Evidence Apple cleverly manipulated iOS release notes on "power management" after the fact

[Harold Newton]

Apple got caught in a clever nospam-like distortion of the truth, again!

"The feature was not mentioned in the release notes accompanying
the update, but Apple quietly revised the notes to include a
line about "power management" at some point *after* the update
was released."

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"But even an Apple user who was paying attention would not have
known about the feature had they downloaded the update shortly
after it was available."

"There was no mention of the CPU throttling feature or "power management"
included with the release notes that accompanied the software update on
January 23."

"Release notes associated with the software update, quietly revised on
Apple's website *after* the software's release, *now* mention
'power management during peak workloads.'"

"A screenshot of the release notes from an iPhone, [are] different
from the notes *now* listed on Apple's website."

"Blog posts from 9to5Mac and MacRumors at the time also say that
the release notes ... didn't mention power management."

"[By] February 23...the feature was already on 'over 50% of active
iOS devices'"

"In December, Apple said that it "extended" the CPU-throttling feature
to the iPhone 7, which is a newer model of device than the iPhones
that were experiencing the shutdown issue that Cook was talking
about. However, the release notes for that update did not mention
a power management feature, either."

"Apple kept [this] information from consumers for quite some time,
didn't reveal the fact that the rollout of a new operating system
was going to have the effect of dropping back phones."

[JF Mezei]

On 2018-01-20 10:01, Harold Newton wrote:
> Apple got caught in a clever nospam-like distortion of the truth, again!
>
> "The feature was not mentioned in the release notes accompanying
> the update, but Apple quietly revised the notes to include a
> line about "power management" at some point *after* the update
> was released."

My own experience: when the recall of the 6s batteries was issued in
late november 2016, there was mention of an upcoming release that would
better track the problem of shutdowns which would allow Apple to see if
the problem was limited to only the initial bacth of serial numbers or
more widely felt. That was the extent of what was said at the time.

Because Apple blamed the problem on "manufacturing defects", I had full
expectation that the battery replacement would permanently solve the
problem, so I didn't pay much attention to that subsequent IOS release
which had no UI changes with regards to battery.

And when the problem started again when weather started to get cold
again, I realised that this was no "bad batch of batteries". I did not
feel any slowdown. Just phone shutting off when I tried to take a
picture in cold.

So I was totally unaware of behind the scenes throttling, despite having
been affected since early 2016 by the battery problem and seeing Apple's
reaction (first train CSRs to tell customers it is normal and common for
the 6s up till about a week before the recall was announced - This means
Apple was aware of it.)

[Harold Newton]

On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:39:38 -0500, JF Mezei wrote:

> My own experience: when the recall of the 6s batteries was issued in
> late november 2016, there was mention of an upcoming release that would
> better track the problem of shutdowns which would allow Apple to see if
> the problem was limited to only the initial bacth of serial numbers or
> more widely felt. That was the extent of what was said at the time.

Yup. It appears, based on the facts in that article, Apple quietly inserted
the little blurb about "power management" well after the release, and in
the case of the iPhone 7, *never*, until after the whole thing blew up in
their face.

So, all these arguments from the Apple Apologists Jolly Roger and nospam
that Apple "told us" all along, and, of course, the Apple Apologists "knew
all along", are, again, mere fabrications of imaginary creation.

We even asked the question a year ago, in September 2016, as you know, why
our phones were so slow, and nospam retorted the classic Apple line that
the system was 'still updating'.

The Apple Apologists are almost always wrong because facts don't fit into
their belief system.

> Because Apple blamed the problem on "manufacturing defects", I had full
> expectation that the battery replacement would permanently solve the
> problem, so I didn't pay much attention to that subsequent IOS release
> which had no UI changes with regards to battery.

The problem appears to be that the phone is too power hungry for the
battery they put into it - where - if that's the case - they would have to
give you a *differently designed battery* to solve the problem.

Giving you the same battery is sheer genius on Apple's part, because it
only delays the inevitable demise of your battery within a year of use.

> And when the problem started again when weather started to get cold
> again, I realised that this was no "bad batch of batteries". I did not
> feel any slowdown. Just phone shutting off when I tried to take a
> picture in cold.

You experienced what the Apple Apologists deny exists, which is the
obvious.

The batteries are the wrong batteries for the phone.

That's why they permanently halved the CPU.
Halving the CPU "corrects" for that problem.

But it's still the wrong battery if you expect it to work again in just one
year.

> So I was totally unaware of behind the scenes throttling, despite having
> been affected since early 2016 by the battery problem and seeing Apple's
> reaction (first train CSRs to tell customers it is normal and common for
> the 6s up till about a week before the recall was announced - This means
> Apple was aware of it.)

You're telling the truth. That's a key distinguishing characteristic from
you and the Apple Apologists.

There is no way you, or anyone, could have known about the throttling,
since, as this article shows, Apple only inserted the cryptic keywords well
after the fact, and in some cases, only after they got caught, and even
then, nobody but Apple Apologists claims that the cryptic mentioning of
"power management" after the fact was enough to clue anyone in.

The only ones here who claim omnipotence are the Apple Apologists.
The rest of us. like you, have no problem stating facts, good or bad.

There's *no way* you, or anyone else, could have correctly surmised that
Apple was secretly and drastically throttling your CPU after the iOS
update. You knew the phone was slow. You knew it shut off. But you didn't
know why - and you couldn't have known why.

Apple *relied* on that ignorance, to trick you, and they did.
And there are now 45 lawsuits (according to that article) which will
unearth the truth in a court of law.

[Harold Newton]

On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:01:25 +-0000 (UTC), Harold Newton wrote:

> Apple got caught in a clever nospam-like distortion of the truth, again!

Yet another clever distortion of the truth is that the Apple Apologists
imply that all phone manufacturers do the same thing. ... but they don't.

Only Apple screws its customers to the wall with its iOS updates.

No wonder Apple is being forced to permanently cancel the iPhone X
production in a few months.

Read this:
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/01/18/apple-ios-11-3-release-upgrade-iphone-shutdown-iphone-battery-problem/>

"Apple's Reasoning Still Doesn't Add Up"
"Apple+IBk-s Transparency Still Sucks"

"Apple's Reasoning Still Doesn't Add Up"
"The company blames the natural degradation of lithium-ion batteries,
without addressing why rivals state such measures are unnecessary.
Samsung in particular reiterated to me it can retain 95% lithium-ion
battery capacity for at least two years."

"Apple also hasn't explained why the first six generations of iPhones
were unaffected (even the 2007 original iPhone had a 1400 mAh
lithium-ion battery) or why "protective" stability measures weren't
required in the first nine generations of iOS (throttling began with
the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S in iOS 10.2.1, released in January 2017)."

"Apple+IBk-s Transparency Still Sucks"
"Let's be frank, for all Tim Cook's claims of transparency moving
forward, the only reason Apple is doing any of this is because it
was caught out. Furthermore, in speaking to ABC, Cook appears to
be rewriting history".

NOTE: It has been proven the "power management" part was added way
*later* to the original January release notes, and *never* to the
iPhone 7 release notes.
Evidence Apple cleverly manipulated iOS release notes on "power management" after the fact
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/KXhivHMvrlY>

"But I was paying attention. I review iOS releases, my exclusive broke
the original shutdown problem and here's the "clarity" offered by the
iOS 10.2.1 release notes: "iOS 10.2.1 includes bug fixes and improves
the security of your device."

"It was no better one year later either. When Apple launched iOS 11.2
in December 2017, the update added potential performance throttling
for the iPhone 7. The iOS 11.2 release notes said: "iOS 11.2 introduces
Apple Pay Cash to send, request and receive money from friends and
family with Apple Pay. This update also includes bug fixes and
improvements."

"Yes Tim, this could've been clearer."

"For those who bought an iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus or iPhone X last
year only to find out performance throttling is likely to begin
this year may feel shortchanged as well."

Trust:
"So iOS 11.3 is indeed The Big One. Obviously it's big for iPhone
owners, but it's equally big for Apple because - done right - it
can do more than just restore iPhones. It can do what Apple
has singularly failed to do with words: it can restore trust."