iOS 10.2 Beta 5 - Changes, Bugs, and Fixes

[AZhappyjack]

iOS 10.2 Beta 5

Release Date: Friday, December 2, 2016

Download Size: 60.2MB

Build: 14C89

Darwin Kernel Version: 16.3.0 Tue Nov 29 21:40:08 PST 2016

Firmware Version:

Please report bugs to bugreport.apple.com (a developer account is not required to do this).

Baseband/Modem Firmware

• iPhone 6: 5.32.00
• iPhone 6s 2.41.00
• iPhone 7 Plus (Intel): 1.02.15
• iPhone 7 Plus (QC): 1.33.00

Carrier Versions:

• Sprint 27.0
• Verizon 27.0
• AT&T 27.0.1
• T-Mobile 27.0
• Three 27.0

Changes:

Enhancements/New Features:
[None Found]

Bug Fixes:

• The TV app should no longer crash or show “TV is unavailable” on iPod touch.
• Syncing with iTunes 12.5 through 12.5.3 should no longer delete TV app library content.


New Bugs:
[None Found]

Reoccurring Bugs:

• Using bold text cuts off last words in iMessage text bubbles.
• The bug from Beta 1 where the Now Playing view in Music shows as full screen on iPad and has a glitched animation when closing the view is still present.
• Since iOS10, the Spotlight cursor (using a two finger gesture) on an iPad in landscape mode has the X-Y coordinates reversed. To move the cursor left and right, it's required to move two fingers up and down on the keyboard.

Release Notes (attached)

 

[krishmk]

I suspect they found a major issue.

 

[Trader05]

did they fix the video clip that crashes ios?

 

[Stevessvt]

Public B5 has dropped also. 60 megs.

 

[SumYoungGai]

Wow! Very fast thread post, I only got the twitter notification just now

 

[C DM]

Wow! Very fast thread post, I only got the twitter notification just now

MacRumors had it even earlier: https://www.macrumors.com/2016/12/02/apple-seeds-ios-10-2-beta-5/

 

[SumYoungGai]

MacRumors had it even earlier: https://www.macrumors.com/2016/12/02/apple-seeds-ios-10-2-beta-5/

OTA servers must be lagging behind once again..

 

[MacDevil7334]

The bug from Beta 1 where the Now Playing view in Music shows as full screen on iPad and has a glitched animation when closing the view is STILL present. FFS Apple!

 

[C DM]

OTA servers must be lagging behind once again..

Potentially, although it's not that uncommon for OTA to be a bit behind.

 

[AZhappyjack]

OTA servers must be lagging behind once again..

I was D/L the OTA update when I posted the thread.

 

[C DM]

The bug from Beta 1 where the Now Playing view in Music shows as full screen on iPad and has a glitched animation when closing the view is STILL present. FFS Apple!

It's not very likely that bugs like that would be addressed in late betas where it's typically just really isolated critical/important fixes that are going in to keep things as stable as possible for the release.

 

[Stevessvt]

I was D/L the OTA update when I posted the thread.

Yep, me too.

 

[SumYoungGai]

New darwin kernel version added to original post

 

[LordQ]

New darwin kernel version added to original post

Please excuse my ignorance, how does a newer kernel affect the OS? Thanks in advance!

 

[GrievingFob606]

Is this new or not? I'm just wondering. I believe that Home Sharing came from Videos.app.

 

[nutmac]

Missing widgets in Notification Center is fixed.

But TV app is super buggy as always. Downloaded videos simply refuse to play for me and some are stuck in eternal progress icon screen.

 

[adenslayer]

did they fix the video clip that crashes ios?

I can confirm that beta 5 does indeed fix the glitches video crash bug

 

[malikkamran]

Is the safari white page bug fixed

 

[MacDevil7334]

It's not very likely that bugs like that would be addressed in late betas where it's typically just really isolated critical/important fixes that are going in to keep things as stable as possible for the release.

Yeah you are correct. Seems that Apple stops including large scale changes after about beta 3 in a typical cycle. This one is just particularly annoying since it was actually introduced in 10.2 and the music app is such a widely used part of the OS. Oh well, just add it to the long list of ways that the QC in Apple's software has deteriorated under Cook.

 

[atlchamp]

this must mean that the final is being released this week

 

[madara889]

this must mean that the final is being released this week

Yeah next Monday 10.2 will be available

 

[zorinlynx]

Please excuse my ignorance, how does a newer kernel affect the OS? Thanks in advance!

You'll not notice kernel updates in most cases. It's very low level code.

Kernel bugs usually result in data loss, crashes, and other Very Bad Things. So it's really good to see kernel bugs fixed, but as a user you generally won't notice any difference.

 

[john991]

Probably this is why a new beta dropped.

TV App

• TheTVappshouldnolongercrashorshow“TVisunavailable”oniPodtouch.
• SyncingwithiTunes12.5through12.5.3shouldnolongerdeleteTVapplibrarycontent.

 

[Chris in DC]

Through beta 4, my iPhone 7 was still occasionally failing to give me Reminders alerts. Anyone else have this problem and notice if it's been fixed in beta 5?

This is a core function of iOS and seems like a significant bug to me. Unless I'm the only one experiencing it?

 

[thatJohann]

Annoying that using bold text still cuts out the last word in iMessage bubbles.