[NewsPoster]

(Updated with warnings about potential iPhone problems, a fix for those who updated, and news of withdrawal of the delta update) Just a week after having released iOS 8.0, Apple has begun seeding iOS 8.0.1 via iTunes and as an over-the-air update. The most prominent change is a solution to a HealthKit bug that led Apple to pull apps using the platform from the App Store. Those apps are now cleared to return.

The update also deals with a variety of other bugs, such as ones that would block apps from accessing the Photo Library, or deselect third-party keyboards after entering a passcode. Other targeted issues include the reliability of Reachability; "unexpected" cellular data use when receiving SMS or MMS messages; ringtones not being restored from iCloud backups; and lastly, photos and videos not uploading via Safari.

Update: Some users caution that the update appears to be disabling cellular service or even Touch ID on some iPhones. The trouble is inconsistent, as some devices are unaffected.

Update 2: MacNN has contacted Apple support who claim that a "small number" of customers have been affected by a problem. Apple support recommends that users restore phones from iTunes, which has rectified the situation in all cases. Apple has now withdrawn the "delta" update, pending further revision.

[DiabloConQueso]

While it probably wouldn't have made a difference on that device, I had the ever-annoying "You have purchases on this iPad that haven't been transferred to iTunes" warning, which I begrudgingly attended to... and by the time the dozens of purchases were finally transferred and I was ready to update, the update had been pulled.

Strange bit of timing.

[testudo]

Whine whine whine. First people whine about bugs in healthkit. Then they get those fixed, but whine because the phone stops working. Geesh, people, make up your mind!

[Deezy]

I am trying the update via iTunes and via Software Update on the phone itself. Both are reporting that 8.0 is the most current version, ie no update even available.

[azrich]

Be glad you can't update to 8.0.1 Deezy, unless you want a brick.

I copied an old back up from my Time Machine, trying to restore from that to go back to 8.0.

[azrich]

I'm trying this now-

http://www.imore.com/ios-801-kill-touch-id-and-cell-service-your-iphone-6-or-iphone-6-plus-heres-how-to-fix

[azrich]

That worked. I have a phone again. Geez.

[PJL500]

Cook furious. Everyone works Thanksgiving.

[Flying Meat]

and christmas day!