Tuesday 4 November 2014

Boot loops and crashes cried some iphone 6 and 6 Plus owners

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have been out for
more than a month now, and while the launch went
well for the Cupertino-based company, it would seem
some owners are experiencing less-than-stellar issues
with their handsets.
Within the Apple Support community, many owners of
128GB variants of both the iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6
are reporting issues with repeated crashes of their
handsets. Some owners are even experiencing boot
loops after their device crashes and tries to restart.
According to a report published by MacRumors, the
issue seems to be plaguing owners of the
aforementioned variants that also have a large app
library on their handset.
It is believed that it could be a hardware issue with the
128GB models, but the exact cause of the issue is still
unknown at this point.
However, BusinessKorea is reporting that “industry
contacts” speaking to the publication suggest the
problem could lie with the triple-level cell (TLC) NAND
flash included in these particular models. Previous,
Apple utilized a multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash:
“Some in the industry point out that considering that
technical defects mainly occur in the 128GB version
of the iPhone 6 Plus, there might be a problem in the
controller IC of triple-level cell (TLC) NAND flash.
[...]
As numerous reports of low read performance of the
Samsung SSD 840 and 840 EVO using TLC NAND
flash have surfaced on the Internet, a problem in the
controller IC is considered to be the more likely
cause of the defects.“
As noted, the only way to fix the issue is to bring the
plagued iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus back to Apple and
have it replaced.
Have you experienced any of these issues with your
own 128GB iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus?
Via : MacRumors

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