Leading the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) rumor mill today is news of iPhone 7 owners being locked out of their devices. Today, we’ll look at that and other Apple Rumors for Wednesday.
iPhone 7 Activation Lock: Several owners of Apple’s iPhone 7 aren’t able to use their devices, reports MacRumors. Quite a few customers that have bought the new iPhone 7 have found it to already have an Activation Lock in place. This lock is connected to an email that isn’t theirs and doesn’t allow them to access the device. Some users have reportedly had to return the device to AAPL and wait for a new one to come in. The problems has also started showing up in iPhone 6s devices, but not as often.
Unifying Internet Teams: Apple is getting ready to unify its internet teams at its Infinite Loop campus, Bloomberg notes. According to this report, the tech company will be bringing its Siri, Maps, iCloud, Pay and News internet teams together at the Cupertino, Calif., campus. Parts of the iTunes and Apple Music teams will also be joining the group. This brings many of the teams that are under executive Eddy Cue’s control to one place. The change is designed to speed up development and help cut down on the number of bugs that show up across the services.
iPhone 7 LTE Problem Fix: There’s a temporary fix to get around the LTE connection issues with an iPhone 7 on Verizon Communications Inc.’s (NYSE:VZ) network, reports Gizmodo. It appears that the problem is connected to the Voice over LTE. It can be changed by going to “Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Options > Enable LTE > Data Only.” However, this change means that data can’t be used during calls. Some owners also claim that turning Airplane Mode on and off will solve the problem, but others have said that they have to restart their devices to fix the issue.
