Users unhappy with the results of Apple's last iOS update will be happy to hear an answer to their problems may be coming soon.
If rumors on the Internet are to be believed, the company is preparing iOS 6.1.2 for release later this week. The update could hit as early as Wednesday, Feb. 20.
According to the German blog iFun, the website's correspondence with a number of different mobile networks has revealed iOS 6.1.2 will start being rolled out to users on Wednesday. Anonymous sources cited by a German blog might not sound very convincing, but this is the same blog that accurately reported the launch of iOS 6.1.1 from the same sources it cites now.
Ever since the launch of version 6.1.1, Apple has fielded numerous complaints from users over a variety of issues. That's par for the course for any update of any operating system, but these were not average complaints.
One of the bugs that arrived with iOS 6.1 involved Microsoft's Exchange email service. Once users downloaded their update, they found that they couldn't sync up their phones with Exchange, something Apple vowed to address in the future.
Another, potentially more serious defect involves the iPhone's security system. This bug allows users to take certain steps and completely bypass another user's password in order to access the device's features, contact list, voicemails and more. This is the bug critics especially hope will be patched with version 6.1.2.
Less damaging to personal security but perhaps more annoying and more widely reported is the battery life issue a number of users reported after downloading iOS 6.1. Apparently, many iPhone 4S users notice severe battery draining, with some noticing their phones going from being fully charged to less than 50 percent in half an hour. It's not clear whether Apple will attempt to fix this problem, but we should find out soon, if the update comes through later this week.
