Apple stops signing updates after reports of iPad Pros with M4 become bricked with iPadOS 18
The official versions of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, and macOS Sequoia were released on September 17, 2024, but it has been reported that Apple has stopped signing updates to iPadOS 18 for
Apple Pulls iPadOS 18 for M4 iPad Pro After Bricking Complaints [Updated] - MacRumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/17/apple-pulls-ipados-18-m4-ipad-pro/
Apple pulls iPadOS 18 update bricking M4 iPad Pro devices
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-pulls-ipados-18-update-bricking-m4-ipad-pro-devices/
A thread was posted on Apple's support forum titled 'iPadOS 18 ruined my M4 iPad Pro,' reporting, 'I updated my M4 iPad Pro to iPadOS 18. It didn't work. My iPad Pro won't turn on, a hard reset doesn't work, and it won't show up on my Mac. I've scheduled a repair.' Users who have experienced similar symptoms have left comments on the thread.
IOS18 bricked my iPad M4 - Apple Community
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255759309
Additionally, reports of M4-equipped iPad Pros having stopped working were also posted on the online message board site Reddit.
According to a Reddit user who took his bricked iPad Pro to an Apple Store, 'I had Apple Care, but they told me I needed to send it in to an engineer before they could give me a replacement.'
GIGAZINE's editorial department's M4-equipped iPad Pro (13 inches) had iPadOS 18.0 Public Beta 3 (22A5307i) installed, and since it had not been updated to the official version at the time of writing, we tried to check the software update. Normally, a message saying 'iPadOS is up to date' or a screen prompting you to update to the latest version that can be updated is displayed, but the message 'Checking for update ...' continued to be displayed.
'We are temporarily pausing iPadOS 18 updates for M4-enabled iPad Pros to resolve an issue affecting a small number of devices,' Apple said in a statement to MacRumors.
Regarding the cause of the problem, security-related news site Bleeping Computer predicts that 'a failure occurred in iBoot, which authenticates when an Apple device starts up, and the boot sector or system files may have been corrupted.'
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