The Collective Twitter Freakout That Was the iOS 8.0.1 Update

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Rex Santus
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The Collective Twitter Freakout That Was the iOS 8.0.1 Update
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Less than a week after releasing iOS 8, Apple pushed out iOS 8.0.1 -- but the update did more harm than good. iPhone users reported issues with cell signal and Apple's Touch ID, and as a result, the company pulled the download.

But it was too late. Twitter had devolved into a collective panic.

jesus christ, why did i have to not wait on this iOS update.— Anthony Townsend (@anthonymobile) September 24, 2014

Warning, the iOS 8.0.1 update will cause U2 to move into your spare room. #iOS8— HAL 9000 (@HAL9000_) September 24, 2014

first #Bendghazi, now... MT @jsnell: Apple has pulled the 8.0.1 update. Un-updated iPhone 6 Plus is now reporting that iOS 8.0 is up to date— daveweigel (@daveweigel) September 24, 2014

#tbt to when my phone was a phone— taylor hatmaker (@tayhatmaker) September 24, 2014

While Apple is removing things like iOS 8.0.1 and U2, I'd also like to nominate Apple Maps and Newsstand.— John Dickerson (@jdickerson) September 24, 2014

iOS8 Twitter is the worst Twitter.— Paweł Morski (@Pawelmorski) September 24, 2014

In the future it will be updated to iOS 8.0.1 and now I can’t get into my house or turn my lights on, and I’m not sure my heart is beating— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) September 24, 2014

Updated to iOS 8.0.1 and it bent my phone.— Sean Percival (@Percival) September 24, 2014

The irony of a Health fix that kills iOS 8— Federico Viticci (@viticci) September 24, 2014

RIP iOS 8.0.1 1:00PM-1:30PM— Alex Soto (@dalexsoto) September 24, 2014

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