery health dipped to 80%. You may not like to hear it but neglect is your issue, not an update.

In response to LD150, it may have worked on many other iPhones but Apple pushed this update on old hardware that was working perfectly fine before the update. My iPhone 11 battery health was 97% yet after so much freezing, crashing auto shutdown and restart repeatedly, the battery then swelled and damaged the phone to the point of death. It was a perfectly good phone, good battery, plenty of storage. It only took a few days for post upgrade to deteriorate.

So don’t claim it to be the phones fault, it wasn’t. It was Apple’s. I am on an even older iPhone now as my backup and they still continue to push me to update every day.

Supoorexcuse wrote:

In response to LD150, it may have worked on many other iPhones but Apple pushed this update on old hardware that was working perfectly fine before the update. My iPhone 11 battery health was 97% yet after so much freezing, crashing auto shutdown and restart repeatedly, the battery then swelled and damaged the phone to the point of death. It was a perfectly good phone, good battery, plenty of storage. It only took a few days for post upgrade to deteriorate.

So don’t claim it to be the phones fault, it wasn’t. It was Apple’s. I am on an even older iPhone now as my backup and they still continue to push me to update every day.

I don't buy it. If the battery swelled, it was severely depleted as healthy batteries rarely if ever swell. If it's health was at or below 80%, which was easy to check in Settings > Battery > Battery Health, it needed to be replaced. And there was likely a notification that Service for the battery was required. Could the update have pushed the battery to it's end, yes. But that's not because of an update. It's because the phone wasn't really being maintained.

lobsterghost1 wrote:

I don't buy it. If the battery swelled, it was severely depleted as healthy batteries rarely if ever swell. If it's health was at or below 80%, which was easy to check in Settings > Battery > Battery Health, it needed to be replaced. And there was likely a notification that Service for the battery was required. Could the update have pushed the battery to it's end, yes. But that's not because of an update. It's because the phone wasn't really being maintained.

Agreed! An iPhone 11 that was released 7 years ago and only designed for 500 charge cycles before its Battery Health falls below 80%, is not going to be showing 97% Battery Health unless it was artificially boosted. A replacement of a non-genuine battery may also cause swelling and be a Safety Risk as Apple advises. I suspect the battery needed replaced with a genuine part long ago.

It may have been that the user purchased this phone used and had no idea that the battery had been "boosted" in order to get them to pay more, or had previously been refurbished and not using genuine parts. In either case, that is not the fault of the iOS update and would explain their experience. Sadly, the phone was not properly maintained, whether that was by the user or not.

Please start your own thread instead of trying to hijack someone else's.

Please send me instruction where to write to Apple I’m very disappointed on IOS 26.1.2 on iPhone 15promac is a disaster very slowed and not intuitive with menu bar going CRAZY

First post, my mistake. Hope serious damage not done.

Have over 60 GB of memory and having same issues. Even tried deleting reloading apps. Continue to have the same issues.