Awesome! I had called Apple Support and they were well aware of the issue even though its been a low-key announcement. I have my Genius Bar appointment this Saturday so I'll be sure to provide an update here with my experience.
To all those still chiming in that they feel cheated or Apple isn't fixing this, PLEASE CALL APPLE NOW. A lot has changed in the past 2 weeks, Apple is well aware of the issue, and will fix it. So if you called before and have gotten no where, PLEASE CALL APPLE NOW.
If you have paid out of pocket to Apple previously to get this issue repaired, PLEASE CALL APPLE NOW. They WILL issue a refund for any documented out of pocket expenses paid to APPLE and APPLE ONLY. So if you tried your own homegrown fixes or brought it to a third party, you're out of luck with reimbursements.
And finally to Peter. You have to be one of the rudest experts I have ever encountered on these forums. I can't tell if you're trolling or not, but since you've gathered enough users points to be a 5 star, I'm lead to believe you think you're an elitist. But dude, CHILL OUT. You're literally picking on people for their English when clearly they're coming here looking for a life line because the support in their native country is lack luster. If anyone should report anything to the hosts, it should be a report on your behavior throughout this discussion. Regardless if people are poking you now for your original statements then, it's in the past! So be the bigger man and WALK AWAY. We now have a fix and we'll continue to help each other. If you keep coming back here because you're getting e-mail alerts because someone is replying to this very old discussion -- PLEASE ignore it, unsubscribe from it, or send it to spam. Just stay away man! You and your incendiary comments are no longer needed here.
And if a HOST happens to stumble upon this. Please for the love of God either lock this discussion and redirect it to a new one with a proper answer pointing out the procedure to get this fixed OR change the accepted answer on this existing discussion.
Now that this can be legitimately fixed by Apple, lets get back to HELPING PEOPLE. You know, the reason why this place exists in the first place.