Top 5 Complaints With iOS 6 (So Far…)

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ios 6 complaintsEven though Apple is reporting that over 100 million users have upgraded to their latest iOS 6, this doesn’t mean we have a world full of happy Apple customers.

This isn’t the case by a long shot.

In fact, I’ve read more complaints, problems, and train wrecks as a result of upgrading to iOS 6 from users than I’ve read anything else.

Me personally, my iPhone 3GS went through the iOS 6 upgrade without a glitch.

And probably, this is the case with the majority of users.

But there is no question that a large percentage of people are having problems with their either the upgrade process itself, or their device after they’ve upgraded.

Here’s the top 5 problems I’ve heard from people so far with the iOS 6 upgrade:

#1:  No iOS 6 update for iPad 1

This one has been resonating since late Saturday afternoon, hours after Apple released the iOS 6 update.  The 1st gen iPad users (iPad 1) have been excluded from the iOS 6 upgrade.

READ MORE:  Jailbreak your iPad 1 Instead Of Worry About iOS 6

Why exactly?  I’m not really sure.  But my guess is that Apple wants to set the stage for iPad 1 users to upgrade to the newest iPad’s that are just around the corner, including a possible iPad Mini that we could see announced next month.

#2:  Lost contacts on iPhone after upgrading to iOS 6

For whatever reason, I’ve heard this more from Verizon users than anyone else.

Since I’m on AT&T, I can’t really give too much insight into the problem, but Verizon users are reporting that they’ve lost their contacts after upgrading to iOS 6.

All I know, at the moment, is that for Verizon users ya’ll have an app called Backup Assistant, and Verizon has provided a tutorial for how to get your contacts loaded from their backup.  You can read about here, and then let me know in the comments if this worked.

#3:  iPhone & iPad are slow after updating to iOS 6

This complaint has really taken off on Twitter with people commenting that after the iOS 6 update, their iPhone and iPad’s are dragging and seem really slow.

I also experienced this problem with my iPhone 3GS  and I found that when you upgrade to the iOS 6, and probably as a result of Apple’s new mapping ambitions (or debacle, whatever you want to call it), that a lot of your apps will have location enabled.

READ MORE:  How To Fix Your Slow iPhone & iPad After iOS 6 Update

Well, most people don’t realize this, but when apps have location enabled, it requires back end process on a continuous basis in order to keep the app aware of your location.  This is a lot of unnecessary processing that’s taking place in the background.

Fortunately, I figured out a solution to fixing to fix my slow iPhone after updating to iOS 6 and you read about it here.

#4:  Apple Maps / Google Maps with iOS 6 update

Perhaps the most famous problem so far, or at least the most widely covered problem in the media, with the iOS 6 update has been the train wreck with Apple maps.  Equally important in this conversation is the fact that Apple removed Google maps from devices with the latest iOS 6 update.

Ironically, after discovering almost immediately that their new map app was a disaster, Apple hit the panic button and started hiring (at a frenzied rate) Google Maps engineers in order to fix the problem.

READ MORE:  Why Google Doesn’t Have To Worry About Apple’s Map App

Also ironic is the fact that now the majority of the links associated with Apple maps are wrapped in Google maps URL’s and forwarding to the Google Maps app.

Who at Apple thought this was a good idea anyway?

#5:  YouTube app removed from iOS 6

I don’t get it really, why is Apple taking shots at Google?  Doesn’t Apple realize that Google apps are some of the most widely used apps on the iPhone and iPad?

Along with Apple kicking Google Maps off their latest iOS 6 update, they also thought it was a good idea to kick YouTube off as a default app as well.

Why they did this, I’m not sure.  But I do know that iPhone and iPad users are not happy about the decision.

I really see it as a customer service issue.  After all, aren’t users of the iPhone & iPad customers that Apple would want to please?

And if so, then why do things like remove popular apps that users love to use on their devices?

At least all of this is keep Apple’s PR department busy with damage control.

READ MORE:  The Only iOS 6 Updates You’ll Really Care About

And I can assure you that Google, and the world of Android OS, is laughing about this all the way to the bank.

So what other issues are you experiencing with your new iOS 6 update?

Let us know in the comments and we’ll see if we can help…

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  • sbmargo

    Lost All Bookmarks in Safari on iphone 4! Woke up this morning to NO bookmarks. It had factory settings. I found in Apple Community how to reset the phone (reboot), but that takes time and is a royal pain.

    • http://TabletCrunch.com/ Tablet Crunch

      wow… hadn’t heard of the bookmarks issues. So is your bookmarks working at all?

    • http://twitter.com/psp2roundup PS Vita Roundup

      My bookmarks came back out the blue after a few hours, I assumed it was an iCloud grumble

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  • Karen

    I am using ATT 4s. After upgrade to 6, my contacts won’t show groups.

  • darcie

    have an iphone 4, and since the i0s 6 update, i can’t get my wireless to work. My friend has the exact same problem. any suggestions? (and before you tell me to reboot my phone, or my wireless, i’ve done them already and she has too)

    • http://TabletCrunch.com/ Tablet Crunch

      Try this (and your friend as well). Go to settings > General > Reset (all the way at the bottom) > Reset Network Settings

      This will in essence to a hard reboot, flush out all the DNS of your phones networking cache, and give all fresh DNS, IP’s, etc…

      Let me know if that worked for you.

      Also, once you hit “Reset Network Settings”, it will take a minute or two to completely cycle – so be patient until it’s finished.

      Let me know…

      • darcie

        it picked up the wireless signal, but nothing will load. It’s saying up in the left corner that it’s running on 3G

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  • Maria

    I really love the new ios 6…EXCEPT the App Store crashes every time !!!!!! Very disappointed. Hope apple fixes it soon so I don’t have to wait for next upgrade.

  • Dave Hirsch

    the contacts application on IOS 6 in contacts application, spotlight search, phone ap to contacts…when you search a word iphone searches every field in the contact instead of just the first name, last name like it used to on Ios 5. for example I search “Hirsch” and instead of returning the 7 family members with that last name, it searches the note section, and email addresses,location address etc and returns 500 results, making the results unuseable. If I search Steve Nyland I used to type “st ny” so in addition to Steve Nyland you get everyone who has an address such as Main “St”, and lives in the state of “NY”. I also get everyone named Stan, or or Stephen, or who lives on STreamline road, or someone for which I have any word in the notes section that starts with ST or NY. insanely impracticle. Since I use myphone on the road for business everyday I have my IT department configuring a blackberry until they can fix this so I can look up names properly.
    as an aside, when I selected the update to IOS 6 this morning, the phone froze, and had to go back to factory settings, I spent 2 hours getting the phone back to my setup prefferences.
    I thought Apple meant reliability…… Not

  • lkemp23

    Any idea why the Find my Iphone app is lying about location.

  • Stan

    After upgrading to ios6 my iPad 2 just displays a picture of a power cable pointing towards the iTunes symbol. The background screen is black. I can’t seem to get it to turn on as usual and takes me to this screen every time. The battery is fully charged! Please help!

    • Tulip202

      you should go and exchange with new iPad.Last a few days ago,my friend iPad2 happened as yours.Only showing black screen.

  • mymia

    After updating to ios 6 my 4s crashes constantly. Help!

  • http://www.facebook.com/magesh.b.iyer Magesh Iyer

    Hi i have my iphone 3gs and i updated to IOS6..i dont have an idea of jail break. Please explain.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=752754148 Gus Kingston

    Battery life (4S) is terrible – half or worse what it used to be. This is a major problem.. bigger than maps. You can find where you are if your iPhone is dead.

  • Kathy

    Is there any way to go back and restore the ipad to how it used to be, Update is terrible.

  • Zach

    My biggest gripe is the new Podcast app. Why on earth did they pull this out of iTunes? It is so much less convenient, and takes so much longer to navigate. It seems like the general theme of iOS 6 has been “Hey remember this thing that used to be built in on your device and work fine? Now you have to go download a new app to do it. Aren’t apps fun?!” No Apple. No they are not. The less things cluttering my screen to do the same job, the better.

    • hartofak

      And you can’t get rid of the podcast app. Or rather, you can, but the podcasts won’t sync to your phone. I set up a smart podcast playlist after the last ios upgrade debacle, but that no longer works. In order to play the podcasts in the order I want (oldest first) I have to change them from podcast to music. I used to be able to set iTunes to delete podcasts after I listened to them Now, since they’re music, I have to find them and delete them manually. What a bother for something that seems so simple and obvious; I want to listen to podcasts in the order they come in, not the reverse of that.

  • Ric

    I have the 3G s. my shortcuts, which I use a lot, do not work when texting or writing email. I have to go into settings and turn off shortcuts and turn them back on again. They will work for da short time then quit again. What a pain in the butt.

  • Steve

    My ipad2 frequently force quits applications seemingly at random during normal use. I’ve found this happens most frequently with Facebook and notability.

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  • Josh D

    try using the app store now. It’s sliding left and right now, instead of up and down. It works VERY slowly. It’s worse than the last version of the app store. Every search takes about a whole minute on my iPod. If you try searching for the YouTube app, it will only take 5 seconds to crash XD Yeah, I agree. Apple is attacking Google by this new iOS…

  • Jenn

    The app store isn’t working on my iPhone or my iPad… I can’t download any apps. On my iPad I was asked to agree to the new terms and conditions over and over again.

  • http://www.facebook.com/grrgrl Gayla Collier-Riggins

    After updated my iphone 4 to the Ios6 i no longer have the you tube app. I have also noticed that there is a you tube app in the app store….is this app supposed to replace the standard you tube app that was on my iphone when I bought it?

  • teri

    Hello. I would like to ask if there are others who experienced the same problem that I have after upgrading my Iphone 4 to IOS 6. What happened is that since last month, when this IOS 6 was released I upgraded my phone immediately. After doing so, I noticed a lot of problem and the worst of it is that all my side buttons are not working even if I did reset all the settings. Whenever I watched the video recorded on my phone the volume isn’t working and not even showing when i tap the lower part of the phone like it used to be. But whenever I play music everything is there the volume is showing on the lower part so I can slide it to adjust the volume.
    Another problem is that the auto lock isn’t functioning properly that even if it is set into 1min auto lock it will take like 10 mins and up just to lock it.
    These problem occured only when I upgraded to IOS 6 since September what can I do so that my phone will be back to order. I am just complaining now because I was still hopeful before that maybe the bug in IOS 6 will be fixed and every user will be happy one day that everything is fixed. But it’s been a month and this is too much!!!!Please help.

  • lydreina

    phone crashes and will NOT turn on!!!!

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