AppleInsider Staff
The first maintenance update for Apple's latest mobile operating system could come sooner, rather than later, as the company is again said to have seeded carrier partners with iOS 8.0.1 to fixes a number of issues that have cropped up since iOS 8's release.
Apple is believed to be targeting issues with the Phone app, Safari, keyboards, AirDrop, and VPN support. The update could appear "fairly soon," according to MacRumors.
In the Phone app, fixes are thought to be aimed at call forwarding, as well as a situation in which the device freezes when accessing visual voicemail. Faulty video playback in Safari will also get a look, as will an issue with the keyboard framework that causes iCloud Keychain verification codes to appear invisible.
Additionally, AirDrop support for Passbook passes will reportedly be fixed alongside VPN profile installation troubles.
Word that Apple had begun work on iOS 8.0.1 first appeared early this month, in advance of iOS 8's public release. Such a scenario is not unusual, given that major-version iOS releases are tied to the release dates of the accompanying new hardware, and as such may be shipped in a less-than-ideal state.
Despite the problems some have reported, iOS 8 adoption has been swift. Statistics from the iOS App Store show that some 46 percent of devices accessing the storefront are running iOS 8, compared to 49 percent for iOS 7 and just 5 percent for older versions.
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My VPN (Cloak) is working much better under iOS 8.0. I hope that they don't fix it too much.
I have seen delays in messages via iMessage coming through quite frequently. Some apps freeze for a few seconds before being able to scroll in them and sometimes, the screen doesn't respond to a touch. Overall it is pretty good and worth the upgrade.
Some apps freeze for a few seconds before being able to scroll in them and sometimes, the screen doesn't respond to a touch.
The same thing happened when iOS 7 first came out. I noticed right away that it was slightly more laggy compared to iOS 6. That was eventually fixed in a later iOS 7 update.
By the time that iOS 8.1 or something comes out, then I imagine that these issues will have been fixed, as Apple works on optimizing everything.
I hope to God that they fix the folder border-radius bug. (Credit: https://twitter.com/rafifyalda/status/512662444666130434) Also, the default keyboard doesn't stick. I use SwiftKey, have it listed as the first keyboard in settings, yet it always gets superseded by the standard keyboard.
Exactly what I love and why I stay Apple, they quickly patch issues that crop up after major software releases. This was one of the biggest grips with my wife's S3, constantly on older software and fixes to issues were very slow to roll out... if ever. iOS 8 is definitely more stable than when iOS 7 hit, but it wasn't nearly as big in the changes department as iOS 7 was.