apple ios 16.0.2 bug fix release

Late yesterday evening I received an alert on my iPhone via Settings that a new iOS release was available. When I checked I was surprised to see what was for Apple detailed release notes. In particular there were two bug fixes I’d been tracking;

  • Camera IBIS vibration — I’d already written how the iPhone 14’s in-body-image-stabilization was activated to the point that the entire phone vibrated and buzzed if you tried to use the camera directly with various third-party iOS apps. Apple even issued a warning not to allow the buzzing to go for too long a period in order to avoid physically damaging the camera. Needless to say, great hilarity ensued on the internets.
  • Copy/paste permission popup — A very annoying bug that I never experienced occurred when you tried to paste into an app. The security setting was being misinterpreted such that every single time you wanted paste data into an app, you were asked to allow the app to have access to the iOS clipboard. Some users considered that too much security, and thus complained rather loudly that it inconvenienced them.

I’ve purchased more popcorn and eagerly await any future iOS bugs.

the latest apple iphone 14 faux pa

So today’s technological faux pa comes curtesy of Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro Max camera. The “major bug” when TikTok, Twitter or Instagram uses the back camera. The camera’s image stabilization motor vibrates so loudly it sounds almost like it’ll chew its way out of the iPhone case. The Guardian has a detailed article with quoted tweets showing this bug in action ( https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/19/iphone-14-pro-max-camera-optical-image-stabilisation-motor ). It’s said that Apple’s camera app doesn’t have this problem, but that’s minute comfort to those iPhone users trying to use it seamlessly with one of the aforementioned apps. What’s worse, Apple advises not to allow the raucous vibrations to continue for too long or else the camera will become heavily damaged. So tell me again how you feel about spending that much money to be one of the first to own this symbol of technological excellence?

I wait with bated breath for Apple’s usual transparent explanation and fix.

Update

Ars Technica has published an article in which Apple admits to the problem. Quote: “Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple has acknowledged the issue and plans to release a fix next week.”

Link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/apple-plans-a-fix-for-grinding-vibrating-iphone-14-pro-max-cameras-next-week/