For those having problems with the iOS 9.3 update please read...

The "Safari" bug is separate issue than 9.3 = merely coincidental in timing

Don't know what to make of this:

2 iPad Airs and 1 iPhone 5, all three updated to iOS 9.3 last week before they pulled the update. Running ok.

All 3 show Version 9.3 (13E233), i.e., not the new build which is 13E5237.

On the iPhone, if I go to Software Update it says "Up To Date".

On the 2 iPads if I go to Software Update they both offer a new version which is 1.3 GBs (large) and "Download and Install".

This is confusing, at least to me. Anyone seeing this?

It would appear that there is a new version for the iPads but not for the iPhones. ???

And why 1.3 GBs, seems very large to me.

Based on the recent track record of Apple, I am not installing anything.

Any feedback appreciated... 🙂

Edit: I wish Apple would offer some guidance on this. Dreaming, I know.

Is it possible the 1.4GB is the total of the operating system download, not just the update ?

I'm with you... updating funky software might be too difficult for rapid deployment = too many "IF... Then" operations

Just got the latest and it installed and works. Should we say thanks Apple for getting it there at last?

Thanks for the good news . Hopefully we'll be able to come out the bunkers soon. What a week. 🙂

bh8er wrote:

Just got the latest and it installed and works. Should we say thanks Apple for getting it there at last?

... say, "Thanks for stopping hitting me in the head with that hammer?"

As additional info, my wife's iPhone 5 had not been updated prior to the pull, i.e., it is still on 9.2.1. She connected it to power an hour ago and it now states that an update is ready to install. It is 233 MBs. I would assume that this update is the new build but no way to tell before installing and she is not installing anything either at this time!!!

The lack of response from Apple is really disconcerting. Most companies post instructions on their websites when a new update or bug fix is issued. Hard to understand why guidance is not being offered.

Same problems with links not opening/crashing iPad 4 after updating to iOS 9.3. Disabled JAVA for Safari, still does not work. Frustrating. Have to take my Windows laptop on business trip, forget iPad. Way to go Apple.

Both of theses have been updated within the last few hours (according to Google time - unsure whether that is crawl-time or modification time)

If you can't activate your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch after installing iOS 9.3 - Apple Support

If you can’t activate your iPad 2 (GSM model) after you update to iOS 9.3 - Apple Support

Demo wrote:

Do you remember how large the file was?

Please see my post above. My wife's iPhone is attempting to go from 9.2.1 to ostensibly the new 9.3 build and it is saying 233 MBs. So your question and mine are valid indeed. Why are our devices that already updated saying 1.3-1.4 GBs?

If as Bob suggests it is the total iOS, why do we need the total OTA on devices that already updated ok?

Rhetorical comment, why can't anyone at Apple clarify in an HT?

elcpu,

Both my updated iPhone 5 and iPad 2 are also running iOS 9.3 (13E233) and are ok. I haven't seen any other updates, revisions being pushed out. All my other family devices (another iPad 2 & iPhone 5, and a ipod Touch & an iPad Mini) are still stuck on the "unable to Verify Update" "no longer connected to the Internet" loop.

I'm sure others will disagree, but at some point I wish Apple would stop pushing all these universal updates out for some devices. I could see security patches being pushed out. I just remember when my iPad 2 ran great on iOS 6 & 7, after that it was never the same. And yes, I could choose not to update next time.