Potential issues with iOS 26 update

I updated to iOS 26 on Friday. Now my iMessages brings up a blank, white screen. I can’t get into my texts. My phone app goes in and out. I can’t receive calls or call out. Went to my wireless carrier & they told me that it was an Apple issue. I was able to chat with Apple on my computer & they couldn’t do anything. Said I would have to take it to an Apple Store. Going to do that today. Very frustrating. My phone is close to being paid off & was working fine.

I updated to iOS26 on my iPhone 16 Pro. Now l cannot make outgoing calls using sim card. i have reset my phone and restarted a number of times still no change. i have approached my network provider still cannot resolve the problem

Since installing iOS 26, some websites have the blinking cursor one line BELOW where I am typing. If I move it to the line I’m typing, it affects the line above me instead of the line I’m working on. Also an issue with certain buttons like post.

I actually like the appearance and functionality. The experience feels more like an Android with the new multitasking features, which I love.

I have an Apple 16 ProMax, why did Apple go from IOS 18 to IOS 26? Usually, OS updates increase by one digit. OS26 does nothing for me. Unresponsive screen issues as other community members said. Also, the phone contacts screens are more complicated to navigate than the OS18. When I first did the update several of my Apple icons had white lines outlining the perimeter of the icons - I thought that the whole OS 26 update was a fraudulent update especially due to an 8 digit increase in the OS - left me thinking that this was a hacker’s overlay. Lastly, all processors seem to be slower. Very dis appointed.

My brand new iPhone 17 Pro keeps going on recovery mode. It has done it since the minute I bought it. Apple has not been able to provide a fix. We have done so many force restarts, restores etc but no one can tell me whats wrong with it. It's unfortunate since it is a brand new iPhone.

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I’m having this same problem and I don’t know what else to do. I’ve turned it on and off so many times and hard reset my phone twice . How do I uninstall the update because at this point, I don’t want it anymore.

Updated my ipad last night with ios26, now since morning i am not able to open any app. The swipe motion is also working very slow and i am also unable to restart or shut off the ipad since there is no response from anything i do on screen. How to manage this? I did try the long press on the screen lock button but again nothing is happening.

Hello everyone I don’t know why but I have ios26 before 3 days I could download anything but now I press get on the app I want and it just goes into a split second loading and again says get . I don’t know what to do I have tried everything

My phone is iPhone 15 recently I brought this phone 3 months ago after I installed ios 26 update my phone camera was not working properly and some bugs like live voicemail and offline siri not working so please fix it and help us

i updated the new iOS 26 and since then I can’t make calls,the data symbol is not showing and my iCloud Drive too is not showing in files unless I use web..Already tried troubleshooting options but still the same.

HJM66 wrote:

Not happy - update has killed some of my apps like BBC News and BBC Sport. Neither work anymore.

They work for me, in fact I tested them some time ago.

Are you in Britain, or accessing it from abroad via VPN?

I got the 17 pro max on launch day and everything went smooth on set up. BOOOM very next day my Apple Intelligence does NOT work. Zero features work. I have tried everything. No its not my internet speed. This is very disappointing and every year Apple is pushing me further and further away.

I have a iPhone 15 and my Face ID isn’t working and now that I can’t download any new apps even though I have everything thing set up correctly. It won’t let me reset my iPhone 15 because it needs Face ID and I can’t turn off stolen protection either because it needs Face ID.

24th September 2025

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I recently updated My iPad A16 to 26. Now I can't access the app store, it keeps telling me there is no internet connection. I tried opening other apps they work just fine. I tried restarting my iPad. I tried restoring internet settings.