iOS 18.1.1 Update Issues on iPhone

Thanks for the warning and sorry about all the horrible issues you're experiencing with this iOS 18.1.1 upgrade.

I'll stay with iOS 17 for the time being.

Hi I haven’t updated yet but the last update changed my voicemail so you can no longer use 121 to hear messages. You have to tap the phone icon on the Home Screen then the voicemail icon to read the transcript and hit the phone number to play the message. All very challenging with no prior warning.

I contacted apple support and the tech walked me through a number of steps and the calendar search issue was resolved. The whole process took about 20 minutes until he got the right steps. It involved turning off the iCloud sync and turning it back on after a few minutes. I’m not sure about the rest of it but maybe that helped. Recommend calling Apple

surflong — Sending messages may be constrained by your cellular provider, internet provider or messaging app. You have to remember that 2 of the 3 cameras are now 48 megapixels. If shooting Raw I’m getting 70mb files sometimes. Even my JPEG files are very large sometimes.

I figured out how to Message full sized photos on IOS 18.1.1

It’s takes an an extra step that when using IIS 17 but it works.

1) Open the photo in your Photo’s App.

2) Touch the 3 Dots in the upper right corner of the photo to open the Drop Down menu.

3) Select Copy

4) Open Messages andPaste the Photo in your Message

5) Send the Message as you normally would .

I’m was surprised I didn’t find the answer while searching for it in the Posts in the Apple Community Forum.

i would have thought someone… or an Apple Tech would have posted it.

Actually, like others have commented, I wasn’t holding my breath that a Tech would explain it because it appears they’re only good for creating problems that we have to solve. :)

Same thing here - couldn’t handle the lack of touchscreen responsiveness. Apps aren’t working. Can’t search phone. I do a hard reset after things were backed up. iCloud can’t sink. Lost photos. Lost contacts. Screen is still not responsive. Apps don’t work. Will be making another appt for them to tell me “oh I haven’t heard of anything like this” even though the forums are clear. It isn’t me. It’s you Apple. Get it together when you expect us to pay 1k for a phone

What’s happened? Photo editing is more difficult, in WhatsApp I can no longer access all my photos. I couldn’t add a file attachment to a WhatsApp message. The list goes on as I’m finding out more.

Why change what doesn’t need fixing? Especially when the ‘change’ is far worse!!

Apple - please fix ASAP

yes, it appears to have disabled spam filters. Spam phone calls x 100, spam mail x100, cant send attachments, affecting Mac Book Pro as well as Ipad and Macbook air (Air connected permanent on TV) overheating and brightness dulling to hard to read text, like night switch reversed, so dull at both day and night. Battery runs out and have to charge x 2 a day, ios 17 before every 3 days. hand burning overheating, could fry an egg. I guess I will have to buy a Samsung until Pajeet fixes this disaster. It is almost like a reverse power saving hack?

my phone crashes all of a sudden. All my notifications on the notification Center are not responding. Battery heats up very badly and battery is draining within few hrs of full charge. Horrible update from Apple. Wish I didn’t update my phone with 18.1.1

i'm with you but I'm only 78. and ive had an iPhone since year dot. my iPhone is 15Pro my telephone wont work and gives me a blank screen, my msgs don't work and I get a screen that's stuck. my email to date seems unaffected- my wife's iphone11 works with 18.1.1. Go figure?

ive never had a problem with an upgrade before. What's going on Apple?

I really don’t like the menu being rearranged in the left column settings. I asked if I could modify it, no. It is now annoyingly time consuming to find and use what I need.,

MY PHONE overheated for the first time ever. I have an android cell phone. Unbelievable that an upgrade would cause a phone to overheat and there is no response from Apple is horrific.

On further explorations after the recent huge Apple update, I would like to add the following.

My post to Facebook.

I hate Apple. I hate that they’ve made it so difficult to find photos. I resent the fact that they try to organise things that I’m perfectly able to organise myself. I hate that they’ve put a message balloon thing on my cover photo - one that asks you for a message, and the other (tho there may be more) that offers you to put some music on it for 24 hours.

I emphatically do not want to be that organised. I am not a ten year old wanting little games. I’m an adult who can deal with things the way I want, and HATE all this baby stuff. It’s wasting my time. 😡

18.1.1 made both my partner and I’s iPhones basically unusable we cannot send multiple photos. It will not pick up my email speaking with Apple representatives. They are clueless. Nothing seems to be repairing the issue. I’ve had an iPhone since they first came out, but this is kind of the last straw with their updates that are riddled with bugs. We are going onto a better company.

spend way too much money on their products that don’t work correctly

Yup that’s what they do. They asked me too to reset my phone to factory reset. Nope, I’m going to loose everything AGAIN cause I did that once in their recommendation. Either give me a phone and updates that doesn’t have issues.

So no answers, advice or news ? 500 people just on this thread are having these problems. Since the horrific update I have problems with my notes app closing by itself, interface being slower , and about ten problems now with Instagram. No answers or advice?

ohh , and in GarageBand EVERY SINGLE ONE of the apple loops no longer work as intended, so thats completely broken too. Yeah apple have messed up big this time.

Maybe to get everyone to "get a better device" untill they update it into being a once expensive working device , but sadly will just be sentenced to being a brick of metal glass etc. thats by the by , i’m just frustrated.