iOS 10 update is BRICKING some iPhones and iPads

Apple has issued a hasty fix for a bug in iOS 10 that was reportedly rendering some iPhones unusable.

The latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 10, has suffered major issues during its launch on Tuesday night. Millions of users rushed to download the free software update onto their iPhones and iPads as soon as it became available. However...
Source: iOS 10 update is BRICKING some iPhones and iPads - but Apple claims it's found a fix - Mirror Online

Note: There is no version of iTunes for Windows that supports both Vista and iOS 10!
 
I never install on the first day. I'm not even sure that I have installed the first release of any major version except 2.0.
 

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Hey Guys,
I was wondering if you all think Apple will release an iTunes update for iOS 10 like they did with 9 so we can at least backup our iPhones running iOS 10. I refuse to buy a new computer since mine is completely solid. Appreciate any replies
 

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Welcome to Vista Forums azwildcat. It seems extremely unlikely that Apple will ever release another iTunes version that supports Vista or XP, and it's becoming less likely by the hour now. Apple actually ended support for Vista and XP with the release of iTunes 12.2.0 on June 30, 2015; so iTunes 12.1.3 was itself a surprising exception to their policy. Apple's support for Vista hasn't been what I would call "good" since early 2014, and I should probably resist the temptation to editorialize any further.
 

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Thanks for getting back to me Vistaar. That is disappointing. My HP running vista is super fast and is a solid computer. Anyways, I appreciate you getting back to me.
 

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It's not that there isn't a version of itunes for ios10, there is, however it isn't and won't be for Vista. Apple abandoned Vista with iOS 9.2 last December so this isn't a new issue. It probably became a more prevalent issue with 10 since it is the first major version without support for Vista.
 

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Apple abandoned Vista with iOS 9.2 last December

If you visited the link in post #3, you would find that "Salkafar" has an iPhone 5c running iOS 9.3.5. Salkafar became a member of Apple Support Community on Sep 14, 2016 specifically to ask if iOS 10 was compatible with iTunes 12.1.3.6 (the answer being "no"). Salkafar is running XP, but those running Vista would use the same iTunes version to support iOS 9.x devices. The only iOS 9 devices not supported by iTunes 12.1.3.6 were the iPhone SE and one model of iPad Pro.
 

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If you look on the iOS history page on Wikipedia it states that iTunes 12.3 was not required until 9.2 so yes at the time those devices where supported on Vista. Nothing after 9.2 is supported. The SE and ipad pro 9.7" where released after that so yes they where never supported. IMO the important point on this thread and the other is that most qualifying devices are likely well past past that. If they aren't on 10 yet they are likely on 9.3 or higher simply because Apple pushes updates over wifi. So you have a lot of devices that can't use iTunes because the users are still on xp or vista and the OS is past that limitation. Even worse there is usually a bug with major releases as there is now so users don't have a recent backup of their data stored on their computer nor can they do a recovery. These users are stuck with either a non-functioning device or they have to perform a reset and hope that everything really is stored on apple's servers.

I really dislike Apple's wifi updating system (even though the updates are smaller) not only because of the nag and automatic download of the setup files but also because users aren't really backing up their data anymore except possibly in apple's cloud. I never do an update (much less a major update) without a local backup and sometimes I do a major update the old fashioned way through iTunes. When that was the only way to do an update users would have a local backup as iTunes did it automatically as part of the process and they where also prompted to update iTunes if it was out of date. Not anymore. Since 9.2 was released last December that is why I stated that this really isn't a "new" problem except that 10 is the first major update since then. If you think about it Vista and XP users with newer devices have been updating their devices all year without iTunes support.
 

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If you look on the iOS history page on Wikipedia it states that iTunes 12.3 was not required until 9.2 so yes at the time those devices where supported on Vista. Nothing after 9.2 is supported... Since 9.2 was released last December that is why I stated that this really isn't a "new" problem...If you think about it Vista and XP users with newer devices have been updating their devices all year without iTunes support.
Regarding iOS 9.2, I presume that this is the sentence your argument is based on (correct me if I'm wrong): "Only supports iTunes 12.3 or higher, and thus does not work anymore together with iTunes on Mac OS X 10.7 or lower." I am certainly no authority on older Mac OS X versions, but I do know that Wikipedia doesn't necessarily attract the world's most careful encyclopedists (having made a few editorial corrections to Wikipedia articles myself), and I believe the sentence should properly be associated with iOS 9.0. I would edit the sentence myself if it mentioned Vista, but of course it doesn't. If you click the "iTunes 12.3 or higher" link within the sentence, it takes you to their History of iTunes article, which states that iTunes 12.3.0.44 was released September 16, 2015 (concurrently with iOS 9.0), and "Adds support for iOS 9 and Windows 10." That might have been very bad news for those running Vista, since 12.3.0 was the fourth version of iTunes that did not support Vista (there have now been 12 such versions), except for one thing: The same History of iTunes article states that iTunes 12.1.3.6 was released September 17, 2015, and "Adds support for iOS 9 for Windows XP and Vista."

If anyone who is actually using iTunes 12.1.3.6 on Vista to support a mobile device is still confused, they should probably consult Apple Support Community - speaking of which, there's an iTunes 12.1.3.6 user running Vista with an iPhone 6s running iOS 9.3.4 who is trying to upgrade to iOS 10.1 at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7668099.
 

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You are right. Those pages do not say which iOS version requires which iTunes version. I'll try to look on Apple's support pages later.
 

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