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iOS 11 b1 as Daily Driver
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Buggy, my screen keeps dimming. I adjust the brightness and it dims again. I know, its BETA
Turn off auto brightness. That'll fix it for now.
Wow thanks for this tip. My iPhone 6 plus was horribly lagging, really unusable. A reboot did not change anything. Closing all apps though changed everything. Now it is just as snappy as before, maybe even more so. This means I will stick with it as my daily phone for now.
Does it stay like this even after opening many apps? My iPhone 7 plus was the same but I reverted to 10.3.3 before seeing this.
Could also be very well one misbehaving app. Closing them all and booting then does the trick. Or at least until you open the app...
I am currently switching back to iOS 10.3.2. It might work fine for others, but the battery life really is so bad I can't do it anymore. Additionally the camera is almost unusable at times. I will most likely test out the public beta when it releases, since those seem much more polished.
Im running the DB on my iPad Pro 9.7 as its not a critical device for me. Ill probably wait until the public beta release or DB3 to install it on my iPhone 7 Plus. The iPad is mainly bug free for me. the occasional IU drops and others aren't really an issue and are expected with an early release build. The only real issue I've been having is getting apps to go into split view.
You can watch the percentage drop while using the older 12.9" ... ui and app bug wise it's acceptable.
I put it on my 9.7 pro, as I did order the 10.5 pro so figured why not try it. It's actually not nearly as buggy as any other beta 1 I've tried. Very little lag, some crashes - but it's beta 1. Honestly it feels like a beta 3-4 on my iPad. I can't speak for the phone or other folks that are using it, as our usage is different. I will say the battery life seems better than iOS 10. I used it for 5-6 hours, browsing internet, steaming videos, and only lost around 15% battery and was multitasking the whole time.
I am going to put it on my iPhone yet, as I've been too frustrated in the past with betas 1-3 and daily driver on a phone is harder.
I am going to put it on my iPhone yet, as I've been too frustrated in the past with betas 1-3 and daily driver on a phone is harder.
Buggy, my screen keeps dimming. I adjust the brightness and it dims again. I know, its BETA
Auto-brightness is broken on beta 1. Turn it off in Settings > Display & Brightness.
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Yep agreed, the only one I’m struggling with is the series zero Apple watch dies regularly at around 4pm every day
Hmm. Not having that problem. I am using the Kaleidoscope face.
My biggest issue has been battery life (to be expected). Even with the Smart Battery case for my 6S it gets pretty close to dying by the end of the day.
Camera has also been incredibly unreliable, along with normal graphical glitches, control center glitches, and lock screen wallpaper changing to the home screen wallpaper randomly.
Overall, it's been pretty good for a Beta 1 and I haven't felt compelled to downgrade either my 6S or iPP.
Camera has also been incredibly unreliable, along with normal graphical glitches, control center glitches, and lock screen wallpaper changing to the home screen wallpaper randomly.
Overall, it's been pretty good for a Beta 1 and I haven't felt compelled to downgrade either my 6S or iPP.
Very doubtful. Devs cannot release app updates that use the internal calls implemented with iOS 11 until Apple calls for them (typically around a week or so before the GM release)... so, while some issues can be fixed, some cannot be without the new internals associated with iOS 11... and I've seen later releases break some apps... no way to tell what the affected apps would be... so if you have stuff that is mission critical, there's no way I'd be doing iOS 11 on a daily driver, at least not at beta 2.
No. There’s no beta yet at all. Some worked in developer preview but don’t work in dp2 and vice versa. You can expect this to continue throughout the developer preview and beta cycle. If its your only device and you rely it on it you would do well not to install the dp or beta.
Atleast I will wait for the public beta to test it as a daily driver. but the current beta being in its early stage is buggy and annoying sometimes.
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If you often use the app switcher, you should at least wait for the public beta.
B2 is much more buggy then b1 was on my 7+, and the device runs hot all the time.