AppleInsider Staff
Apple on Thursday released iOS 7.0.2, a security and maintenance update for its mobile operating system that addresses bugs related to secure lockscreen password entry.
The new update fixes bugs that could allow someone to bypass the lockscreen passcode. It also reintroduces a Greek keyboard option for passcode entry, Apple said.
The update arrives less than a week after users discovered a roundabout way to utilize the new Control Center feature to bypass an iOS device's passcode lock. The exploit granted users access to Mail, Photos, Twitter and more.
Prior to Thursday's update, users could defeat the exploit by simply disabling Control Center from the lock screen. With iOS 7.0.2, that security procedure is no longer necessary.
Apple quickly confirmed last week that it had identified the flaw and was working on a fix. The bug affected both iPhone and iPad.
Though it has been available for just over a week, iOS 7 has already seen a pair of small updates to address minor issues. iOS 7.0.1 was made available to iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c owners last week to squash minor bugs found in the newly released hardware.
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Interesting that iTunes could not find the update. When I went thru Settings>General>Update my iPhone found it ASAP and am installing now.
I've had a ton of iRadio crashes running 7.0.0 and wifi issues walking between wireless base stations on a roaming network (that worked with ios 6 fine). One can hope there are a few fixes under the hood
edit: wonder if the base station issues are related to the new multipath networking stack
Now, when will they acknowledge and fix the bug that makes my 4S drain the battery about twice as fast as it did under the previous iOS?
So you’re confident it’s a bug and not changed settings?
"Now, when will they acknowledge and fix the bug that makes my 4S drain the battery about twice as fast as it did under the previous iOS?"
There are a number of things that are different in OS7 that could explain your battery issues. One is the Background App Refresh (Settings / General Background App Refresh) that has some apps turned on by default. If available on your phone then you may want to turn the animations off as well. Hope you track it down as it can be very frustrating (especially when others don't seem to have the problem).