You can
fix many iOS 11 problems by downloading the iOS 11.1.1 update
today, which fixes the infamous and odd A with a question mark auto-correct
glitch. Apple is also troubleshooting other iOS 11 issues with iOS 11.2 beta.
But the
software still isn't flawless for some users. While all of them are rather
minor (your phone does still works), there are a lot of random problems.
What's
the issue? Nothing, really. This is routine for Apple's yearly iPhone and iPad
update. Your biggest hurdle is that with so many devices, so many
carriers, and so many various settings you may have ticked that others
don't. There are minor problems you and you alone might face with iOS 11.
From
issues getting the new iOS 11 update downloaded and installed on your device
and problems the new operating system seems to have caused for your device to
things just not being quite how you want them, we’ll take a close look at all
the problems with iOS 11 and what you can do to try getting past them.
1. A with a question mark box is replacing 'i'
There's
no 'i' in iPhone – at least for some people who have updated to iOS 11. They're
seeing the letter 'i' be replaced by an 'A' followed by a question mark box
symbol. No, it's not a Super Mario 1-up, it's an autocorrect error.
Apple
just issued a patch, dubbed iOS 11.1.1. If you don't see this patch yet, you
can follow these steps:
- Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement.
- Tap the plus sign in the top right corner
- For Phrase, type an upper-case "I". For Shortcut, type a lower-case "i."
Apple
fixed this widespread enough iOS 11 problem with iOS 11.1.1 and it's also soon
launching iOS 11.2 with Apple Pay Cash and other missing features.
2. Your iOS 11 camera settings keep changing
This is
one we got from a TechRadar reader via Twitter: your camera settings reset as
soon as you close out the default camera app. That's annoying, right?
To fix (it’s a new-ish feature), go to Settings>Camera>Preserve
Settings & change things up #ios11 #ios11problems #ios11update #ios11bug
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The good
news is that, as we explain, this is meant to happen. It's actually an easily
missed feature introduced with iOS 10 and a part of iOS 11, too.
You can
keep modes (like video or square), filters and studio lighting effects, and
live photos locked if you visit the Preserve Settings in the Camera settings
menu.
3. Can’t connect to a Wi-Fi network
Someone
reported that their iPhone no longer allows them to join
their personal Wi-Fi network, and they probably won’t be alone in
this.
Some
preliminary steps to try resolving this issue would be to reset your phone,
reset the Wi-Fi router (even if other devices are clearly connected to the
internet through it) or forget the Wi-Fi network on your device and
rejoin.
You can
also attempt to reset the network settings of your device by going to Settings
> General > Reset > Reset Network Settings – don’t worry, this fix
shouldn’t erase anything on your phone.
However,
the user who posted this issue tried many of these fixes to no success, so it
may be a case of reverting back to iOS 10 and waiting for a fix to come from
Apple.
4. Some apps are gone or not working properly
If you’ve
been dragging along some old apps from phone to phone for a while now without
updating them (either because you don’t update them or because the creator
won’t update them) they may not work well with iOS 11. If they’re old enough,
or still 32-Bit, they won’t be compatible with iOS 11.
If you
haven’t updated yet, you can use our guide to determine which apps will work with iOS 11.
5. Your iPhone’s suddenly filling up its storage
One user
has reported that the update to iOS 11 began to slowly increase the system storage on their
device until the device was almost full. This error doesn’t appear
to be linked to specific apps, but rather just the storage that the system
itself takes up. This is an issue that has cropped up even in the Beta for iOS 11,
Unfortunately, there’s no clear resolution for this issue at present, and you
may want to revert to your backup and wait for iOS 11.1 if you experience this
issue.
6. The Home button is slow to wake up the device
Multiple
Apple users have posted that, after updating their old iPhones to iOS 11, their
lock screen freezes for around 10 seconds,
appearing to stall out or slowly load up before letting them use their device.
Nothing could be more tedious than waiting around for 10 seconds just to check
a notifications now and then. This is the type of problem that may resolve
itself over time, as the new operating system gets familiar with your device
and files. But if it persists more than a week, it will likely be worth
restoring a backup of your phone and waiting for Apple to issue a fix for this.
7. Poor battery life with iOS 11
It seems
that every new version of iOS invariably comes with a whole host of complaints
that older iPhones have their battery life severely impacted. If your battery
is dying early and it’s not simply because you’re spending more time playing
with all the new features and learning all the new iOS 11 tricks, there are a lot of things that
could be at the root of it.
Older
apps may not be playing nice with iOS 11. You can check to see if that’s the
case by going into Settings > Battery and seeing which apps are using the
most battery. If any apps that you hardly use are draining it like crazy, you
might want to disable them until they get more iOS 11-friendly updates.
It may
also just be that it takes a little time for iOS 11 to get
comfy with your device. This process could take a few days, so you
might want to just wait it out. In the meantime, you can turn off GPS, Wi-Fi,
and Bluetooth when you’re not using them. You should also lower the brightness
of your screen and disable apps refreshing in the background (Settings >
General > Background App Refresh).
8. Your device is overheating
There are
plenty of reasons a phone can overheat, and complaints seem to crop up around
new software updates. Maybe it’s iOS 11’s fault, maybe it just that your phone
is working hard. In any case, you can temporarily address the overheating by
turning the phone off, keeping it out of the sunlight or other heat sources
(like the top of your computer) and exposing as much surface area as possible
to the air (which means taking it out of any case and potentially propping it
up. It’s worth noting that charging your device won’t help cool it down any, so
wait until it’s cool to plug it back in.
If your
habits haven’t changed and your device is continuously overheating when it
didn’t usually before, it may be time for you to consider restoring an earlier
backup of your device. A short battery life may be annoying, but overheating
can seriously damage your device, and iTunes won’t restore a fried CPU.
9. Power button isn’t working
If
something goes wrong with the update and your power button stops working, you
can shut your device down in the menus. To do this,
go to Setting>General, and scroll all the way to the bottom of the list,
where you’ll see a “Shut down” option that will give you a slider on screen to
turn your device off. This is especially handy if you are trying to restart or
power down the phone because something else is going wrong, such as
overheating.
10. iOS 11 won’t let you send email with
Outlook/Exchange
Apple has acknowledged a bug that’s preventing
some iOS 11 users from sending emails through certain Microsoft-run servers.
The error message says “Cannot Send Mail. The message was rejected by the
server.” Unfortunately, if this is the case for you, you may have to wait until
Apple and Microsoft sort out the issue and use a different device to send those
emails.
11. Control Center isn’t how you want it, lacks
features you want, or has features you don’t want
Control
Center is Apple’s handy new way of controlling many aspects of your device,
whether that disconnecting from Wi-Fi or quickly switching songs. You may have
heard all abut what Control Center can do only to find that it doesn’t have all
those features right there and ready for you when you install iOS 11. Or it it
may seem cluttered with tools you don’t think you’ll ever use. Luckily this is
an easy fix, as you can customize the iOS 11 Control Center by going to
Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls.
12. Control Center keeps on popping up while
playing games
As handy
as Control Center is intended to be, Apple made sure you could easily access it
simply by swiping up from the bottom of your device’s screen. Unfortunately,
this can mean you accidentally swipe it onto the screen when you’re in the
middle of using an app or playing a game. You can disable this access method
while in other apps by going to Settings > Control Center and disable the
ability to access it within apps.
13. Control Center isn’t actually turning off Wi-Fi
or Bluetooth
If you’re
running into battery-life issues, like to stretch your battery life as much as
possible or simply want to avoid risky wireless connection situations, you
might want to turn Wi-Fi and Bluetooth off when you’re not using either. You’ll
probably pop open the Control Center and toggle both off, except it just so
happens those controls won’t actually turn either off.
They may disconnect you from the networks or devices you’re currently connected
to, but they’ll leave the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios on. If you want to turn
both off, you’ll have to go into the main settings menu to do so, or you can
use Airplane Mode to shut off all the device’s radios.
14. The new Dock at the bottom of your iPad keeps
disappearing
If you
just got iOS 11 on your iPad, you might be loving the new Dock at the bottom of
your screen that keep your favorite apps and tools handy. It’s just like the
Dock in Mac OS. However, you may find it occasionally or frequently
disappearing on you. Don’t worry. It’s supposed to do that. To bring it back,
all you have to do is swipe up at the bottom of the screen where it hides when
not in use.
15. It’s going crazy with your image formats
iOS 11
signals Apple’s commitment to a newer image format: HEIC.
This new file type compresses images more than JPEG, so your images won’t take
up as much space on your device. But not every device out there supports HEIC,
and Apple knows this. To make it easier for Apple users to share their photos
with others, iOS may convert them to JPEG when they’re sent, or even if they’re
being uploaded online. If this frequent file-type swapping is a nuisance, you
can disable it by either stopping the conversion from HEIC to JPEG, or by
having your device take photos as JPEG files instead.
16. Messages not backing up to iCloud and deletions
not syncing
If you’ve
been looking out for all the cool new features coming with iOS 11, you probably
noticed that Apple planned to make it very easy to backup Messages in iCloud.
Messages would even be synced across devices, so you wouldn’t have to delete a
conversation thread on every single one of your Apple devices.
Unfortunately,
if you’re having trouble finding that features, it’s because it’s not there yet. Apple
has this feature planned for iOS 11, but it will be coming in a later iteration
of the operating system.
17. Can’t make Apple Pay payments to friends
This is
another case of an iOS 11 feature that isn’t coming with the operating system
at launch. If you’re trying to make direct payments to friend using Apple Pay,
you’re going to be disappointed. While you can currently use a load of other
apps to accomplish this, you’ll have to wait for a future update of iOS 11
before the feature is available through Apple Pay.
18. Can’t use Animoji
Unfortunately,
no one can use Animoji right now. There’s no fix for this at the moment. The
new animated emoji that allow you to have an emoji mimic the movements and
expressions of your face relies on Apple’s facial recognition technology, and
that’s only available on the iPhone X. If you desperately want to use Animoji,
the only fix is to get an iPhone X, but it’s not available until November.
19. Siri sounds different
iOS 11
has come along with updates to the way Siri speaks, making her sound more
natural and less robotish. This will hopefully be nothing but an improvement,
and if you don’t like it, there’s not much you can do besides sticking with the
old iOS. On the other hand, if Siri now has a man’s voice, it may be that you
didn’t realize this has been an option in iOS for some time. If someone else
was playing around in your phone and switch Siri’s voice, you should easily be
able to go back into your device’s settings and set Siri to have whichever
voice you were using before (or perhaps try out some new ones).
20. Someone is taking pictures of you during
FaceTime calls
This
problem may be a bit of an outlier, but iOS 11 gives users the option to allow
special screenshots within FaceTime calls called “FaceTime Live Photos.” These
photos are clear images of the person on the other end without the on-screen
interface. If someone you regularly FaceTime is being a pest and taking loads
of these Live Photos of you, you can disallow the feature by going to Settings
> FaceTime and disabling FaceTime Live Photos. The other person will still
be able to take normal screenshots though.
21. You can’t get iOS 11
While iOS
11 is available for a lot of devices, Apple hasn’t made the brand new operating
system available for all of its past iPhones and iPads. You can check for all
the specific iOS 11 compatibility list, but the simple answer
is that you need a device at least as new as the iPhone 6 or iPhone SE, the
6th-gen iPod touch, an iPad Pro, an iPad Mini 2, or an iPad
Air. Older Apple devices are not supported for iOS 11, so the only fix here is
to grab a new one.
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22. The update just doesn’t start
If you
have a device compatible with iOS 11 but for some reason can’t get the new
operating system to download, there are a few possible explanations.
If you don’t have space for the new OS to download onto your phone, you may
need to free up a couple gigabytes of space on your phone before you can
download and start the update. You can also plug your phone into your computer,
and download and install the iOS 11 update through iTunes.
Your
phone may just not be responding to your command to download iOS 11 and install
it. If that’s the case, you can restart the phone or try force closing the
Settings app. To do this, go to the app switching screen on your iPhone or
iPad, find the settings app, and swipe up.
23. The update did not go as planned
If you’ve
updated your iPhone or iPad to iOS 11 and anything seems to have gone wrong, there’s
an easy fix. If you’re just unpleased with the way the update looks and feels,
or it’s overheating your phone and draining your battery like mad or is just
generally not pleasing in some way, you can just restore your device with the
backup you (hopefully) created. We have a guide for you on both how to backup and restore your iPhone or iPad.
24. Your phone won’t start at all after the update
In a
worst case scenario, an error while your phone or tablet is updating to iOS 11
could effectively brick it, meaning it won’t start up. Fewer things more
frightening can happen to a device packed with photos and videos and memories.
But, if you’ve been listening carefully, you’ve already made a backup of your
phone. You should be able to use this to restore your phone to its state before
you tried installing the update, or whichever start it was in when you created
the backup.
SOURCE : TechRadar
