iOS 11.x.x Release Speculation Thread

[gwang73]

Looks like Cricket Wireless spilled the beans...next Wednesday for 11.2.1.

Sounds kinda strange to me that they can enable new devices with wifi calling and not existing devices. I think it's most likely a carrier profile push to existing devices on rather than stating a iOS 11.2.1 update.
Hopefully we get 11.2.1 on Monday/Tuesday but who the heck knows at this point.

 

[C DM]

Looks like Cricket Wireless spilled the beans...next Wednesday for 11.2.1.

Strange how new ones can do it from December 8, while others can do it later. Often enough these things are done via a carrier update too, which doesn't require an iOS update.

 

[Broken Hope]

Sounds like they are just limiting how many devices their allowing on their WiFi Calling servers, probably to determine load.

I don’t think this iOS or carrier file version related.

 

[scjr]

Looks like Cricket Wireless spilled the beans...next Wednesday for 11.2.1.

iPhone 7 Plus here. I didn’t purchase it from Cricket and was able to activate WiFi calling this morning.

 

[sunny2k1]

When you say iOS 11.2.1, you mean that you have this version on hand?

I have not direct contact to the build but I have sources (within banks) who receive betas outside the official beta cycle.

 

[Benz63amg]

Yeah I read that, just further confirmation and from Apple this time.

I wonder what they mean by “early next week” in particular, the update will need to be released tomorrow (Monday) or Tuesday because as far as I’m concerned Wednsday wouldn’t be considered as “early next week”

 

[Chazzle]

I wonder what they mean by “early next week” means in specific, the update will need to be released tomorrow (Monday) or Tuesday because as far as I’m concerned Wednsday wouldn’t be considered as “early next week”

I think you answered your question.

 

[robert1998]

I think tomorrow is the day because they don t have anything to release so it would be nice to have it and maybe tuesday 11.3 beta 1

 

[Tmelon]

I think tomorrow is the day because they don t have anything to release so it would be nice to have it and maybe tuesday 11.3 beta 1

If we're following the pattern from the past couple of years, tomorrow would be 11.2.1 beta 1. There's been a lot of oddities this year though, so who knows at this point.

 

[PR1985]

If we're following the pattern from the past couple of years, tomorrow would be 11.2.1 beta 1. There's been a lot of oddities this year though, so who knows at this point.

No beta! Apple confirmed it. Do you read the posts here? Final early this week.

 

[dannyyankou]

No beta! Apple confirmed it. Do you read the posts here? Final early this week.

There will be a beta of some kind this week though, madscotsman confirmed it.

 

[d5aqoëp]

My phone (and my body) is ready for 11.3 Beta 1.

 

[sunny2k1]

There will be a beta of some kind this week though, madscotsman confirmed it.

iOS 11.2.1 will address the HomeKit vulnerability. So expect no beta here. That issue popped up after mascotsman confirmed the beta. Apple will not start a new beta cycle this year - at least not an external beta test. My guess, we will see at least one bug fix update for iOS (are tvOS and watchOS also affected by the vulnerability?) this year.

A beta cycle won't start a week before the holidays. Next week ends the year with the holiday season. Even though Apple re-opens the app store on the 28th (Thursday), there will be no huge activities prior January 2nd.

 

[Madscotsman]

There will be a beta of some kind this week though, madscotsman confirmed it.

I was misinformed when I posted that last week, should only be the final of 11.2.1 tomorrow, unless something changes again, which is a possibility with the way things have gone lately

 

[atlchamp]

I was misinformed when I posted that last week, should only be the final of 11.2.1 tomorrow, unless something changes again, which is a possibility with the way things have gone lately

So 11.2.1 is confirmed for tomorrow?

 

[Madscotsman]

So 11.2.1 is confirmed for tomorrow?

Currently, but things lately have been subject to last minute changes so who knows for sure.

 

[Benz63amg]

iOS 11.2.1 will address the HomeKit vulnerability. So expect no beta here. That issue popped up after mascotsman confirmed the beta. Apple will not start a new beta cycle this year - at least not an external beta test. My guess, we will see at least one bug fix update for iOS (are tvOS and watchOS also affected by the vulnerability?) this year.

A beta cycle won't start a week before the holidays. Next week ends the year with the holiday season. Even though Apple re-opens the app store on the 28th (Thursday), there will be no huge activities prior January 2nd.

Are you saying that the ONLY fix in 11.2.1 is going to be the HomeKit security fix? We won’t be seeing any further fixes to iOS 11.2/system optimizations? I mean 11.2 is riddled with bugs throughout and needs polishing.

 

[chillip]

They need to fix the issue where cpu is throttled when battery % gets below a certain level!

 

[sunny2k1]

Are you saying that the ONLY fix in 11.2.1 is going to be the HomeKit security fix? We won’t be seeing any further fixes to iOS 11.2/system optimizations? I mean 11.2 is riddled with bugs throughout and needs polishing.

I expect some under-the-hood polishing as well. But the main reason why Apple needs to "rush" iOS 11.2.1 is the HomeKit vulnerability.

 

[atlchamp]

Currently, but things lately have been subject to last minute changes so who knows for sure.

Thank you brother

 

[tosbsas]

With Beta profil installed we won’t See that update, right

 

[jhall8]

With Beta profil installed we won’t See that update, right

That’s correct.

 

[Radon87000]

So no chance of iOS 11.3 beta 1 before Jan?

 

[Mlrollin91]

So no chance of iOS 11.3 beta 1 before Jan?

Was there really a chance to begin with? If anything it would be a 11.2.2 beta. Following the last 3 years.

 

[Madscotsman]

And the saga of iOS 11 last minute changes continues....