Apple releases iOS 6.2 with Wi-Fi fix

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Posted 18 December 2012 - 10:43 AM

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#2 tatilsever

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Posted 18 December 2012 - 10:47 AM

Headline says 6.2, implying a fairly significant update while, the actual version number is 6.0.2.

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Posted 18 December 2012 - 11:15 AM

From a MacUpDate comment:
"It should be noted (as I'm sure it will be soon on MacUpdate) that this is a specific update for iPhone 5 and iPad mini only. All other devices do not and will not update to 6.0.2."

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Posted 18 December 2012 - 11:29 AM

Thanks ostrichtom, already was wondering why there is no update for me.

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Posted 18 December 2012 - 02:07 PM

At 5:04 EST, I checked both my iPad 2 and 5g iPod touch. The iTunes.app said that both were up to date at 6.0.1. Why is this? Is Apple staggering access to updates to even out their bandwidth consumption?

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Posted 18 December 2012 - 02:42 PM

Seems ironic that a patch to fix WiFi requires a WiFi connection, according to my iPhone5. I know you can also sync/update with iTunes, if you were having an issue with WiFi. I just liked that irony when reading the instructions.

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Posted 19 December 2012 - 04:23 AM

It would be great if they fixed the annoying 'feature' where the personal hotspot stops broadcasting wifi if you don't use it for a couple of minutes, it drives me mad having to keep restarting the feature to reconnect my iPad.

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Posted 19 December 2012 - 04:56 AM

This still did not fix my wife's issue of her iPhone 5 switching back to LTE even though our WiFi network is strong enough for our iDevices to handle it. We already switched the hardware - now what do we do?

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Posted 19 December 2012 - 06:31 AM

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Try resetting network settings, followed by another reboot.

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Posted 19 December 2012 - 10:52 AM

OTA updated worked for me no problem. I didn't have a problem with previous versions except Siri leaking over LTE when connected to Wifi. I will have to test this again.

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Posted 22 December 2012 - 01:26 AM

Shocking that they released the iPhone 5 without WiFi connectivity.
Apauling that the update doesn't work.
Apple - your product is not fit for purpose.

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 01:29 PM

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Shocking that they released the iPhone 5 without WiFi connectivity. Apauling that the update doesn't work. Apple - your product is not fit for purpose.

Are you for real? WiFi connectivity was included, it just had a bug. If you're going to be ridiculous, no one will take you seriously.

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 02:50 PM

" Apple releases iOS 6.2 with Wi-Fi fix "

Should be 6.0.2.

Supposedly 6.1 is seeded to developers for testing.

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Posted 28 December 2012 - 10:41 AM

I have tried to do this download for days!!! It won't let me do it without being connected to my computer and then when I try that it tells me it will take 14 hours. When I went ahead and tried to do it overnight, it stops at some point. Am I missing something? I am not terribly savvy when it comes to my phone so do I need to change some setting. Really frustrated!