That's a horrible analogy. Hardware can have ONE configuration....software has tens of thousands (if not more) configurations. Apple and even all the app developers cannot test every single configuration.
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iOS 12 Beta 7 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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That's a horrible analogy. Hardware can have ONE configuration....software has tens of thousands (if not more) configurations. Apple and even all the app developers cannot test every single configuration.
Stupid Apple, they should fire all their staff who are stupid enough to just believe a few people on forums (and one programmer) and just employ experts like you to decide what’s acceptable
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You’re right: they should have caught it. They know that.
And then the beta program worked as necessary and provided the tripwire that they missed something. Again entirely on them, but it worked and even before it got to the public beta testers.
No one who was impacted has any right to complain about this. Even developers are instructed not to use a primary device for testing the builds. What happened here, or worse, was always a possibility, especially when testing an OS or other system level software.
With all due respect, I suspect your company does not ship an entire OS (multiple OS’es actually) on an annual basis (and apologies in advance if you do). Heads are probably going to roll, quite likely, but again their process worked, as designed, and the code never reached the true public, which is the ultimate goal. NASA never wants to have to use the escape cone on a rocket, either, but it’s there for one reason: everything else failed and it’s the last resort.
Finally, there is no evidence that I’ve seen here or elsewhere that this is a “device breaking bug”. At worst, it seems to slow the device temporarily (again, apologies if there have been reports of more significant issues; I simply have not seen them). Certainly not the design, but also something the device will recover from, either over time or on its own, or, at worst, with an OS update.
At the end of the day, Apple should take reactions like yours almost as a perverse compliment: they have been so good, for so long at delivering quality operating system iterations that they are held to account even for non-perfect preliminary versions.
Beta 7 feels like a GM honestly my x is so fast and no issues dunno why it got pulled its perfect, just hope this level of smoothness stays till the end
A couple of times in the last 2 days I have caught my X screen going black after a call with a little spinning wheel in the centre (respring?). Wonder if they will redeploy a revised beta 7 or if its just a waiting game until beta 8?
Also, I had the app slowdown which seems to have gone away now, but something is definitely up with this beta even if it's not affecting everyone.
Also, I had the app slowdown which seems to have gone away now, but something is definitely up with this beta even if it's not affecting everyone.
Agree! I’ve had iPhones since the very beginning and never seen something as great as this!
I’ve wondered this from the beginning of the beta cycle (this is my first run as a public tester and don’t have access to the dev portal): how does Apple communicate things like releases/claw backs to developers, do they notify with a quick email or is it in fact that you go on the portal and check if there’s anything new/anything’s been removed and that’s how you know?
If the latter, kinda surprised they don’t have an automated notification system to notify devs registered to the dev beta.
I get why you might omit this for the public beta but the dev beta, I would’ve thought it to be approached more professionally.
If the latter, kinda surprised they don’t have an automated notification system to notify devs registered to the dev beta.
I get why you might omit this for the public beta but the dev beta, I would’ve thought it to be approached more professionally.
The overall speed and no flaws. Everything runs smooth. Even battery life is noticably better. Safari loads pages faster than I’ve ever seen in any other version.
I don’t use screen time and don’t know if that has any impact on the system.
Maybe removing the new FaceTime code in beta 7 gave the system this boost and stability.
just wondering since some people couldn't get 7 installed since it got pulled.
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Beta 6 was good, beta 7 is even better. My 6S works amazingly well.
In fact, they've done such a good job of speeding up my phone compared to iOS11, I actually think Apple are doing it deliberately so that I don't buy a new phone. How dare th.. oh wait.
Anyway, for those of you without beta 7 yet, when it gets re-released I say go for it. It seems to have caused performance issues for some users, mainly X users, but so far no-one has managed to say exactly what went wrong. Screentime functionality? Something about the X specifically? No idea.
In fact, they've done such a good job of speeding up my phone compared to iOS11, I actually think Apple are doing it deliberately so that I don't buy a new phone. How dare th.. oh wait.
Anyway, for those of you without beta 7 yet, when it gets re-released I say go for it. It seems to have caused performance issues for some users, mainly X users, but so far no-one has managed to say exactly what went wrong. Screentime functionality? Something about the X specifically? No idea.
Even though Apple pulled it, it’s very encouraging people like Dan who installed it are commenting positively about the fluidity of this build. These are folks who are sensitive to and can spot animation issues.
I’m less sensitive to animation issues, but feedback like this is a positive for everyone.
I hadn't had any issues with beta 7 until last night. LTE stopped working. Reset phone, reset network settings, still no LTE data transfer. Funny thing is calls and GPS would work. My solution is to turn off LTE and use 3g which has been working. iPhone X, Verizon.
Something must have changed with the modem software. When you lose service, it rarely connects again by itself, you have to turn airplane mode on/off. If you send an iMessage with no service, it gets stuck even after you regain service and the only fix is hard reset or to just wait. Beta 6 was perfect in this regard. Verizon iPhone X intel version.
I did not get a notification of any kind. I think anyone who needs to know would be either here, on Reddit or the Apple Developer Forums and would find out.
No official notification of the new beta releases... it's announced via MR and other forums, Reddit and all over Twitter... but nothing official from Apple.
Same here. Fast and responsive. Also wifi seems to work better finally. Previously most mornings typically most apps either chugged trying to connect or had to force close and reopen. Or the real quick solution was to toggle the wifi off/on from control center to get things going again (like it wasn't coming out of sleep). So far with b7 I have not had to do this yet.
I used the OTA function to jump from iOS 11 -> iOS 12 DP7 on my iPhone SE and so far, so good. There are some quirks and glitches. Screentime over iCloud doesn't work right. The apps don't populate in restrictions unless I have it turned off. iTunes Store has to be installed or one of the app toggles (to turn off things like Handoff or iTunes Store) is blank.