Apple IS 10.0.2- the WORST upgrade EVAR

Just call Apple support and have them walk you thru the backup/wipe/reinstall. You paid the premium for the device - may as well get something for it. Just make sure you know your apple id password before dialing or it will be the longest phone call of your life.

Dude you need to have your contacts backed up. You can easily choose to back up everything on the phone except the photos. Go into Settings > iCloud and there's a very clear set of switches setting which items are backed up. If you have 3500 contacts you need and they're not backed up somewhere you're insane. Turn on iCloud backup now and turn off photo backups. Simple 10 second operation. 30 seconds if you don't remember or don't have an iCloud password.

I'm on a 6 and I haven't done it yet. It seems to work well on wife's 6S.

Good luck.

In reply to dculberson:

I didn't say my contacts are not backed up. I said they are not backed up on iCloud.

Is it broken compared to 9.x.x or 10.0.0/1?

SVreX wrote: In reply to dculberson: I didn't say my contacts are not backed up. I said they are not backed up on iCloud.

Your words:

Somebody want to talk me through wiping this thing? I have over 3500 contacts in it, and I am TOTALLY screwed if I make a mistake.

If you have them on paper or in Outlook or some way that would take 40 hours to get them back onto a phone then you effectively don't have them backed up. 30 seconds and you can have them backed up. Just do it.

Spoolpigeon wrote: Works fine on my 5s and my 6 (work phone). I enjoy the sketch texts you can send. I haven't drawn this many dicks since high school.

RIGHT?! It isn't easy to draw with much detail...as a result, my wife and I primarily use it as a means of delivering crude illustrations of dicks. We love it.

Hey could be worse, my wife's iPhone 5C died a few days after the update. Dead dead. Blue screen dead. Local gadget repair guy who knows his ish took at a look the screw depth on the replacement screen, looked fine, he couldn't figure out.

In reply to Mezzanine:

Well I just sent my wife a crudely drawn Dick. We'll see how she takes it.

It's working fine on my iPhone SE. Battery life has been tremendous.

dculberson wrote:

SVreX wrote: In reply to dculberson: I didn't say my contacts are not backed up. I said they are not backed up on iCloud.

Your words:

Somebody want to talk me through wiping this thing? I have over 3500 contacts in it, and I am TOTALLY screwed if I make a mistake.

If you have them on paper or in Outlook or some way that would take 40 hours to get them back onto a phone then you effectively don't have them backed up. 30 seconds and you can have them backed up. Just do it.

It's backed up through the network provider, not iCloud. Also a secondary CSV file. I'm not a complete idiot.

Not really sure why it is so important for you to win this particular argument.

How bout we stick to the actual subject which is the IOS update 10.0.2 and how to properly reflash, not whether SVreX is a berkeleying moron.

SVreX wrote: I think the "nearest" Apple Store is about 3 hrs away.

My wife got the Verizon folks to make hers work again.

In reply to SVreX:

Dude, I'm not arguing. I'm trying to be helpful. You sure like to turn things into arguments.

David S. Wallens wrote: It's working fine on my iPhone SE. Battery life has been tremendous.

Another happy SE customer. And my work iPhone 6 sees to be happy enough.

dculberson wrote: In reply to SVreX: Dude, I'm not arguing. I'm trying to be helpful. You sure like to turn things into arguments.

Excellent. I appreciate your help.

The next time I need to know about your dick pictures to your wife, or how stupid it would be for me to rely on paper backup systems, I'll be sure to ask.

No problems with my iPhone 5s. Working okay for about a week. Had to learn to punch home key instead of swiping to input my code. Behavioral changes are difficult.

SVreX wrote:

dculberson wrote: In reply to SVreX: Dude, I'm not arguing. I'm trying to be helpful. You sure like to turn things into arguments.

Excellent. I appreciate your help. The next time I need to know about your dick pictures to your wife, or how stupid it would be for me to rely on paper backup systems, I'll be sure to ask.

Jesus man, try not being an shiny happy person some time. Your comment was highly inappropriate. I'll be sure not to mention your family in crude messages if you return the favor, thanks.

What's going on with this forum today? First the Honda Fit battery thread and now SVreX has decided to go full YouTube commenter on us.

Edit: My bad - I forgot about my "dick" pick post. I'm sorry, I was caught up in the moment. I'm apparently contributing to the hostility. :-(

Paul, you gotta take a step back. The way it read, dculbersons comment was absolutely appropriate and helpful. The "I'm completely screwed". And he is right--back that shiz up on icloud. It is 10 times easier than a CSV file.

And his crudely drawn dick pic was a dude. Named Dick. Take a joke.

My info is backed up. Through the service provider. As noted. Three times. It's a backup system that has functioned perfectly fine for me since long before iCloud existed.

I've used iCloud. I know how. I explained why iCloud doesn't work too good for me. No big deal, I am happy it works for others.

I fail to see how dick pics fall into the catagory of "absolutely appropriate and helpful", but I'll take your word for it.

So, everyone can trust me. My contacts are backed up in a manner I am completely confident in.

Still doesn't change the fact that my phone is locking up in native apps, and I'm not thrilled with the idea of a reflash. As recommended, I'll get Apple or Verizon to assist.

Thanks to those who have helped.

Locked.