Can anyone explain iOS “automatic” updates? They never seem to work for me.
Same here. For the last few iOS updates I was notified through hacker news rather than through the "automatic update" feature.
Same, never worked for me. At least I should be given a notification so I can install it myself.
It’s very specific parameters. Automatic Updates are done after they’re downloaded, and automatic downloads are rolled out around a week and a half later or around that time. https://imgur.com/a/u6Mxz4A
You have to have the phone charging overnight, usually. But sometimes I wake up in the morning to a message that it had an issue and couldn't update.
I always wake up to this message, and have to do it manually. I don’t know why.
Same here. This was an unpleasant surprise. Even after I checked and saw that I didn’t have 12.4 installed yet, there was no red badge on the Settings app icon to indicate an available update.
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