It is not often that a news organization becomes a source for IT knowledge or troubleshooting, but news.com.au have a great article on how to fix the most common IOS7 issues that users are experiencing during and after upgrades. The article is here – http://www.news.com.au/technology/smartphones/troubleshooting-for-struggling-apple-ios-7-users/story-fn6vihic-1226723564685

It covers:

1. The update has caused your screen to go blank or linger on the Apple logo
2. The wi-fi button is greyed out
3. Group messaging doesn’t work
4. Can’t send or receive text messages
5. iTunes keeps crashing
6. Problems activating Facetime and iMessage

7. Your phone has been wiped of apps, contacts, pictures and videos

8. Not enough memory to install iOS 7
9. iOS 7 crashed your phone
10. Your screen has frozen
11. Your Voice Memos aren’t working
12. iOS 7 is sucking the life from your battery
13. Switch off Siri’s Raise to Speak

There are a number of interesting tips there which I did not know about before. The bottom line in this is:

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GOOD BACKUP, PREFERABLE IN TWO PLACES (iTUNES and iCLOUD) BEFORE YOU BEGIN THE UPDATE!

UPDATE: But wait! There’s more. http://www.news.com.au/technology/smartphones/really-simple-fixes-for-your-apple-ios-7-problems/story-fn6vihic-1226726240594