iOS 12 Beta 8 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[one more]

Guys, I am using iOS 11.4 now, and I want to download the last ios 12 beta, but I want to start it fresh.
Is there any place where I can download the ipsw?
Or its just by OTA?

If you are not a developer, I would just download the current public beta 6 OTA, play with it and subsequent betas until the final iOS 12 release comes out for everybody and then do a fresh install via iTunes. Else you might just keep leftover beta bits & pieces on your device.
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View attachment 776466 Is anyone else annoyed by the new iPad keyboard layout. The ‘number shift’ and ‘other keyboards’ key have been swapped round. I keep bringing up a new keyboard instead of entering a number.

Yep, same here, I keep automatically hitting the wrong key. The problem is further aggravated by the fact that they kept them as before on iPhones, so the “123” numbers key is still the leftmost there. Just weird. Feedback submitted to Apple.

 

[AZhappyjack]

View attachment 776466 Is anyone else annoyed by the new iPad keyboard layout. The ‘number shift’ and ‘other keyboards’ key have been swapped round. I keep bringing up a new keyboard instead of entering a number.

Yes... and I actually HATE that they changed the iPad keyboard at all... what's with the hokey shift for national/punctuation keys?

 

[AhRiHmAn]

I've finally installed beta 8 on my X and wow how beautifull it is! Is it even a beta? I remember the first "stable" releases of ios 11 last year THESE were betas.
IOS 12 will be the best ios version since a long time I think.

 

[radubraharu]

Can anyone solve the notification on the settings icon. Update is done and nothing listing in the settings options. Connected to itunes and still showing!!! Really good apart from that but it’s bloody frustrating lol!!


Someone must know without restore surely ?

Apparently, if you logout and login back to iCloud the problem will solved

 

[tosbsas]

View attachment 776466 Is anyone else annoyed by the new iPad keyboard layout. The ‘number shift’ and ‘other keyboards’ key have been swapped round. I keep bringing up a new keyboard instead of entering a number.

 

[gwhizkids]

View attachment 776466 Is anyone else annoyed by the new iPad keyboard layout. The ‘number shift’ and ‘other keyboards’ key have been swapped round. I keep bringing up a new keyboard instead of entering a number.

Super annoyed with that...

 

[GreyOS]

Yes annoyed, feed it back in Feedback

 

[MrGimper]

View attachment 776466 Is anyone else annoyed by the new iPad keyboard layout. The ‘number shift’ and ‘other keyboards’ key have been swapped round. I keep bringing up a new keyboard instead of entering a number.

Totally!

Keep bringing up the damn emoji keyboard when trying to number shift. Massively frustrating

 

[scouser75]

View attachment 776466 Is anyone else annoyed by the new iPad keyboard layout. The ‘number shift’ and ‘other keyboards’ key have been swapped round. I keep bringing up a new keyboard instead of entering a number.

100% with you on this one. Freaking hit the 'other keyboard' button every bloody time!

I guess it shows folk these days use emoji more than numbers hence Apple has done it this way!!!

 

[john991]

Anyone notice you can’t force send a message as sms?

I sent a message to an iPhone user, the message shows blue and delivered. But when I press the blue text I don’t get the option to force send the message as an sms as opposed to an iMessage.

 

[FatPuppy]

Anyone notice you can’t force send a message as sms?

I sent a message to an iPhone user, the message shows blue and delivered. But when I press the blue text I don’t get the option to force send the message as an sms as opposed to an iMessage.

You can't force send a message as sms once the blue bubble says "delivered".

 

[Feenician]

Anyone notice you can’t force send a message as sms?

I sent a message to an iPhone user, the message shows blue and delivered. But when I press the blue text I don’t get the option to force send the message as an sms as opposed to an iMessage.

Wasn't that only ever available for failed messages?

 

[john991]

Wasn't that only ever available for failed messages?

I did it before thou.

 

[AZhappyjack]

Over the last day or so I've had an issue with auto-brightness not working... sometimes the screen is incredibly bright - almost enough to hurt my eyes... and if I adjust the brightness (Settings > Display & Brightness) to turn it down, often the screen will be extremely dark when I wake my phone up... I did not observe that before B8.

 

[one more]

Over the last day or so I've had an issue with auto-brightness not working... sometimes the screen is incredibly bright - almost enough to hurt my eyes... and if I adjust the brightness (Settings > Display & Brightness) to turn it down, often the screen will be extremely dark when I wake my phone up... I did not observe that before B8.

If you adjust the brightness manually at any point, the auto-brightness goes off, so you need to manually re-enable it again in the Settings > General > Accessibility > Display accommodations.

If it is still too bright, you can also try reducing the White Point in the same section.

 

[GreyOS]

If you adjust the brightness manually at any point, the auto-brightness goes off, so you need to manually re-enable it again in the Settings > General > Accessibility > Display accommodations.

If it is still too bright, you can also try reducing the White Point in the same section.

I’ve never had auto brightness turn off after manually adjusting brightness. Are you saying you’re seeing this behaviour as a bug?

 

[magpie79]

Apparently, if you logout and login back to iCloud the problem will solved

You my friend are a star!!! It was really bugging me!! Thanks

 

[one more]

I’ve never had auto brightness turn off after manually adjusting brightness. Are you saying you’re seeing this behaviour as a bug?

I will rephrase. When I manually adjust the brightness from the Control Center, the Auto-Brightness in the Settings is still set to ON (green), yet it misbehaves readjusting to different lightning conditions, unless I toggle the Auto-Brightness switch OFF-ON again. It is as if the manual adjustment would override auto-brightness levels.

To see what I mean, manually adjust the brightness from the Control Center, then expose iPhone to different light conditions. Indeed, you will still see the brightness change, going up and down.

However, if you now return to Settings and toggle the Auto-Brightness switch, the level of brightness you get after putting it back on will be different from a moment ago. This is what I meant.

 

[GreyOS]

I will rephrase. When I manually adjust the brightness from the Control Center, the Auto-Brightness in the Settings is still set to ON (green), yet it misbehaves readjusting to different lightning conditions, unless I toggle the Auto-Brightness switch OFF-ON again. It is as if the manual adjustment would override auto-brightness levels.

To see what I mean, manually adjust the brightness from the Control Center, then expose iPhone to different light conditions. Indeed, you will still see the brightness change, going up and down.

However, if you now return to Settings and toggle the Auto-Brightness switch, the level of brightness you get after putting it back on will be different from a moment ago. This is what I meant.

I see, thanks for clarifying. Yes, my understanding has always been that auto-brightness adjusts based on the preferences you express over time through manual adjustments. Turning off and on again resets it to the default behaviour, ready for you to train it again. So yeah, a good tip if seeing weird issues.

However I would be clear that the extreme behaviour described above doesn’t seem to be just a case of manual adjustments having their expected affect on auto-brightness behaviour, but a bug. Resetting may be a good workaround but there may still be a bug there worth reporting.

 

[one more]

However I would be clear that the extreme behaviour described above doesn’t seem to be just a case of manual adjustments having their expected affect on auto-brightness behaviour, but a bug. Resetting may be a good workaround but there may still be a bug there worth reporting.

Not sure if this is a bug or an intentional override (manual over auto brightness), as I remember it behaving in exactly the same way in iOS 10-11?

 

[AZhappyjack]

I’ve never had auto brightness turn off after manually adjusting brightness. Are you saying you’re seeing this behaviour as a bug?

I’ve not seen that either ... and when I check, auto brightness is still “on”, just FUBAR. And this behavior is new with B8 for me.

 

[AZhappyjack]

I see, thanks for clarifying. Yes, my understanding has always been that auto-brightness adjusts based on the preferences you express over time through manual adjustments. Turning off and on again resets it to the default behaviour, ready for you to train it again. So yeah, a good tip if seeing weird issues.

However I would be clear that the extreme behaviour described above doesn’t seem to be just a case of manual adjustments having their expected affect on auto-brightness behaviour, but a bug. Resetting may be a good workaround but there may still be a bug there worth reporting.

Agreed. And reported yesterday.

 

[NBKindaGirl]

I noticed my battery health went up to 99% with this beta, anyone else’s change? With the health app being out of beta, it must be the iOS 12 beta itself causing things to change. I wouldn’t mind if it stayed at 99 though. Lol

 

[Mr$tone]

I noticed my battery health went up to 99% with this beta, anyone else’s change? With the health app being out of beta, it must be the iOS 12 beta itself causing things to change. I wouldn’t mind if it stayed at 99 though. Lol

My battery health has finally decreased from 100 to 98 percent. My iPhone X is from the release date and I was starting to think somethings wrong with battery health. But then came beta 8 and finally it happened. Beta 8 is really awesome. Everything hereafter is considered a bonus from Apple

 

[Luke10702]

Anyone else having problems with not getting notifications sent to their apple watch??? I'm on beta 8 and my watch is on the latest watch os4. Definitely not getting Snapchat notifications.