Those reports, I believe were just hoaxes. Speaking from experience, with my iPhone 5s, the upgrade to 8.0.2 went flawlessly and I have not experienced and issues or faults.
robin On 29 Sep 2014, at 10:57 am, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > Didn't you read my post to the WAMUG Mailing list on 26 Sept. 2014 5:53pm: > "Apple iOS 8.0.2 update backfires on Australian users"? > > Cheers, > Ronni > > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > > On 29 Sep 2014, at 10:01 am, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you Ronni. >> Someone mentioned yesterday that iOS8.0.2 also has issues and suggested not >> upgrading to that yet. >> Do you know if this is the case ? >> >> On 29 Sep 2014, at 7:00 am, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Stephen, >>> >>> Try starting iTunes in Safe Mode. >>> 1. Hold down Command+Option and click to open iTunes >>> 2. Continue holding the 'Command + Option' keys until you see the iTunes >>> Safe Mode warning. >>> This will open iTunes in Safe Mode >>> >>> Starting iTunes in Safe Mode allows you to be able to check things and >>> follow prompts that iTunes shows you. It allows iTunes to download and >>> update iTunes components. >>> Safe Mode disables any non generic plugins / add-ons etc, allowing iTunes >>> to go >>> back to bare operating basics. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >>> >>> On 28 Sep 2014, at 6:06 pm, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi folks, >>>> >>>> I just tried to update from iOS8.0 to iOS8.0.2 on my iPhone 5. >>>> Two times I got the message:- >>>> >>>> “iTunes could not connect to this iPhone - session ID is missing” >>>> >>>> Any ideas what the issue could be here please ? >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Stephen Chape >>>> >>>> Mac by choice >>>> Windows because my employer knew no better >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> >> Regards, >> Stephen Chape >> >> Mac by choice >> Windows because my employer knew no better >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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