iOS 8.4 Expected to Launch by June 30 with GPS Fixes
During Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote yesterday, Apple announced several new services that will be included in iOS 8.4 and available by June 30th. This release is expected to fix the open iOS bugs affecting external GPS receiver accessories. Although we had hoped for a 8.3.1 update or 8.4 release to launch much sooner than this, at least we now have a firm date.
Look for another blog post soon announcing our Bad Elf: Cleared to Update program, along with a debrief of some lessons learned and upgrades we've made to our QA process to reduce the odds of running into similar issues in the future.
If you haven't already, please sign up for our mailing list to be notified ASAP when we've confirmed the public iOS 8.4 release resolves the GPS issue. The sign-up form is at the bottom of every page on our website.
The Bad Elf engineering team is attending WWDC this week, and we had the opportunity to meet Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, after the keynote.
Although we didn't talk to Tim specifically about the iOS 8.3 bug, we did discuss platform accessory support. He mentioned that Apple sees accessories as a vital part of the ecosystem and driver of innovation in niche markets such as aviation, marine, and survey. We're excited to be part of that!
Once again, we want to thank our amazing customers for their patience and support during the last 9 weeks since this issue appeared. As always, please contact us via support@bad-elf.com and we'll do whatever we can to help.
I am so glad that I had a blackberry so that my navigation could continue. I have lost all faith in Apple, and will never give them any more $$.
Also of interest I see that Isailor will be coming available for android devices, and my ipad mini can go to the kids to play games on.
What a snafu, how do we trust 8.4 on a July 4 trip?
The wait is unacceptable!
From my perspective there is plenty blame for all 3 of my suppliers. Apple, Foreflight & Bad Elf. I’m not totally down and it’s still B.S.
Hey Team, good stuff here. Do you have a version that supports ADS B IN?
Very disappointed? That doesn’t cut it anymore! * I was “very disappointed” after the first month of being as patient as one can be.
$600. iPad. * Foreflight Canada/Us Pro at $250 for the year. * A New GPS at $ 150. * Out of Pocket $1000.
What did I learn?
iPads are not a reliable source for Navigation. Back to the Old paper Maps and Approach Plates.
Cancel subscriptions and sell all the useless stuff that many are calling “A Paper Weight”
Thanks Apple. To think I almost bought an Apple watch! NOT NOW
I was very fortunate to read about apples issues with Bad Elf Pro prior to 8.3
download. very surprise this has NOT yet been resolved! many, many pilots are
very disappointed with Apple. and why was it not possible to roll back?