#ios update

[aemiron-main]

me: 1, apple: 0 (PSA to anyone else who hates the IOS 18 update/photos app update- there IS a way to revert it)

PSA to anyone else who fucking hates the AWFUL new ios 18 apple photos app UI: I managed to revert my phone back to EXACTLY how it was prior to the update WITHOUT losing any of my stuff (I had been running IOS 17.7.2 prior to the update). Here's what I did:

1.) I had an iCloud backup from BEFORE updating to 18.1.1. This backup was from when my phone was still on 17.7.2. You can still undo the update without a backup, but you'll lose all your stuff/your phone will be wiped. 2.) I went here and picked my phone type (iphone 13 pro in my case) and then downloaded the most recent ios BETA version (17.6 ver 3 beta)- it has to be one of those beta versions, because apple keeps their beta versions signed longer than other versions, and there are no longer any versions of IOS prior to IOS 18 that are still signed. You can't install unsigned versions via itunes, so they're useless. 3.) I downloaded the 17.6 ver 3 beta file to my computer 4.) I opened iTunes with my phone connected 5.) I right-clicked on "Restore iPhone..." button, and selected that 17.6 ver 3 beta file from my "downloads" folder 6.) I let it restore/factory reset my phone & it downloaded IOS 17.6 ver 3 beta to my phone because I selected that file in step 5.) 7.) It finished resetting it and then I SET IT UP AS A NEW IPHONE and i did NOT click the "partial setup," button because THAT button took me to a screen where they were going to force me to update to 18.1.1 AGAIN 8.) After setting it up as a new, blank phone, running on the IOS 17.6 ver 3 beta, I went into my iPhone settings, went to the software updates section, and updated to 17.7.2 (it gave me the option to update to 17.7.2 instead of 18.1.1- this is where the little loophole is, because the 17.7.2 file is no longer available for download online/is no longer signed, but you CAN still update from 17.6 to 17.7.2 from within your iphone settings) 9.) I updated it to 17.7.2. This would be your final step if you don't have an IOS 17.7.2 or earlier iTunes or iCloud backup to restore from. 10.) You can only restore from an iCloud backup during the setup process- so, I factory reset my phone AGAIN, but from within my phone settings this time (instead of using iTunes like I did when factory resetting & installing that IOS 17.6 version) 11.) During THIS setup process, I didn't click on the "partial setup," option, and then just clicked on the iCloud backup option after declining the "partial setup" option, and it restored from my 17.7.2 iCloud backup without forcing me to update to 18.1.1 12.) My phone was back to how it was right before the update! I then went and shut off all of apple's stupid "automatic update" features, made sure that it CANNOT update without me going out of my way to update it, because apple has LOST automatic update privileges with this vile, wretched IOS 18 photos app update. 13.) If you are going to do this, I recommend you do it as soon as possible, because even though the signed 17.6 beta was available, and even though I could update to 17.7.2 from within my phone's settings, there is NO guarantee how long this option will last, it could be gone tomorrow, it could be gone two days from now, it could be gone an hour from now.

14.) I suggest Apple stops letting their UI devs reach into my mind while I sleep & use my nightmares to design their UI, because I don't really think there's any other explanation for how that mess was perfectly catered to piss me off & make the photos app unusable for me.

[phecdasolar]

This poll is dedicated to my overwhelming sensory hell upon updating my phone last night that literally put me in tears <3 If anyone knows how to revert an update PLEASE lmk <3333

[darkherolovercroissant]

I seriously hate iOS updates

[touchlikethesun]

you should be able to opt out of all non-fuctional systems updates. like i get that updates might be necessary to fix bugs, i get that. but fixing bugs is entirely different from changing the display, don't change how my phone's display looks and works i paid for it not the developers step out ffs.

[sodaclover]

Phone layout after new update :3

[silver-focus-lining]

I’ve been so mad, I made this to vent about the iPad update.

[atalante241]

The new iOS update looks fucking horrendous

[vexinglyvague]

@staff why have you taken away my ability to follow the reblog chain? Why have you done this? Please bring it back. This new “streamlined” or “modernized” or whatever look you’re going for is fine, but please don’t take the heart and soul out of Tumblr in your search for it

[theprestigegirly]

petition for apple to bring back the old battery symbol it’s harder to read my percentage when the numbers are on the battery bar itself

[theworstcreature]

Hey uhh….. why the FUCK did the new IOS update take away my cell service???

[queefmaster666]

You can finally make the asexual and aroace flags out of heart emojis with the new iOS update!!!!

🖤🩶🤍💜

🧡💛🤍🩵💙

Yippee!!!!!!!

(I didn’t mention aromantic because there’s technically a light green stripe, and we’ve only gotten a new light blue heart)

[thechainfucker]

No one ever misses me as much as this stupid ios software update

[radioactivelizzy]

Anyone else been having issues with the new ios update fucking up the autocorrect? I’ll type a perfectly correctly spelled word and it will change it to a completely different word just for the fun of it???? I almost want to turn it off but I spell things wrong because I type too fast. But at this point with how often I have to go back and change so many words it seems a wash. :/

[iosnextgen]

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[swirlingyouintomypoems]

I hate the new IOS update so much it's not even funny

[psalm40speakstome]

So Apple Photos changed so much that I’m confused as heck AND consistently have to see the faces of my emotional abusers below my regular photos?

Great just great 🙄🙄