You’ve definitely got issues buddy, you’ve got 6 legs and purple 😆😂
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iOS 15.4 Beta 5 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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You’ve definitely got issues buddy, you’ve got 6 legs and purple 😆😂
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That's normal for me. Working as expected.
Let’s get this thread back on topic before we get it closed down lol.
What’s all this about? did I miss something?
Haven’t had any issues with promotion recently. ?
ProMotion too aggressive with variable refresh rate?
13 pro max 120hz certainly not as good as the 120hz on my s22 ultra and fold 3 but I think it’s All battery related and why the battery is so much better on the iPhone
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Yes. But the difference is whether this (installing via IPSW vs OTA) is a placebo or not.
If the email is genuine (no way to know), feeling like something works better, even if backed by seemingly confirming evidence, is not dispositive as there could be many other reasons explaining the same set of facts.
Not saying Pearsey is wrong, but there is a possibly a universe where his reality can be explained by something other than the IPSW- install.
…assuming the provenance of the email, of course.
I could quickly gin up something that looks just like that where Craig “says” Apple will be handing out MacBook Pro’s for free or that he will soon be changing his hairstyle to a buzz cut. Doesn’t make either accurate, however.
According to Markus Gurman, we won’t be getting a RC, beta 5 is the final release.
Looks like we’ll be jumping straight onto iOS 15.5 beta 1.
I’m thinking you may possibly have misread him: he said this was likely the final seed. It is quite conceivable that this build will be the RC, but with the appended build info removed, as we have seen in the past.
I hear that buddy. Its not just me though seeing better results, otherwise I could have been a fluke and wouldn't pipe up so much on the benefits for some doing it. ??
Cant take any credit buddy, read it off that Gurman chap. Thanks for looking out though ??
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The discussion was about just the update as was evident from all the posts I quoted which is why I decided to shoot an email.
There’s emoji at the end. So this must be a joke
I just posted a screenshot of his response to my email as he’s known to respond to technical questions. Believe or not believe doesn’t change anything for me personally.
Of course. But I think you can forgive the rest of us for being at least a little skeptical given the ease with which something like this could be created. The contents of that email certainly have the whiff of accuracy but that’s what makes most faked things appear real.
I’m not saying I necessarily think this is a forgery; I am merely telling you why you are being greeted with some skepticism about this.
If real, I applaud your initiative in getting this info.
Ok let’s just entertain this for a while here, if, IF, you have access to Craig responding, please can you ask, to get to the bottom of this for us all…
Why, even though the out come “should be the same as he states” do you get different results relating to bugs after beta iOS updates via OTA or using the IPSW?
Background to the question is,
OTA for some people has created problems and more bugs, the fix has been using the IPSW alt check for update method in finder, not a restore, or, just using this method to update beta software has had a noticeable reduction in bugs on iPhones.
my history is i used to do OTA all the time, until iOS 15 where an OTA created a host of issues. Reinstalling the iOS via finder alt IPSW (not a restore) cleared up those bugs. I recognised the “healthier” way of installing software onto my phone using this method, witnessed the bugs from this forum I wasn’t getting and concluded after other people had the same results as me, that this method was better, in our cases, for installing beta software. The mind boggles if OTA and IPSW should have the same outcome, when through examples from people on this forum and myself, it doesn’t have that desired effect.
I would love to go back to OTA, but it’s not worth the bother for my phone and there’s a lot of uncertainty and doubt in this process. IPSW is a “cleaner” I call it, way to install the software with dramatically less bugs in my findings on my iPhone 12.
It’s just a quick copy and paste to Craig, and would mean a lot to me and others. No skin off your nose if what your saying is true ?
Ok, so something that I have just discovered... the Magic Keyboard brightness toggle in the Control Centre (also known as the Keyboard Brightness) which some, including me, have reported that doesn't work (and then it started working again, magically) only works when it's dim in the room. The keyboard brightness is zero when in a lit up room and the Keyboard Brightness setting doesn't do anything. As a minimum, in my opinion, the slider should become disabled when this is the case, otherwise, it just looks as if you can overwrite the brightness settings and you actually can't.
That’s the rub.
Software dev? For me? Yep. Review, testing, and documenting too. Sigh.
Based on what has been communicated there should be no difference. However …. We are seeing it AND it is an option that Apple itself suggests / recommends when you have issues.
There is Apple tech support and then there is Apple Marketing to the user support. Apple has many mouths and they are not all speaking the same.
It was that slow for me, I ended up turning it off and going back to ⌚️?
I'll give it another crack today.
Just tried mine (IPP11 G2 w/ MK) and mine is working. I’m in my office with bright lights on. Had to shade one edge to really see the effect.
The thing that Apple suggests as a troubleshooting measure is Recovery restore. The one I asked Craig about was IPSW update. They're different. And I don't think Apple would be profiting in anyway regardless of how a user updates. So hard to see a reason for him to lie when he could've just ignored to respond to my email.
Having said that, there could be plenty of other reasons why different users have different results with the same update on the same iPhone model. Every one has different apps installed which could theoretically be infinite configs. From what he said, the OS only checks for the iOS volume's integrity itself to see if it's been tampered with. And the checksum should match exactly.