iPadOS 18 rollout reportedly halted for M4 iPad Pro after reports of bricking | Infinium-tech

Apple doesn’t often have problems with its software update rollouts, even though it’s making them available to all devices at the same time and not releasing them in stages like other companies. But when it does have problems, even if it’s rare, these problems tend to be big.

case in point: McRumors is reporting that the rollout of iPadOS 18 for the M4 iPad Pro, which began yesterday, has now been halted by Apple due to multiple reports of iPads being bricked following the update.

Bricking means the device doesn’t work anymore, so obviously this is the worst case scenario that can happen. Some people have resorted to this reddit Expressing their disappointment, they explained how the installation process was interrupted, causing the iPads to no longer turn on. Affected users needed to get a new iPad, as servicing was not possible.

Of course, there are only a few people experiencing these issues, but for Apple it’s ‘better safe than sorry’ in this case, so it has halted the rollout for the time being. The problem people faced with the M4 iPad Pro was probably related to installing the iPadOS 17.7 update first and then moving to iPadOS 18. However, this is just speculation. Hopefully Apple gets to the bottom of the matter soon and resumes the rollout.