Update affected my phone?

Buzwaldo

I have an iPhone se about 2 years now I guess and usually update when prompted. Not that tech savvy myself.
After a recent update ( to 12.0.1) there are a few things which I notice no longer work on my phone
1 - portrait orientation lock - despite this being turned off, it is still on ( when I turn it sideways to look at a video or for another reason it still stays in ‘upright ‘ mode.
2 WhatsApp notifications not showing up on screen, despite being turned on in settings, although it worked intermittantly for a short while.

Have I done something wrong, is there a glitch, or is it sort of the ‘planned obsolescence’ I read about the other day, where newer updates render older phones ‘sub-functional’?
Tia.

Seve OB

Buzwaldo wrote: »

I have an iPhone se about 2 years now I guess and usually update when prompted. Not that tech savvy myself.
After a recent update ( to 12.0.1) there are a few things which I notice no longer work on my phone
1 - portrait orientation lock - despite this being turned off, it is still on ( when I turn it sideways to look at a video or for another reason it still stays in ‘upright ‘ mode.
2 WhatsApp notifications not showing up on screen, despite being turned on in settings, although it worked intermittantly for a short while.

Have I done something wrong, is there a glitch, or is it sort of the ‘planned obsolescence’ I read about the other day, where newer updates render older phones ‘sub-functional’?
Tia.

1.
Happens on my iPad from time to time. Fine after a restart

justme112

Buzwaldo wrote: »

Have I done something wrong, is there a glitch, or is it sort of the ‘planned obsolescence’ I read about the other day, where newer updates render older phones ‘sub-functional’?
Tia.

Ignore this nonsense. iOS 12 is supporting phones back as far as 5s (running fine on mine)

Hopefully a soft reset will sort this for you - hold home button and lock button until you see apple logo

murpho999

There is no such thing as planned obsolescence. It's just something that Apple haters go on about.

I have an iPod at home from 2004 and it still works, just an issue with the battery which is to be expected but works fine when plugged in.

davo2001

murpho999 wrote: »

There is no such thing as planned obsolescence. It's just something that Apple haters go on about.

https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/12/technology/apple-iphone-slow-battery-lawsuit/index.html

Also, to be fair, Apple are not the only ones to do this, but it is done.

Sad Professor

davo2001 wrote: »

https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/12/technology/apple-iphone-slow-battery-lawsuit/index.html

Also, to be fair, Apple are not the only ones to do this, but it is done.

That wasn't planned obsolescence, that was Apple clumsily trying to avoid a global recall of faulty batteries.

Buzwaldo

justme112 wrote: »

Ignore this nonsense. iOS 12 is supporting phones back as far as 5s (running fine on mine)

Hopefully a soft reset will sort this for you - hold home button and lock button until you see apple logo

Thanks. Did this soft reset as suggested and all seems good again.
Boards comes up trumps again.

Buzwaldo

murpho999 wrote: »

There is no such thing as planned obsolescence. It's just something that Apple haters go on about.

Fair enough, and I understand about non apple fans.
Just mentioned it because this issue arose after an update, and I had just read this article the other day.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetwburns/2018/10/24/italy-fines-apple-samsung-a-few-million-for-planned-obsolescence-in-phones/#7dc3c4955afb

murpho999

davo2001 wrote: »

https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/12/technology/apple-iphone-slow-battery-lawsuit/index.html

Also, to be fair, Apple are not the only ones to do this, but it is done.

How can that be perceived as planned obsolescence?

Agreed it was not handled well but slowing a phone down to save battery does not make a phone obsolete.

murpho999

Buzwaldo wrote: »

Fair enough, and I understand about non apple fans.
Just mentioned it because this issue arose after an update, and I had just read this article the other day.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetwburns/2018/10/24/italy-fines-apple-samsung-a-few-million-for-planned-obsolescence-in-phones/#7dc3c4955afb

I think people misunderstood what was going on.

Slowing the phone down was to prolong its life.

The writer of that article cleary has no idea as she writes

"For Apple, it was iPhone 6 users' adoption of the iPhone 7 operating system that caused Italians to cry foul about poorer performance."

A clear misunderstanding of how iOS works as they are not model specific.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Sorry, but 2 years for an iPhone is far too long. Why have you not bought the latest phone? Why did you skip last years model? Who exactly do you think you are?

On a serious note, Samsung and Apple, knowingly slow down older phones. The fine is nothing in comparison to the revenue they will make from people switching to new phones.

Two scumbag companies with scumbag practices, I won't be purchasing either of their phones (or other products) in future. Fairphone looks promising. You can actually repair your phone with modules they sell. Madness!

https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-and-samsung-fined-for-slowing-down-phones-with-updates/