New Apple iOS 16.1 Problem Angers iPhone Users - Forbes

iOS 16 continues to origin problems for iPhone owners, contempt receiving 4 updates successful conscionable six weeks of release. And present the latest update has introduced different important issue.

Users are reporting that iOS 16.1, released past week, is causing iPhones to disconnect often from WiFi, and vexation levels are reaching boiling point.

First spotted by MacRumors, iPhone owners are taking to Reddit, Twitter, and the Apple Support assemblage forums to kick astir the problem, which tin origin iPhones to disconnect from WiFi arsenic often arsenic every few seconds.

“It’s driving maine crazy,” tweets 1 user, with disapproval of Apple and iOS 16 consistently being among the highest-ranked comments. Others are losing patience implicit the ongoing instability of iOS 16. Especially fixed the perchance significant information charges that being forced onto cellular tin cause.

Other than updating to iOS 16.1, determination appears to beryllium nary evident trigger for the problem. Affected users study WiFi disconnecting erstwhile their iPhones are successful usage and others erstwhile their phones are successful standby oregon charging overnight.

There is besides nary accordant fix. One idiosyncratic says that switching disconnected Location Services for Networking & Wireless solved the occupation (Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services). Still, it has not worked for others, and adjacent a implicit reset of web settings appears to marque nary difference.

At this stage, it remains unclear however wide the contented is, but determination is capable enactment crossed societal media and Apple’s forum to suggest a hole is needed ASAP. Adding to the problem, iOS 16.1 is simply a feature-packed merchandise with implicit 20 information patches, making it a compelling update.

That said, for anyone inactive moving iOS 15, the newly released iOS 15.7.1 contains the aforesaid captious patches and is importantly much stable. I person contacted Apple astir these discoveries and volition update this nonfiction if/when I person a response.

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