{"id":417724,"date":"2021-10-11T09:10:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=417724"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:11:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:11:49","slug":"apple-blocks-downgrades-from-ios-15-0-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/417724-apple-blocks-downgrades-from-ios-15-0-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple blocks downgrades from iOS 15.0.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple released its iOS 15.0.1 update on 1 October and removed the ability for iPhone users to downgrade to iOS 15 and older software versions, according to a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/10\/08\/apple-stops-signing-ios-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MacRumors report<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Cupertino-based tech company stopped signing code for iOS 15 and 14.8 last week, making 15.0.1 the only publicly accessible version.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Apple regularly stops signing code for its older software builds to encourage users to keep their operating systems updated.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 15.0.1 focuses on resolving bugs reported by users on iOS 15, including the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/415908-apple-to-fix-unlock-with-apple-watch-on-iphone-13.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issue with Apple\u2019s \u201cunlock with Apple Watch\u201d feature<\/a><\/strong> that was not working on iPhone 13 devices.<\/p>\n<p>The feature, released in iOS 14.5 earlier this year, uses Face ID and a paired Apple Watch to unlock iPhone devices when the user is wearing a face mask or sunglasses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApple has identified an issue where Unlock with Apple Watch may not work with iPhone 13 devices,\u201d the company said in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT212828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou might see \u2018Unable to Communicate with Apple Watch\u2019 if you try to unlock your iPhone while wearing a face mask, or you might not be able to set up Unlock with Apple Watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>iOS 15.0.1 addressed a bug in the Settings app, which erroneously displayed an alert indicating that device storage was full.<\/p>\n<p>The software update also resolved an issue where Fitness+ subscribers were noticing that audio meditations would start unexpectedly.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/417690-apple-seeks-to-delay-app-store-ruling.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple seeks to delay App Store ruling<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple released a software update to address bugs within iOS 15, preventing users from returning to older versions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":417730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[66621,73120,67786,73122,69835,73124],"class_list":["post-417724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-apple-fitness","tag-ios-14-8","tag-ios-15","tag-ios-15-0-1","tag-iphone-13","tag-unlock-with-apple-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417734,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417724\/revisions\/417734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}