12-28-2018 09:02 AM
Alright, so here are my issues. Brace yourselves for a novel. I’ve had
nothing but problems with this phone since I purchased it and neither Telus nor
Apple will do anything about it as they keep saying it is just a “bad update”.
So apparently I’ve been having bad updates for 2+ years and nobody else has. Oh
and conveniently I am now out of warranty, so they reallyyy don’t care now.
So my main issue was with Apple Music. Every time I updated my phone all of my
music (that I pay $10 a month for to download to listen offline) would
disappear. I called Telus & Apple and nobody really had much of an idea of
what I was talking about. They told me to go under certain settings to fix this
but the only music that returned was music that I had purchased through iTunes,
prior to going with Apple Music. So I did some Internet sleuthing and figured
out how to get all the music “back”… But low and behold, it was all unavailable
to listen offline. So I had to re-download thousands of songs 1 by 1 because
Apple was not smart enough to create a “re-download all” button. Might I point
out how TEDIOUS and time consuming it is to click a tiny little cloud thousands
of times? Oh and multiple times because this has happened almost every time I’ve
updated my phone. I have a call history with Telus & Apple; not to mention
the times I didn’t bother calling and wasting my breath. Started to notice I
was the only person this was happening to, as I’d rage to my friends and they’d
just reply with “what is wrong with your phone!” and I’d reply “don’t know but
they sure don’t want to tell or help me!”. It simply cannot be a
hardware/software issue and just has to be bad updates that absolutely nobody
else is having… Oh and my last call the guy told me “well you’re renting the
music so if the artist changes their policies then you can lose it. Also just add all your music to a playlist to re-download all at once” Pardon me?
A) That makes no sense. B) You’re telling me hundreds of artists that I’ve
downloaded, suddenly changed their “policies” but I’m the only person affected. C) you're giving me an inconvenient work-around. Not a fix.
LOGIC. Pretty cool that I pay an extra $10 every month for a service that doesn’t
work and makes my blood boil.
So that being the most annoying problem of all, I have also suffered with
having difficulties connecting to/staying connected to both Wifi and Bluetooth.
I love it when my phone bill gets racked up because I don’t notice that I’ve
been disconnected from the internet box that I’m sitting 20 feet away from. It’s
also not a Wifi issue, as others around me don’t have issues with it. Sometimes
I can’t even pick up a connection that everyone else can. I can’t connect to
new Bluetooth devices or devices that I’ve previously connected to. I’ve
managed to stay connected to one of my devices, but if I move my phone 3 feet
away, the connection gets choppy. Also not an issue with every Bluetooth device
ever; quite obviously it’s my phone. GPS doesn’t work or Google maps has been
drunk for months. Doesn’t pick up my location properly/follow me when I’ve
tried to use the GPS. I could go on and on but these are the main issues and
ones that I’ve brought forward to both companies.
So what I’m raging about here is that clearly I have a hardware/software issue
with my phone since I pretty well bought it (re: call/chat history) and nobody
will do anything about it. They wouldn’t when it was still under warranty. I
feel like my warranty should be honoured as I’ve been making calls to them
since before I was out. Oh but nooo, customer service does not exist anymore. I
used to brag about both Telus & Apple and now the only thing I can do is
rage and be disappointed. The amount of money I’ve spent on both of these
companies and they’re not willing to replace my phone... And never mind simply
getting a new phone… I don’t exactly have $1000+ to drop and am not willing to
give up my $60 10GB plan with Telus who won’t grandfather it into a new phone
even though I’ve been a loyal customer to them for like 15 years.
Any old Apple users here switch to Android? Anybody else use a different phone
company who has great customer service/good deals? Or does that not exist
anymore? I am definitely done with these companies since nobody is willing or
able to assist me. They’re out just looking for the all-mighty buck and don’t
care about loyal/long-term customers, who have spent thousands upon thousands
of dollars on them. What a time to be alive.
12-28-2018 09:50 AM - edited 12-28-2018 09:52 AM
12-28-2018 10:49 AM
I posted on both as I had a warranty with both. So just want someone to look into it further. But yes I realize this is mostly an Apple issue. Thanks! 🙂
12-28-2018 02:39 PM
12-28-2018 09:54 AM
You'd be better off posting on the Apple support forums as that will be where the largest pool of iPhone users will be so you'd have a better chance of getting an answer there.
I'm sure it's already been suggested but under Settings > Cellular (way at the bottom) ensure Wifi Assist is disabled in the event that is where the unexpected cellular data usage is from. It's enabled by default and one of the first settings I shut off.
Have you tried re-loading iOS on the phone? That would be one thing I'd look into. You'll lose all data on the phone if you do go that route so ensure you've got an encrypted backup in iTunes before doing it. It is likely one option you haven't tried as it is one of the rarely done troubleshooting steps due to its complexity / being a last resort. You'd want to ask Apple for specific instructions on that if you so choose.
12-28-2018 10:53 AM
I posted on both as I had a warranty with both. So just want someone to look into it further. But yes I realize this is mostly an Apple issue.
And yep I've tried all of the above! No luck. Ugh.
Thanks! 🙂