Yah this is what I was thinking. Just always wanting the latest and greatest. Lol
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iOS 10.3 Developer Beta 4 Changes, Bug Fixes, Enhacements etc.
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Yah this is what I was thinking. Just always wanting the latest and greatest. Lol
Me too. And with so much cloud based data these days, not nearly the risk it once was.
Remember that data in the cloud can also get corrupted. This includes your iCloud Photo Library and other important data if there's a serious bug in the beta. There have been bugs in the past that have damaged user data. Remember, if you can delete iCloud data from your phone, so can buggy code.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SEPARATE BACKUP OF YOUR IRREPLACEABLE DATA BEFORE RUNNING BETAS.
Sorry for the all caps, but it really is that important.
As long as you get a good backup (via iTunes) and file it away or rename the folder by appending to the end either date or iOS version just so it doesn't get overwritten you should be fine. I don't really trust iCloud backups especially in beta environments. Although thats is how my dailys run I still get iTunes backup periodically if I know there has been a lot of changes AND when messing with beta firmware. Seen iCloud issues a lot during betas.
But to answer your orig question, b4 seems to be pretty stable and working fine.
Ditto. There was indeed an iCloud Drive bug that apparently wiped all your files in the past.
The battery is a disaster lol. Yesterday I unplugged it at 98%, called my girlfriend via WhatsApp for around 4 minutes and it fell down to 86. This was from 17.25 to 17.30. After that I travelled to school with the regional bus and listened to Spotify in the background while checking Twitter (when I saw the significant drop after the call I was really cautious because school was like from 6-10pm) - in the next 38 minutes it fell down to 48%.
When I was in school, it kinda froze at 30 % for around 45-60 minutes. When I restarted the phone it went up to 37 % and immediately went down to around 28 in the next 15 minutes.
This was hilarious to watch, because I wasn't far away from home but it was simply entertaining.
iPhone 6S, 10.3, 14E5260b, Swisscom 28.0 (Switzerland)
When looking at the Battery-app in the phone it seems that WhatsApp is draining the battery like a crazetard. Currently it's responsible for around 58 % of the battery-drain (1.2h front/1.9h background). The fun thing is, I had the home&lockscreen also taking around 28% couple days ago or the first day the beta came out.
When I was in school, it kinda froze at 30 % for around 45-60 minutes. When I restarted the phone it went up to 37 % and immediately went down to around 28 in the next 15 minutes.
This was hilarious to watch, because I wasn't far away from home but it was simply entertaining.
iPhone 6S, 10.3, 14E5260b, Swisscom 28.0 (Switzerland)
When looking at the Battery-app in the phone it seems that WhatsApp is draining the battery like a crazetard. Currently it's responsible for around 58 % of the battery-drain (1.2h front/1.9h background). The fun thing is, I had the home&lockscreen also taking around 28% couple days ago or the first day the beta came out.
What do you mean? Seems to be on just about the same schedule as most of the other point releases. 4 betas, first three with 2 week gaps and 4th after 1 additional week.
iPhone 6 and iPad Air are doing remarkably well on 10.3b4. I waited for the 4th beta before pulling the trigger because of the switch to AFPS and difficulty going back to 10.2.1. Running super smooth almost all the time. Battery life *might* be slightly less, but I can't tell for sure. Haven't had any crashes or resprings. iCloud stuff looks intact.
When we try to move mails from one folder to the other, it normally succeeds and the mails are transferred.
However, sometimes, the message appears that the mail has been transferred but in reality when the destination folder is checked it does not contain the transferred mail. The mail is also not found in the source folder.
Apple released 10.2 on December 12, then the betas for 10.2.1 started a couple of days after that. The 10.2.1 betas continued into the new year with the holiday break in the middle, with the final release of 10.2.1 on January 23. The first beta of 10.3 was the following day, January 24.
Since then schedule for development has been pretty similar: http://www.thinkybits.com/blog/iOS-versions/
Just hope that 10.3 doesn't go as long in beta as 9.3 did
Anyone with iPhone 7 model A1788 still having problems with Bluetooth audio on iOS 10.3 b4? Stutters, disconnects, sound skipping?!
I want to upgrade from my iPhone 6s, but I'm really afraid of having theses issues I hear a lot of people talk about. I myself had lots of audio problems using Bluetooth headphones, Airpods included, while on iOS 10-10.2.1. Upgrade to 10.3 beta cause I heard the Bluetooth was working as it's supposed to.
I want to upgrade from my iPhone 6s, but I'm really afraid of having theses issues I hear a lot of people talk about. I myself had lots of audio problems using Bluetooth headphones, Airpods included, while on iOS 10-10.2.1. Upgrade to 10.3 beta cause I heard the Bluetooth was working as it's supposed to.
This, kind of odd that the 4th beta in they are introducing some pretty major bugs.