nospam wrote:
In article , peter
wrote:

Prior to getting my new iPhone I would be notified that there is an
update
available. I have had issues with my plus that have been solved by
updating
the iOS system. Both times I had not received a notice that an update was
available that would fix the bug. Has anybody else had that issue, or is
there a setting that I have missed. If it is a setting, which one?

updates can take a few days to appear for everyone, or you can request
it at any time.

i used to get a notification that there was an update. Since I go the 8+
I have not been getting any.

what version does your 8+ currently have? you may be up to date already.

as i said, it sometimes may take a few days for it to check on its own.
11.2 was released over the weekend so it may not have checked yet, but
if you prefer, just manually request it.

I called support and was advised to bring in the phone, which I cannot do.

no need.

I¹ve been poked around and found there was an update, which I installed and
the problem was fixed.

which is exactly what i said to do.

My question is has Apple changed it¹s policy?

no.

Or was
this just because they were In a rush to get the update out.

no.

there are nearly 1 billion ios users, which means the update is not
pushed to everyone at the exact same time. it's staggered over about a
week or so.

as i said before and will say again because you *still* don't get it,
it may take a few days for everyone to see the update, however, you can
check at any time and will get the latest currently available.

microsoft does the same thing, but over an even longer period of time.
creators update was *still* being rolled out this past fall, some six
*months* after its initial rollout, right around the time fall creators
update appeared.

The problem
was a serious one. I had no access to my contact list and could not use the
phone except with Siri or Bluetooth.

that's it?


Newsflash!
There’s a lot of us who use an iPhone to make telephone calls, And send
text messages. I had the problem on Monday. Today is Thursday, and our
daughter was visiting with us had a similar problem on her iPhone eight.
She still had the problem today, and she had not been notified about the
fix.

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PeterN