Apple iOS 10.3.1

In 2 months apple has issue 7 beta testing iOS 10.3, but 7 days later apple has issued 10.3.1. It is dedicated to bug fixes and security patches.

Who Is iOS 10.3.1 For?

iOs 10.3.1 works on all iOS 10 compatible devices. You can manually trigger the update to iOS 10.3.1 by going to Settings > General > Software Update, but you should be notified automatically.

iOS 10.3.1 has one of the smallest file sizes in recent iOS history coming in at well under 30MB

Jailbreakers, you know the drill: iOS 10.3.1 will break any jailbroken devices. So if you’re passionate about the additional control jailbreaking provides, you’ll have to stay away.

Elsewhere Apple’s official Support Communities website has isolated reports of upgraders suffering Touch ID failures, emails not downloading and that iOS 10.3.1 doesn’t address the 5GHz WiFi bug some users have been experiencing for some time now. But nothing has significant traction at this point.

What Do You Get?

Apple iOS 10.3.1 is a ‘minor point upgrade’ which means no new features. In fact Apple didn’t even include its customary release notes with this upgrade, only going so far as to say: “iOS 10.3.1 includes bug fixes and improves the security of your iPhone or iPad.”

More information can be read from Apple’s iOS 10.3.1 security page, however, which explains a fix for a serious WiFi exploit which could enable a hacker to take control of your phone by executing arbitrary code.

In addition to this AppleInsider notes that iOS 10.3 was pulled shortly after release for iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C handsets, and did not reappear. But given iOS 10.3.1 works well on both devices it appears that whatever the problem was has been addressed. Don’t expect iOS support to continue much longer for these 32-bit iPhones though, as iOS is moving towards a 64-bit only future.