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iOS 12 Beta 7 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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I'm with you! Both 8+ and iPP are running exceptionally well! I didn't think the 8+ could get much better battery usage, however after a bit over 7hrs and a couple of extended phone calls I am still at 94%.
I think I may just wait till b8. There is no reason to install an updated b7.
Fastest but also smoothest beta yet in my experience. I’m not going to jinx this so I’ll probably pass on the fix and wait for Beta eight
I totally agree. My worries now is that Apple will change something due to the pull of beta 7 that slows things down to beta 6 status.
I also like to stress that battery life is exceptionally well on this beta. I usually don’t care about battery life and use to diss people talking about battery drains (I don’t beleive in it since there’s almost always a non Apple app causing it) BUT WOW! There’s really a noticable difference in battery life with beta 7!
Great work Apple—keep it up!
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Hey, new here. Love the site! Beta 7 has been perfect for me on 8 plus. The sprint carrier version is wrong. It’s now 33.0. At least that’s what it says on my phone.
I tried disabling ScreenTime and I still get the weird behavior on startup, but it does go away at least.
I’m not in the beta program, but I do the same steps for every iOS update since 2010. Never had significant issues which has been minimal.
Update 24 hours later.... Beta 7 on iPhone X. Very very snappy. Other than issues already reported in the wiki, I've had some issues with phone app freezing (restart resolved it, can't recreate), and some 3rd party camera apps behaving erratically. Have turned Screen Time back on without issues. Can't comment on battery life since I am not that obsessed with it. Noticeably faster than previous betas.
Thats a terrible policy, with extreme short comings.
They should have a public HARDWARE beta system too.. why not? Let the public test out the hardware, and the public can be in charge of “pre-sale quality control” for that too. /s
they give media review units sometimes. beta software is done to catch bugs so the wider the pool the better, not confident that is the case with hardware
it’s a beta, yes. but even though it’s beta 7, remember how buggy it feels going from a matured version for over like a year to a version that isn’t. it always feel buggy as all get out without even being on the betas track. the GM isn’t gonna be perfect, never is. let alone the beta prior to it
So many people who do not seem to understand what a beta is and yet insist on installing it. SMH.
lol yeah. a lot of people think of it as a preview new features thing which i get but still
I’ve yet to see anyone claim that the issues are major or persistent
Yep definitely agree with that, I just hope that all of these people are actually using the feedback app to let Apple know of their issues. There's no point running the beta and not reporting issues.
Welcome to the forum! Updated the wiki for the carrier. Verizon is at 33.0 also and that one was incorrect as well.
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I disagree. If someone is installing the beta, and doesn't really have a clue what beta software is or why it even exists, I'm hoping they are NOT reporting issues. The last thing Apple needs is thousands of useless reports they have to sift through to get to actual bugs.
Also folks are not understanding that developers need access to the firmware so they can code their apps with the new API's and such and test with the new OS to work out any issues. So when it does release their apps are updated to work with the new OS. Hint: That's why its called a Developer Preview and available on the Developer portal
And is 100% optional to install or not.
The ‘media review units’ almost always go to the Apple shills like Mossberg... hardly objective types. Apple is pretty vindictive about negative reviews of ‘media review units’.
Many would argue that iOS 12 b7 is better, smoother and less buggy than iOS 11.4.1.
Anyone trying to defend the slowdown bug by saying „its a beta, that‘s what beta testing is for“ is delusional. Such a bug should‘ve been caught by their QA, not the developer preview as evident by Apple pulling the build. If one of my devs shipped a build with such a bug to a tester ring, let alone this close to launch, heads would roll.
Yes, betas are there to test, no they do not replace QA divisions or should have device breaking bugs.
Yes, betas are there to test, no they do not replace QA divisions or should have device breaking bugs.
Not fully true. Your statement is very angled.
Also, who knows why Apple pulled the beta besides Apple? A few people on some forums started some kind of panic followed by a well known programmer releasing a video of a slowdown when launching apps. Apple then took actions—better being safe than sorry and they pulled it.
As far as I can tell there are a lot of people saying that beta 7 is extremely smooth and bug free. I agree.