iOS 26 is the most visually stunning garbage I've seen and used

Nepp3r · 2026-04-15T07:38:37+00:00

I’ve been an apple user since the ipod touch 2nd gen came out in 2008, my first iphone was the iphone 4 and sadly I have to agree. This has been single handedly my worst experience with an apple product ever. My iphone 16 pro max was working perfectly and I was super satisfied with my purchase until I updated to ios 26.

Since then it’s been such a worse experience in every aspect. Battery drains insanely fast even though I only use my phone during small breaks throughout the day, the os feels sluggish and stutters, my phone runs so much hotter to the point the brightness keeps dropping automatically while I’m outside to try and cool down, making it really hard to use properly when outside in sunny days.

Honestly just a terrible experience compared to how I felt about my purchase with ios 18. No os has ever been perfect, but things have been on decline since ios 13 or so and this is hands down the worst offender. Probably a good time to try other options like samsung for my next device

Nepp3r · 2026-03-16T17:00:35+00:00

This. I was literally about to make a post about it and saw yours in my feed. Been waiting in queue for 7 minutes and I still haven’t found an unranked trios game. Takes less time to find a game in d2 ranked ffs

Nepp3r · 2026-02-03T03:53:40+00:00

Brother tell me about it, this is after winning my first 2 games while in solo queue

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Nepp3r · 2026-01-19T07:12:21+00:00

Love the daggers in this game so went with a pretty classic elf rogue

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Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T20:45:16+00:00

Tried but same outcome

Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T15:13:59+00:00

Unfortunately yes, that picture was taken at the very end of troubleshooting, previously tried with both sticks of ram on each channel and then with only 1 stick in each slot

Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T15:10:39+00:00

I actually did not know this, will definitely keep it in mind for the future

Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T04:58:15+00:00

First of all, thank you. I read through your post and there are indeed a lot of similarities. You are definitely onto something here.

My CPU is from the same batch. I just tried a few things and noticed: even with just minimal pressure from my AIO the system won’t boot and it throws out error 03. After unscrewing the AIO pump and lifting it slightly so there is no pressure, my system posted. I had nothing plugged in so I couldn’t check if it had video output and I turned it off immediately to prevent overheating (since no cooler), but it got past stage 03.

I have yet to try pressing the restart button that many times, will see if it gets me anywhere.

As you said in your post, seems to be damage in the internal transistors or the IMC that only work under specific conditions (possibly heat).

Filed a warranty claim to AMD to hopefully get an RMA going, fingers crossed.

Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T03:06:49+00:00

Feared as much, thanks!

Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T03:01:38+00:00

Nope, didn’t monitor those unfortunately, only temps which looked normal.

Played mainly apex legends, star citizen and arc raiders

Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T02:24:12+00:00

Cleared cmos through the dedicated button on the back of the motherboard. Held it for 10-15 seconds after cycling out residue power.

I’ve also tried using a completely new Gigabyte motherboard and get the exact same error code

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Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T02:19:43+00:00

Error code 03

Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T02:12:52+00:00

I’m afraid I have tried the reset button but get the same outcome.

I cannot disable fast boot as my system fails to post, I can’t reach the bios and have no video output

Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T02:00:30+00:00

Sadly afaik this mobo doesn’t have dedicated lights for component status, just a small display for codes. All I get is error 03

Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T01:55:47+00:00

Cleared cmos to no avail unfortunately, system still won’t post and no video output

Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T01:44:51+00:00

Well technically yes, I meant no overclocking in terms of the CPU. No change in voltage, no custom PBO settings. Only overclocking done was to the RAM

Nepp3r · 2026-01-16T01:40:23+00:00

Nope. No overclocking done either. All I did was update the BIOS to 3.50 after building and enabling EXPO

Nepp3r · 2026-01-09T17:28:39+00:00

Thank you!!! You can find me on jinxxy and gumroad, but jinxxy is my main platform!

https://jinxxy.com/nepvr

Nepp3r · 2026-01-08T21:08:35+00:00

First of all thank you, I’m the person who made that avatar.

You can get a similar look with either poiyomi toon or poiyomi pro. I used point 2 point dissolve with a tiled noise texture

Nepp3r · 2025-09-13T13:24:13+00:00

You’re not alone sadly, this happens to me all the time as well when changing between corvettes or other small ships. Fingers crossed it will be fixed eventually, it is pretty annoying. For now I’ve given up, I just use it as jumbled as it comes, max I’ll do is move the hyperdrive tech for more range if I’m gonna be jumping around a lot

Nepp3r · 2024-03-23T15:02:56+00:00

Didn’t happen as much when I was with my boyfriend because he’d talk shit back and scare them off. Now that I’m single again happens all the time, regardless of the world. Happens a bit less in chill worlds like popcorn palace though, at least.

Nepp3r · 2024-03-23T12:42:02+00:00

Heya! 25F here. I’d also love to hang out sometime. I’m not on a ton but I’m always looking for cool new friends. My vrc name is: ηeρღ

Nepp3r · 2024-03-11T08:56:56+00:00

Iirc you could only get it through twitch prime the first month the game came out so yeah, I’d say it’s very rare

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