A LESSON LEARNED — At least for now
Since installing iOS 12, I have had a series of issues using my iPhone including:
- The same Notification appearing again and again, and again. 20+ recurrences in one instance
- Deleting Notifications from the iPhone and iCloud did nothing and the Notification persisted
- When making an outgoing call, the iPhone would dial but there was no ringback tone and the call did not go through
- Incoming calls ring inconsistently: one call yes the next no
This morning I followed my own often repeated advice and restarted the iPhone. As it restarted a message popped up requesting my ID code followed by a notice
Apparently the initial iOS 12 installation is in two parts and while the first part had completed and the internet online services were working well, but the second stage that handles phone and messaging services was still sitting there awaiting initiation to complete the install.
I think I will have to accept a major part of the blame for this beta
glitch because I was having too much fun playing with my new toy and blithely overlooked its obvious serious problems. Even worse, once I noticed the problem it took me way too long to follow my own advice and reboot.