Lots of bugs in ios 11.0.3 on iPhone 6s

Hi Apple,


What have you done with ios 11. Even after 3 updates the stability is terrible.

First of all: a lot of apps aren't working right. they keep crashing or the whole ios crashes and i have to do a hard reset. Even the apps that have been updated work insanly bad.

Second: random ios bugs. like wifi crashing the music app or the volume indicator just stops working. the apps in the bottom part of the screen disappear? the list goes on and on and on.

Last: The battery. i mean my device now only has like 60% of the batterylife it had before. you guys really screwed us over with this terrible update...

please fix asap.

iPhone 6s, iOS 11.0.3

Posted on Oct 12, 2017 2:38 AM

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Oct 12, 2017 3:51 AM in response to Dogcow-Moof

1) well facebook, instagram and snapchat work like **** for me. constantly freezing and sometimes totally crashing my ios.

2) well just because something doesn't happen for you doesn't mean it never does.... and before the ios 11 update i didn't have any of this problems and btw its a 4 month old iphone.

3) well now you are just saying things like ''did you know the earth is round?''


Im not a complete idiot with IT im actually a IT major at the university utrecht. so i recognize bad programming and system engineering..

Oct 17, 2017 8:37 AM in response to Dogcow-Moof

William K.,

I am confused by the tone of your thread to just1nc4s3. I have over 30 years of pc and mac experience. I worked in IT for 16 years on had a consulting company servicing business customers computers and application needs, in three states before that. I help numerous people on mac and pc platforms with all operating systems. I too, have ongoing iPhone 6s and wireless problems. I have spent the last week, deciding to finally resolve it. Email and cellular have also been problematic. I realize despite my experience, this maybe a total user problem. All that does not qualify me for any anything on an iPhone. It does clarify, that I am not someone who isn't "smart enough".


I really don't care what "millions" of other people are experiencing or reporting. I am interested in solving my problem, even if I am the only person in the world either having it, or when I am willing to take time to request help from any resource. I respect and appreciate help. I often skip over commenting on any thread that goes off course than contributions to solving the problem. I move on to other places, in search of help. It sounds like you are experienced William, I just would hope that you could help us resolve our problems, or point us to other resources. Regardless, the success of any community is do to active participants such as yourself. So, thank you for your involvement.

Oct 20, 2017 8:20 AM in response to just1nc4s3

By far the worst update I have ever experienced. And there have been some bad ones.


I had the same problem as you did with the wifi crashing the music app or the volume indicator just stops working.

I am also unable to switch between iphone, speaker and any blue tooth device may have had connected. Speaker phone does not work ever. Can not even switch to it. Answers calls works about 75% of the time, the other 25% just drop and have to re call.

When I link to my Tahoe in bluetooth or even USB I get nothing. It will not play music, take or receive a call. I have to restart the phone and the Spotify, Sound cloud or even Apple Music app two or three time before it will even link to hear music. I get no artist info on my cars display or controls anymore from the vehicle itself.

Also the phone freezes ever two or three days where I can not even force restart it. Just have to wait about 5-8 minutes for it to stop freaking out and restart.

Never had any of these problems prior to the 11 update.

Oct 20, 2017 10:18 PM in response to 67Fordman

Before my iPhone SE (6 months old) updated to iOS 11.0.3 overnight I had no issues.

After the update:


- I have had to reset my phone five times already today because it completely froze

- apps crash regularly

- sound was not working on phone calls until I reset twice

- battery is being drained much faster than before

- earbuds remote does not work properly anymore. If I try to pause Spotify, it starts playing a song from my iTunes library instead and volume buttons do not work anymore.


This is the worst update I have ever experienced, as it has transformed my phone from a great tool to a source of constant frustration.

Oct 21, 2017 5:31 AM in response to @Matt.H

Not high handed, but rather I have not had these issues nor have a majority of others.


If you are having these issues, we may need to take steps to diagnose whats going on on your particular device, but the issues are certainly not universal to all.


Apps may of course have issues, especially third party ones that may have incompatibilities with the new OS.

Oct 21, 2017 8:25 AM in response to Merlin42

I wrote software for 32 years. There are no workarounds in the myriad of bugs in iOS 11.0.3. Bad code is bad code. Apple needs to rewrite its software from the ground up, and I guarantee there will be some serious changes at Apple because of this unprecedented disaster. It will be a while before we see any kind of fix. Somebody kissed the donkey when they pushed this abortion out simply to coincide with the release of the iPhone 8.

Oct 23, 2017 5:12 PM in response to just1nc4s3

I too have experienced massive usability issues in iOS 11.0.3. I too cannot do a single task, open an email, search a webpage, or scroll through a webpage, take a video, etc. etc.... without the phone going back to the lock screen right in the middle of working on the phone.


I am extremely frustrated, I have two phones, both with the same issue. They are constantly going back to the home screen while using the phone.


Yesterday I was taking a video of my daughter's violin recital, and in the middle of the video it stopped and went back to the home screen. I had to unlock the phone and get back to recording the video, but there is a break in between. I have an iPhone 6 Plus, and an iPhone 6. I tried the iPhone 8 and had similar issues, although not as bad, but the iPhone 8 dropped calls which was a deal breaker. This may be my last apple product. This is ridiculous, that a company so large and self aggrandizing cannot get develop a simple update that will not cripple a phone.


Battery life is now 50-60% of what it was before iOS 11.


My phone is a train wreck, and I am looking at going back to Android .... please help! I'm drowning in bugs!

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