Potential issues with iOS 26 update

Ios 26 update any issues



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Original Title: ios 26

iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Sep 16, 2025 1:37 PM

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Posted on Oct 15, 2025 6:26 AM

Grootman_ wrote:

Please fix the iOS 26 issues, I use this phone for trading, I can’t handle the overheating and lagging, I already lost loads amounts of money because of the lagging

No one here can fix anything. This is a user to user only forum. If your phone is overheating and lagging, have you checked your Battery Health? Both issues you've described are symptomatic of a battery which may be failing, not necessarily an issue with iOS 26. Open Settings > Battery > Battery Health - if your battery health is close to or below 80%, the battery in your iPhone needs to be replaced, which will solve heating and lagging issues.


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Sep 27, 2025 6:50 AM in response to binshid_eradan

Since I moved to Apple almost 20 years ago - I've overall been very happy with what I get and how it performs but iOS 26 has me reconsidering the whole apple ecosystem.


The fact that the moderator changed the post to "potential" problems is almost comical. I don't see anyone in the eight pages of posts that doesn't with 100% certainty "HAVE" a problem they didn't have before. And I know with certainty that when I know can't forward a photo - from photos - to a text - it's a problem.


Just to list a few of the "potential" bugs I'm experiencing


  1. photo won't forward to a text from photos - goes to text but no photo
  2. text strings don't even show up when you try to forward a text -
  3. switching to almost any app is "jumpy" and not smooth at all
  4. when I try to use stored signins/passwords it asks for my passcode but then won't populate the field with either the email or password
  5. messenger chat's (on wife's phone lost/wouldn't load)


And now a few PERSONAL preference things I don't like

  1. I hate the new clock icon
  2. don't understand why a search bar needed to be moved in text search
  3. camera controls now hide where portrait is - additional looking to find it
  4. and battery "low power" mode is now hidden in an additional menu


The issues aren't potential and have literally handicapped my phone right as I will be attending a huge work conference.


The PERSONAL concerns are just those - personal - but they do seem less efficient.


Very disappointing a big iOS would be this buggy.


Additionally, I have seen comments about "well it was made for the newest hardware - maybe it's a hardware problem" - well both my phone and my wife's are 16 pros - if an iPhone is "legacy" in one year - well then it's probably time to start thinking google.


Dec 4, 2025 6:26 PM in response to binshid_eradan

Whether helpful or not--I tried to set up an iPhone 13 mini and could not get it to keep a connection to either wifi or any bluetooth device with Ios 26.1 The iphone 13 mini would set up but never hold a connection. Devices below


Took out my old phone iPhone SE 2020 and all wifi connections and Bluetooth devices I have keep their connections with no trouble. Devices tested: Phonak Roger ON (connects to two AB Bionics sound Processor for Cochlear Implant) and a sound processor for the AB Bionics (same device). The sound processor allows phone conversations so someone already deaf.

Potential issues with iOS 26 update

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