Success is one stage—not the feature result.

Success can describe command or restore completion. It does not prove the required reload, a visible setting or the real feature. Verify exact ProductVersion and BuildVersion, the owner release, one documented reload and the feature-specific functional test before classifying the result.

It is evidence that the app reported completion, not independent proof of every write or the requested outcome. Preserve the exact message and log. Treat restore, reload, setting and function as four separate results.

That is a setting-absent outcome only after Apply and the correct reload are proven. Check the exact build/release and feature minimum first. Issue #115 records this state for AI and AOD without enough build detail to identify a universal cause.

Follow the instruction for the exact product and release. Current misaka26 documentation calls for a respring for relevant features; older MisakaX workflows often use a reboot. Doing the wrong reload leaves the outcome incomplete, while doing the right one still does not prove function.

There is no safe universal retry count. Retry only after one named condition changes—such as correcting an exact build mismatch, selected flag, target file or required reload—and after preserving the first result. Repetition by itself is not diagnosis.

Issue #82 contains an intermittent user report, but it does not establish a supported procedure or probability. Other reports show repeated no effect on builds outside the owner range. Do not turn anecdotes into a retry loop.

Do not assume so. Check the true model/build, Face ID or Touch ID, calls, data, Siri, camera, microphone, speakers, restart and any unrelated setting touched in the same run. A hidden regression changes the incident from no effect to recovery.

The exact build and route are known, Apply completed, the required reload completed, the requested setting is absent or unchanged, the real function is unchanged, and the phone remains healthy. Unknown stages should stay unknown rather than being called no effect.

No. That is a partial or UI-only outcome. Stop stacking flags and test the feature-specific hardware, service, language, region, model-download or geometry boundary.

Record function observed and UI absent as two separate facts. Some functions have no dedicated setting, while others expose a setting only on a native route. Use the feature page to define the expected surface instead of forcing one label.

No. If Apply errored, crashed, stalled or never proved restore completion, classify Apply failed or unproven. Use the general error library; do not skip to feature diagnosis.

No. Extraction, file parsing, Apply, reload, setting exposure and function are separate checkpoints. A later iOS build can still allow an earlier stage while the owner does not publish an Apply route for it.

The current owner range ends at iOS/iPadOS 26.1 plus exactly 26.2 beta 1. Issue #362 reports AOD missing after Apply/reboot on 26.4 beta 1. Stop rather than treating that report as support for 26.4.

That build is outside the current owner range. Issue #370 records repeated Apply/reboot with no Apple Intelligence result on 26.5 beta 2. Repetition cannot override the published ceiling.

No. The owner names exactly 26.2 beta 1, not the entire 26.2 family. Record BuildVersion as well as ProductVersion; beta labels alone are not precise enough.

First prove build, selected AOD flag and required reload. Then distinguish a missing setting from a visible setting with a dark screen. Apple documents native AOD models and normal off conditions such as a face-down or pocketed phone; panel behavior is not created by a UI flag.

Not automatically. Apple says the native display can go fully dark in several normal conditions. Compare the same lock-screen state after checking Low Power Mode, Sleep Focus, pocket/face-down state and other stock conditions on the AOD page.

Verify the exact build, preset and reload, then check for the requested island surface and a real Live Activity. If nothing appears, preserve no effect. If a red bar or bad clock/signal spacing appears, that is a partial layout result and should be reverted rather than retried.

A flag cannot replace Apple’s device, OS, storage, language, region and service requirements. Keep setting exposure, ability to enable, model download and real features separate; Apple says availability varies by platform, language and region.

Apple’s current native requirement names iPhone 15 Pro models and iPhone 16 models or later, not the base iPhone 15. A changed identifier or visible AI menu does not prove the required hardware path, model delivery or real features. Treat any UI-only result as partial and watch core services.

The UI stage may be observed, but the functional chain is incomplete. Use the model-download guide for storage, power, network, matching device/Siri language, region and model state. Do not re-Apply while the delivery stage is unresolved.

Treat 16 KB as an incomplete model state, not a completed feature and not proof that desktop Apply failed. Preserve the storage reading and use the dedicated model-download decision tree.

A visible region or model identifier is only one input. Apple also documents hardware, OS, storage, matching language and availability constraints. Do not repeatedly spoof identity to chase a service boundary.

That is a partial functional state. Apple publishes a narrower external-display model list than the on-device Stage Manager list. A menu cannot add the absent hardware path; test on-device windows and external output separately.

Yes. A setting or UI surface does not prove adaptive-refresh hardware, display geometry, neural hardware, camera/audio behavior or an external-display path. Record UI and function separately.

Treat the destination as a new build and compatibility state. Record its ProductVersion and BuildVersion before any Apply. An update removing a result does not prove the old release can safely write the new build.

Older SparseRestore-era routes had build-specific patch boundaries, and community reports around later 18.1 betas/final describe reboot-with-no-change outcomes. Match the exact BuildVersion to a published owner release; do not downgrade, reuse an old guide or repeat Apply based only on the 18.1 label.

No. It proves only that the requested surface and function were not observed. Recheck true identity, unrelated settings and core services before deciding the phone is unchanged or starting a reset.

The owner does not publish one universal wait time. A setting expected immediately after the correct reload and a service that must download models are different cases. Record elapsed time and route asynchronous Apple Intelligence delivery to the model-download guide instead of inventing a timeout.

Preserve the first result and compare the exact selected label with the dedicated feature page. Correct one selection only after build, target file and reload are proven; do not compensate by enabling a bundle of nearby flags.

First verify that no hidden setting, identity field or core service changed. Reset/revert is another write, and issue #82 contains inconsistent reset observations. If the experiment has no value and the route is supported, use the documented original artifact and reset guide once—not alternating Apply and Reset.

That is failed or unproven revert, not no effect. Stop alternating operations, preserve the current function and health state, and move to reset/recovery guidance.

That is a device regression. Stop feature troubleshooting and do not Apply again. Record every selected change in the run and use the reset/recovery route.

Stop. Do not click through setup, sign in, migrate, change identity again or Apply. Preserve the exact screen and whether Finder or Apple Devices still detects the phone, then use recovery guidance.

Use one feature or the smallest practical set. A bundle makes no effect, partial results and regressions unattributable and weakens a bug report.

Define one observable action before Apply: a Live Activity for Dynamic Island, the same locked-screen condition for AOD, an actual AI feature after model delivery, an external workspace for Stage Manager, or a controlled camera/audio comparison. A menu alone is not the test.

Save the owner release filename/hash, true model, ProductVersion, BuildVersion, platform, one selected feature, original device file, exact Apply message/log, reload performed, setting state, functional test and core-health result.

Remove serial, UDID, IMEI, Apple Account details, passcode, backup password, private paths, plist contents and personal screenshots. Keep error types, versions, feature selections and outcome stages.

Search and report in the issue tracker for the exact owner project—MisakaX and misaka26 are separate tracks. Include one redacted environment and the four-stage result, not only “it does not work.”