Apple released an iOS 17.0.3 update (build number: 21A360) early this morning to fix “an issue that may cause iPhone to run hotter than expected.”

As previously reported, Apple did not provide any specific details about the bug it discovered, but it said it would not reduce the performance of the A17 Pro chip through software updates. Apple has also said that the iPhone 15 Pro’s titanium frame is not the culprit and that the overheating issue may not be the result of a hardware flaw.

iOS 16.6.1 was released on September 8 and mainly fixed a security vulnerability that Apple said there was evidence that it had been exploited by hackers.

iOS 17 was released on September 19. Apple brings updates to “Phone”, “Messages” and FaceTime calls; “Standby Display” brings a full-screen experience when placing the iPhone horizontally while charging; and enhances AirDrop and keyboard functions. In addition, iOS 17 also updates widgets, Safari, Music, AirPlay, and more.

iOS 17.0.1 was released on September 22, and Apple provided bug fixes and important security updates for iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models.

It is worth mentioning that Apple has not closed the verification channel for iOS 17.0.2 yet, providing another option for users who have upgraded to iOS 17.0.3.

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According to multiple posts on Apple Discussion Forums, iPhone and iPad users can no longer use the HDMI adapter to watch videos from streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and HBO Max on their TVs. Users say the adapter still supports screen casting, but when they try to play any DRM-restricted video, the screen goes black.

A Reddit user posted earlier today that Netflix support confirmed to him that it’s no longer possible to watch movies and shows from the platform using the HDMI adapter on devices running iOS 16, and that’s not going to change.

The post reads:

"I just spoke to Netflix support about HDMI not working after iOS 16. They stated that they have decided not to support HDMI anymore. For those of us who live in remote areas, or even 12 miles from the city without internet access, my phone is my primary viewing method."

But as mentioned earlier, this issue doesn’t seem to be specific to Netflix. In fact, it may be related to what caused AirPlay, which restricts content to DRM, to stop working on older models of Apple TVs. Once iOS 16 was released to the public, users noticed that they could no longer cast content from Netflix and other streaming apps to Apple TVs running older software via AirPlay.

It’s unclear exactly what has changed, as Apple has never said anything about it. However, it appears that iOS 16 uses a new version of DRM that is not compatible with older devices.

DRM, the full English name Digital Rights Management, can be translated as: Digital Rights Management. Digital rights management refers to the digital content, such as audio and video program content, documents, electronic books, etc. in the production, distribution, sales, use of the process of rights protection, use control and management of technology. There are two main models of digital rights management: “flexible digital rights management” and “rigid digital rights management”.

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In this update, Flighty can use the free Wi-Fi provided on the plane to download real and real-time data, so that you can view it even if your iPhone is in flight mode, and you don’t have to provide information on the plane. Pay for premium Wi-Fi service.

Flighty’s Ryan Jones explained that the free Wi-Fi on most US airlines allows for free iMessage. The Live Activities feature in iOS 16.1 was updated using the same protocol as iMessage. As a result, Flighty can use the free Wi-Fi available on board to update real-time flight updates. This data can then also be passed to the full Flighty application.

Through the new Live Activities API, Apple can set notifications to display custom content and automatic updates, such as dynamically checking game scores, taxi trips, etc., and can also control music playback and display album pictures in full screen.

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“More than 60 years later, in 1936, August Dvorak and William Dealey invented a new keyboard layout that placed the most frequently used keys where they would be most easily touched by the fingers, minimizing finger movement.

Specifically, the four fingers of the left hand are placed on the four vowels A, O, E, and U, next to the ‘I’, because, as the vowels are the most commonly used letters in typing, there is less finger movement in this layout.

The Dvorak keyboard layout option is available in both Windows and Mac, and since iOS 16, this mobile operating system has also introduced support for Dvorak.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was so pleased about this that he said he spent five hours learning to use the Dvorak keyboard on a flight to Tokyo in 1993 and hasn’t bothered with QWERTY since.

Of course, the way you hit a keyboard on a mobile phone is different from a PC, so Dvorak is not necessarily more efficient than QWERTY, depending on what you’re used to.

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In the case of Gmail, in addition to the usual widgets of different sizes, the app supports a one-line widget experience similar to the Weather app. Using this mode, Gmail can display the number of new messages next to the date.

As more and more apps add support for iOS widgets, the biggest problem in using them at this stage is the feature itself. Users cannot add more than four standard widgets and a single-line version to the top of the screen. In addition, Apple only allows standard sizes, so in the case of Google News, you are very limited in what you can see.

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According to the Reddit community, you can set up to 200 custom lock screens per iPhone in iOS 16. After that, the user will be prompted to delete one of the added collections and create a new one. Of course, this limit seems to be more than enough for many users, but interestingly, Apple won’t let you create an unlimited number of lock screens.

In the current implementation, browsing through the 200 lock screen wallpaper options also seems less than intuitive. This is because you have to swipe through each one, for example, and there is no quick way to jump from the first to the last.

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iOS 16.0.2 addresses a number of bugs affecting iPhone 14 models and other iPhones running iOS 16, including an issue that could cause the camera to shake in third-party camera apps causing blurry imaging, a fix for an issue that caused duplicate copy and paste pop-ups, and it addresses an issue that caused the display to go black during setup.

Apple iOS 16.0.1 was pushed out on September 15 for iPhone 14 / Pro Series users only. The update fixes bugs that could affect activation and migration of the new iPhone and also fixes issues related to the Enterprise and Photos apps.

Apple iOS 16 was pushed out on September 13, bringing a host of new features and improvements including a new customizable lock screen, iMessage edit undoes, support for AirPods Pro 2 headphones, and more.

However, users can still downgrade from iOS 16.0.2 to iOS 15.7, as Apple also released iOS 15.7, a version reserved for users who are temporarily reluctant to upgrade to iOS 16.

The official release of iOS 15.7 fixes security issues in Contacts, Maps, Safari, Safari Extensions, Shortcuts and WebKit, and also addresses several kernel vulnerabilities. Apple says one of these kernel vulnerabilities has been actively exploited, so users unable to update to iOS 16 should install iOS 15.7 as soon as possible, and iPad users should update to iPadOS 15.7.

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According to Apple’s official changelog, iOS 15.6.1 fixes 2 serious vulnerabilities that could allow some apps to execute arbitrary code without the user’s permission. The update was released to the public on 17 August. Of course, all of these security fixes (except the new ones) were included in iOS 16, so it’s no surprise that Apple stopped supporting iOS 15.6.1.

People who jailbreak iPhones and iPads often use to revert to older versions of iOS. Earlier this month, the Odyssey team announced that they had been working on the first jailbreak tool for devices running iOS 15. However, because the system protection has become so robust, the tool only works from iOS 15.0 to iOS version 15.1.1.

While you can’t easily revert to iOS 15.6.1 or even iOS 15.1, you still have the opportunity to downgrade from iOS 16 to a newer version of iOS 15. This is because Apple released iOS 15.7 last week, which brings security fixes for those who don’t want to install iOS 16 yet.

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One interesting feature is Lookup, and Apple’s official @Apple Support has a tutorial on how you can extract the subject of an iPhone photo and copy and paste it into a chat conversation or document you’re editing with a single long press on iOS 16.

The Looks at Picture Lookup feature is only available for the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, and subsequent models.

This is also an upgraded feature for Live Text, where users can now tap and hold on to the body of a picture to move it out of the background and place it again in an app such as Messages. In addition, using device-side intelligence, Live Text now recognizes text from all videos in the system. Users can pause the video at any frame, interact with the text and select quick actions such as copy and paste, translate, convert currency and more. These also apply to iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and subsequent models.

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In a new support document released by Apple, Apple said the crash detection feature is designed to detect serious crashes, such as those involving cars, minivans, SUVs, pickup trucks and other passenger vehicles. Apple warns that the feature cannot detect all car crashes.

Apple said that if a serious crash is detected, users will be able to interact with their Apple Watch while wearing it. Otherwise, users will interact with their iPhones.

According to Apple, a supported iPhone or Apple Watch will display a warning and send an alert when a serious crash is detected. If users are capable, they can call emergency services by swiping the emergency call slider on their iPhone or Apple Watch or turning off the alert. If they don’t respond to the alert after 10 seconds, the device will start another 10-second countdown. If they still don’t respond, the device will call emergency services.

The crash detection feature uses sensors such as accelerometers and gyroscopes on a supported iPhone or Apple Watch. Apple says the feature also relies on “advanced motion algorithms designed by Apple and trained with over one million hours of real driving and crash recording data” to improve accuracy.

Apple’s video and support documentation outline additional information about the crash detection feature, including important safety considerations.

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