{"id":35170,"date":"2013-02-11T23:26:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T21:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=35170"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:37:38","slug":"apple-pushes-emergency-ios-6-1-1-patch-hitting-iphone-4s-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/apple-pushes-emergency-ios-6-1-1-patch-hitting-iphone-4s-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple pushes emergency iOS 6.1.1 patch, hitting iPhone 4S first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"iOS 6.1.1 emergency update\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/apple-pushes-emergency-ios-6-1-1-patch-hitting-iphone-4s-first\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30427\" title=\"iOS settings icon\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/2012-11-01-14.08.51.png\" alt=\"iOS settings icon\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re an iPhone 4S user who updated to <a title=\"iOS 6.1 released\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/ios-6-1-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iOS 6.1<\/a> and noticed a bunch of bugs, you&#8217;re in luck. Today Apple is pushing out an iOS 6.1.1 update to fix the major connectivity issues that iPhone 4S users were experiencing after the update.<\/p>\n<p>The problems were so bad that Vodaphone urged iPhone 4S users <a title=\"vodaphone urgers iphone 4s users not to upgrade\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2013\/02\/11\/vodafone_ios6_1_software_problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not to update<\/a> to iOS 6.1 until the problems were resolved by Apple. Problems included the inability to connect to 3G networks, make calls, or text. There were also reports of terrible battery life and overheating issues, probably from phones trying to connect constantly. This issue was wide spread enough to merit the carrier to issue a public statement.<\/p>\n<p>Since iPhone 4S users are the ones affected by these bugs the most, the update will be rolling out to them first. The update will roll out over the air (OTA) so check your device&#8217;s software update section in the Settings to see if you&#8217;ve got the update. If you don&#8217;t have it pushed to you yet, you can download it update for the iPhone 4S directly from <a title=\"iphone4,1 6.1.1 10B145 download\" href=\"http:\/\/appldnld.apple.com\/iOS6.1\/091-0723.20130211.Fcr43\/iPhone4,1_6.1.1_10B145_Restore.ipsw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are going to install iOS 6.1.1 manually, you can follow the directions <a title=\"How to manually install iOS 6\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/how-to-manually-install-ios-6\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35173\" title=\"iphone 4S iOS 6.1.1 update\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/IMG_0896.png\" alt=\"iphone 4S iOS 6.1.1 update\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/IMG_0896.png 640w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/IMG_0896-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"the next web\" href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/apple\/2013\/02\/11\/apple-releases-ios-6-1-1-for-iphone-4s-following-reports-of-3g-connectivity-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Next Web<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re an iPhone 4S user who updated to iOS 6.1 and noticed a bunch of bugs, you&#8217;re in luck. Today Apple is pushing out an iOS 6.1.1 update to fix the major connectivity issues that iPhone 4S users were experiencing after the update. The problems were so bad that Vodaphone urged iPhone 4S users &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/apple-pushes-emergency-ios-6-1-1-patch-hitting-iphone-4s-first\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Apple pushes emergency iOS 6.1.1 patch, hitting iPhone 4S first&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":35173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-35170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333385,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35170\/revisions\/333385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35170"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=35170"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=35170"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=35170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}