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iOS 14.4 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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To my fellow public beta testers:
A reason why you might consider holding off on installing 14.4b1 is that b2 might not be coming until January.
Youtuber Aaron Zollo (zollotech) explained in in his first video on 14.4b1 that Apple usually doesn't release beta updates from a week before Christmas to sometime after New Year's.
Maybe things will be different this year, but installing a beta 1 seems riskier than normal given that we might have to wait 3 weeks for beta 2.
A reason why you might consider holding off on installing 14.4b1 is that b2 might not be coming until January.
Youtuber Aaron Zollo (zollotech) explained in in his first video on 14.4b1 that Apple usually doesn't release beta updates from a week before Christmas to sometime after New Year's.
Maybe things will be different this year, but installing a beta 1 seems riskier than normal given that we might have to wait 3 weeks for beta 2.
Like the last line said in my post: most items reported. 😎
The ones I did not report I want to dig into a bit more.
Hit and miss. I get most notifications for Messages but not all the time. This is especially true across devices.
Not quite sure why you made that remark. This is a thread about 14.4 and you posted a problem from 14.3, which has its own thread. You are more likely to get a better comment about your issue there, than here.
folks used to be nicer here. Let's chill for 2021
The DFU restore with iTunes fixed it for me:
Backup with iCloud
DFU with iTunes
Setup phone as new
Verify that SMS is syncing to iPad
Then erase all content and settings
Restore from iCloud backup to get apps and data back
Any tricks to getting into DFU mode? I've spent the past hour watching videos on how to do it and I can't figure out how the hell to do it. It just keeps restarting the phone.
No tricks, just luck mainly. It took me forever to finally get it. I read somewhere that if the Apple Logo shows up then the side button in step 5 below was held too long.
- Click the Volume Up button.
- Then, quickly click the Volume Down button.
- Then, quickly press-and-hold the Side button.
- When the iPhone's screen turns black, also press-and-hold the Volume Down button without letting go of the Side button.
- After about 5 seconds, release the Side button but keep holding the Volume Down button.
- Let go of Volume Down once you see the "recovery mode" prompt in Finder or iTunes on your computer. Your iPhone's screen will remain black.
All I can say is wow... That is the single worst process I've ever had to follow on my iPhone. Took me at least 30+ tries to finally get it into DFU mode. It's doing the restore process now so I'm hoping that this will solve my unread SMS syncing issues.
9.9 times out of 10 DFU is not needed and a simple restore will work the same. DFU is typically only required when the OS wont boot allowing you to restore the normal way.
Or until maybe beta 2 or 3.
A first beta is never the most stable of releases.
It works fine besides the green flickering oled screen issue but its not worth dealing with iOS 14. I'm sticking with my iPhone 11 on 13.6 until I can receive all my texts and notifications properly.
Must be something wrong with your device. Not had any stuttering, since I got it.
This worked! The read status on my SMS messages are syncing properly now between the iPhone, iPads and Macs. Haven’t tried on the Apple Watch yet which has been an issue since long before iOS 14 but this is an improvement.
Do you also have a horse and buggy until that newfangled horseless carriage gets the kinks worked out?
You will never be satisfied you know.