Apple iOS 9.3: activation lock and web link crashes plague users

After hundreds complain of bugs and crashes, one gets fixed by Apple and the other is isolated to Booking.com's app

Hundreds of iPhone and iPad users have been hit by multiple bugs locking their devices or causing them to crash since the release of Apple's latest operating software, iOS 9.3.

Users of the iPhone 5S or earlier, or the iPad Air and earlier, found that updating to iOS 9.3 would require their Apple ID password after installation and lock their devices in an unusable state if they couldn't remember it.