(The last of which is more likely to run if at all) Try booting into Safe Mode or Recovery Mode. If you have an iPhone released in late 2017 or later, you’re golden.You should see if it was a hardware issue that happened coincidentally. Apple iOS 16.5 runs on all iPhones from the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X onwards, and this update includes features relevant to all those handsets. If you have an earlier iPhone, you should turn to iOS 15.7.7, which works for iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone SE 1st generation as well as iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4 th generation and iPod touch 7 th generation. Updating couldn’t be easier: open the Settings app, choose General, then Software Update. Next, click on Download and Install, and you’ll be up to date quickly. It’s just over a month since iOS 16.5 was released on May 20, and this update is mostly about security fixes. They’re important because they are to fix two vulnerabilities which may already have been used by hackers, for instance.īut there’s also a charging issue which this update is for. Specifically, if you’re trying to charge your iPhone using the Lightning to USB3 camera adapter. Not that many people have this accessory, but obviously it needs to work for those people who do, so this is a a good thing. The two security updates, also discussed in detail by Kate O’Flaherty here, are these. First, there’s a kernel issue which means, to quote Apple’s support document, “An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.” Note that mention of iOS 15.7. It may mean you’re safe if you’ve already been running iOS 16. The second issue relates to Webkit, which is at the core of Safari, and the impact could be that “Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.”
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