Depending on what b3 fixes I’ll hop onto it.
Wanted to add my thanks to you and @Pearsey for advice on IPSW vs OTA. I've done that in the distant past, but didn't think much about it in a few cycles. Wish there was more documentation on differences.
It’s my understanding that your personal data and the systems data are kept in different locations or partitions. So installing over itself replaces the system data while leaving personal data untouched in its place.
More or less just like macOS Big Sur ... and the OS is distributed as a giant signed image. I wonder where they got that idea from... ?
I’m not 100%, don’t think anyone knows, but I’d guess maybe they’d have some OTA capability internally, or you’d hope so. If they don’t, that explains a lot.
I just started a restore via the Finder + IPSW file, and then did the setup by holding it up to my iPad. I didn't see a prompt to choose the option to either setup as new or restore from iCloud or whatnot, either, it just moved right to Restoring from iCloud. I can always do it again if it's messed up. I wonder if it's just assuming you know that's the plan all along. Hopefully the restore doesn't keep pausing like last time, due to it getting too hot. I had to leave it propped up against the AC for like 1½ hours.
I’d expect Beta 3 to be out by Wednesday
I think that either beta 3 or already a possible RC, I don't see this beta 2 very green, despite the bug of the low sound of calls. Tuesday or Wednesday we will leave doubts.
I am thinking the former. So we'll probably see b3 tomorrow and RC next Tuesday with final release on or before 10/15
According to product page so it does not need iOS 15.1 or watchOS 8.1. Prolly suggest those builds will be coming out afterward.
forums.macrumors.com
If you don't need it, we will surely see a beta 3 this week. however, they started with weekly betas from the start, so they don't plan to take long to release it.
I do the storage on the iphone in general, there is no way to understand it. As soon as System Data occupies 10Gb, like 3Gb, with the same use and apps. iCloud Drive out of nowhere starts to occupy almost 1Gb, and I neither have documents nor use iCloud at all, all my backups are local with iTunes. The funny thing is that I have compared this with a friend, she has a 256Gb iphone 11 pro max. for her, with almost 100 apps installed, System Data occupies 4Gb, while I with 36 apps, between 6 and 10Gb. We both have social networks that in theory occupy a lot of cache, such as instagram or telegram. She even has more, because she has snapchat, tiktok, facebook, which I don't. I have restored and there is no way, she continues to occupy an awful lot for what was normal in iOS 14.
15.0.2 tomorrow?
First time since owning a Face ID iPhone, I’m starting to have glitches with Face ID 🤦♂️ Better not be the new true depth camera layout. 🤦♂️
App Store needs to be pulled down multiple times before app updates show up. 🤦♂️
safari still running like a pig 🤦♂️
Have to disconnect WiFi then reconnect it so internet will work. 🤦♂️
Mail badge is popping up again, when emails have been read. 🤦♂️
Then there is this crap, which is 18 pages long and becoming more widespread by the minute. 🤦♂️👇
Don’t reboot/restart your iPhone 13 pro max, I REPEAT don’t reboot it
Me and @Boardiesboi had the same issue, restarted our devices, then battery percentage became stuck, wouldn’t go down, only way to get it to show correctly, was by restarting the phone every time, only restoring the device fixed the issue. 🤦♂️ DON’T!!!!!! restart your phone.
