iustinianos
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Q: IOS 10 kills barometer on iPad Mini 4

IOS 10 caused barometer on iPad Mini 4 not to work. Is this intentional or a bug ? And is there an update on the waty about it in the near future ?

iPad Mini, iOS 10.0.2

Posted on Oct 18, 2016 6:51 AM

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Q: IOS 10 kills barometer on iPad Mini 4

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  • by Phil0124,Helpful

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Oct 18, 2016 7:02 AM in response to iustinianos
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    Oct 18, 2016 7:02 AM in response to iustinianos

    What Barometer?

     

    Is this an App you downloaded?

     

    What exactly is happening?

  • by iustinianos,

    iustinianos iustinianos Oct 18, 2016 7:07 AM in response to Phil0124
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    Oct 18, 2016 7:07 AM in response to Phil0124

    As you may know, iPad Mini 4 has a barometer sensor in it. IOS 10 update caused all applications using barometer (most of them are meteorology apps of course) to break down. Some of them say no barometer is found, some of them just show a constant, unchanging pressure measurement. It seems IOS 10 does not give permission to 3rd parties for accessing barometer. Just take a look at iTunes AppStore, all meteorology apps are complaining about this.

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Oct 18, 2016 7:13 AM in response to iustinianos
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    Oct 18, 2016 7:13 AM in response to iustinianos

    Applications using features of the Apple products need to ensure they are compatible with iOS updates. Has any of the developers of meteorological apps made any statements about this? They would be the ones to troubleshoot your apps.

     

    In addition, this is a user to user support forum, and no one here would know about a bug like that, or if there is any update being developed, as we are not privy to any information like that.