iOS 12 Beta 7 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[Nixle]

I would HIGHLY recommend people not to install this beta... Rebooted my phone and the problems are still there. Let’s hope it improves as time goes by but the phone has become very unresponsive when opening apps or launching the multitask tabs. Even swiping down on Control Centre is very slow.

My X was unresponsive after first boot following the install, came back after 1 min, big lag when opening app like facebook, but now it's back to normal everything is working fine.

 

[adrianlondon]

Just to add another data point, my 16GB 6S updated without issue and is running well from the off. I've just rebooted anyway, and it's still good. Boy, does it boot fast. Even faster than the last beta and that was probably the fastest boot since purchase.

Edited to add: I did an OTA upgrade. I'll probably have to install it again once they re-release it.

 

[simplynando]

The last bit .... does this mean that it will finally consolidate messages from those people (*looks innocent*) who sometimes send them from their phone number and sometimes from their email address?

I had noticed it did this on beta 5 for me but I thought it was just a bug. So glad to see this is finally a legit feature! I have several people who do this and then I have several threads for just one person

 

[cmaier]

seeing the apps-take-forever-to-launch thing on iPhone x, but not iPad pro 10.5.

 

[batting1000]

Well that dispels the whole "b means it only took 2 builds to make it stable" myth...

 

[Mr$tone]

I would HIGHLY recommend people not to install this beta... Rebooted my phone and the problems are still there. Let’s hope it improves as time goes by but the phone has become very unresponsive when opening apps or launching the multitask tabs. Even swiping down on Control Centre is very slow.

You have had this beta for about 5 minutes and you make this strong statement. Doesn’t sound like a good analyze.

 

[TL24]

No issues whatsoever here on my X, apps launch just as fast, no crashes and works as expected.

 

[uandme72]

> Airplay 2
> Messages in the Cloud
> Group FaceTime

I'm not liking this trend.

Is Messages on iCloud removed from this Beta?

 

[cmaier]

You have had this beta for about 5 minutes and you make this strong statement. Doesn’t sound like a good analyze.

It's got a major problem, dude. For MANY people, launching apps takes 10 seconds each.

 

[Topher227]

Verizon iPhone X here.

Put me on the bandwagon of people having issues here:
Extremely laggy, so laggy I couldn't even input my passcode on first boot, it force restarted itself and hung for several minutes at the "respringing" animation. It finally rebooted, but hung at the Apple logo for about 6 minutes. It rebooted itself and is again hung at the apple logo. Sat there for about 4-5 minutes, rebooted, now at logo again. 99% sure i'm in a boot loop.

Edit: After 2 more boot loops, the phone finally booted, however, the serious lag with apps opening (Click app, it highlights, wait 5-10 seconds) is there.

Edit2: After about one hour of the super slowness, everything seemed to return to normal. This was some pretty weird behavior, not like i've seen on any of the iOS 12 betas so far. This reminded me of something i'd seen back in the iOS 9 Beta 1 through 3 days.

All, I highly recommend NOT updating to this one at this time.

 

[Diamond Dog]

Is Messages on iCloud removed from this Beta?

No, I was talking about the trend of Apple announcing features (and hardware) and then delaying them (sometimes repeatedly).

 

[Banglazed]

This is the issue that people are facing https://twitter.com/_inside/status/1029060213683445763

He also followed up with https://twitter.com/_inside/status/1029062549948514309

 

[mujtaba.mir]

Not sure if that was the case in earlier beta’s, but family sharing options are no longer there in screen time.

 

[19SK91]

The last bit .... does this mean that it will finally consolidate messages from those people (*looks innocent*) who sometimes send them from their phone number and sometimes from their email address?

Those people still have two separate message threads on my phone, so it doesn't seem like it works yet.

 

[gwhizkids]

It's got a major problem, dude. For MANY people, launching apps takes 10 seconds each.

And yet, for many of us, the issues have become less or non-existent after waiting a bit. This beta dropped less than an hour ago. Sure, this is not what we're used to seeing, but we don't really know how much of a change this build is from beta 6. If after an hour or 2 this hasn't relented, then I'd say we have a problem. Right now...not so much.

 

[WaruiKoohii]

I launched settings immediately after my phone finished updating and it took a minute or so to open.

I let the phone hang out for several minutes and now everything seems to be working well.

 

[adrianlondon]

Those people still have two separate message threads on my phone, so it doesn't seem as it works yet.

I'm wondering how it'll do it. Either (a) Apple knows which phone numbers and email addresses belong to the same iCloud account so will do it automatically or (b) it'll use info from your Contacts and merge message history if the different incoming addresses resolve to the same contact.

It could also be that it only works for new incoming messages, not existing ones. I'll have to do some testing. But as I don't have such geeky friends I may try messaging myself to see how that goes as a start

 

[JPack]

With all these complaints, we know why Apple is removing frivolous features like 32 party FaceTime.

 

[TimFL1]

Not sure if that was the case in earlier beta’s, but family sharing options are no longer there in screen time.

I think that was removed in beta 6. You can now specify whether the device you set screen time up on is for a child. I guess child devices/accounts show up in there then. It never made sense to have adult accounts/devices show up without their consent. This is afaik even illegal in europe (monitoring someone without their consent) so they probably would have to change it anyways after the inevitable outcry once the update hits public and family owners stalk their family members.

 

[krishnajha]

No slow apps or freeze in iPhone 7 plus 128gb.

 

[appleguy2018]

hard reset worked for me*

 

[dannyyankou]

The measure app icon changed. It makes a lot more sense now.

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[mujtaba.mir]

I think that was removed in beta 6. You can now specify whether the device you set screen time up on is for a child. I guess child devices/accounts show up in there then. It never made sense to have adult accounts/devices show up without their consent. This is afaik even illegal in europe (monitoring someone without their consent) so they probably would have to change it anyways after the inevitable outcry once the update hits public and family owners stalk their family members.

Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Mr$tone]

It's got a major problem, dude. For MANY people, launching apps takes 10 seconds each.

No, you’re wrong. There are ”you” and a couple of others in this thread complaining after 5 minutes. That doesn’t constitute ”MANY” people.

 

[dave3x]

What version of iTunes is needed to install this? Trying to do so on my Windows PC (Mac is at office), and using iTunes 12.8, it keeps saying I need the latest version to install iOS 12.