Tags: Apple, iOS
Just a few weeks (and less than a month) after it pushed out iOS 8.1.1, Apple is back today with yet another new iteration of its mobile OS.
iOS 8.1.2 comes with its share of unnamed bug fixes, and it also addresses what surely has been a pretty annoying issue for some.
Without any warning Apple has today released iOS 8.1.2 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users running iOS 8. But it isn’t the long awaited raft of bug fixes needed for users affected by the ongoing problems with iOS 8.Instead the release “addresses a problem where ringtones purchases through the iTunes Store may have been removed from your device.” Apple notes a dedicated url – itunes.com/restore-tones – has been setup for recovering those ringtones.Apple does also state that iOS 8.1.2 has “bug fixes” but the URL it provides has no information on the release at the time of writing and Apple always calls out more significant bug fixes in its main release notes. Furthermore iOS 8.1.2 comes in at a paltry 28.2MB (this may differ slightly from device-to-device) making it a minor point release.
As such iOS 8.1.2 isn’t the major fix users still plagued by ongoing iOS 8 problems have been hoping for. iOS 8.1.1 released in November fixed bugs for many users, but swathes of users remain affected by issues ranging from crippled WiFi (a main support thread for this is now over 93 pages long),Bluetooth bugs stopping connection to headsets and car kits and chronic battery drain. In this context Apple’s decision to address a ringtones bug first will no doubt cause anger, regardless of whether it is low hanging fruit.
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