I have an iPhone 14 Pro. I downloaded the iOS 26 beta and had a SERIOUS error, rendering the phone unusable.
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I charged it to 60% and kept it plugged in while updating.
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While updating, I restarted several times at the Apple logo, then at the Welcome screen, and it had quite a few bugs with low battery warnings.
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When I turned it on, I noticed I had 1% (I thought it was strange).
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When it was plugged in, it wouldn't charge; it only had 1% left, and it also restarted every 2 minutes. Off-plugged, it did exactly the same thing.
In the end, I had to go back to iOS 18.5; I had no problems with this version.