iOS 17.3 Beta 2 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[ItsOfficialNA]

FIX CONFIRMED

working for me, i was able to recover without data loss

 

[AeroZ]

Not a good start. iPhone 14 max is bricked. Stuck on frozen spinning wheel. Filed the report with the feedback app.

Looks like I missed MLVCs post by a couple of minutes.

Bricked means that it’s unrecoverable.

 

[ItsOfficialNA]

This screen is as far as I could get but it never finished.

i was able to restore to beta 1 without losing any data

 

[bigjnyc]

Has this been pulled? Installed fine on my 15 PM. Got home and tried to install on my 14, it showed up, then vanished. When I check for software updates again it says I'm already up to date (tried toggling between developer and public beta, and it still doesn't show).

Yes, pulled.

 

[ItsOfficialNA]

FIX FIX FIX FIX FIX FIX FIX


the fix that worked for me to restore back to beta 1 without losing data

requires mac with apple configurator 2
requires IPSW from safe site for IPSW

Put your phone into recovery mode
Connect it to your Mac
Open Apple configurator 2
Drag Drop the IPSW onto the device
Select REVIVE
Follow any popups

The screen will go black through the process, it hasnt frozen, tap screen just doesnt wake it up, use the PWR button to wake it up to see progress.

Hope it works for you all!

 

[adrianlondon]

I seem to have just beaten the removal/pull of the beta.

iPhone 11, back-tap disabled, upgraded with no issue.

I also invented a new word to describe the phones which have an issue. They're not bricked, they're tofud. Softer than a brick.

 

[d123]

No problem with my back up 12 Mini, went through smoothly in about 10 minutes. Back tap is off.

 

[MLVC]

FIX FIX FIX FIX FIX FIX FIX


the fix that worked for me to restore back to beta 1 without losing data

requires mac with apple configurator 2
requires IPSW from any other safe site for IPSW

Put your phone into recovery mode
Connect it to your Mac
Open Apple configurator 2
Drag Drop the IPSW onto the device
Select REVIVE
Follow any popups

The screen will go black through the process, it hasnt frozen, tap screen just doesnt wake it up, use the PWR button to wake it up to see progress.

Hope it works for you all!

Happy you got a solution but I decided to start from scratch, I was done with all the attempts lol. But happy there's a solution for those that still need one!

 

[TheByteSmasher]

PSA: iOS 17.3 beta 2 is bricking some people's iPhones, here's a fix [U] - 9to5Mac

Apple just released iOS 17.3 beta 2 to developers, but you should probably hold off on installing it. The update...

9to5mac.com

In a nutshell: People with back tap enabled seem to have the issue. Apple pulled the update.

 

[Tomas1988]

Aww lord thank you for been here I canceled this update

 

[town3r]

iCloud Restore servers must be getting hit hard it's taking forever to restore. :'(

 

[TheByteSmasher]

This is from Apple Weather. Does this forecast make sense to anyone? (⭕️ to highlight shenanigans)

 

[SpecMode]

This is from Apple Weather. Does this forecast make sense to anyone? (⭕️ to highlight shenanigans)

It's definitely not specific to the 17.3 betas, because this is what my 15 Pro Max on 17.2.1 is telling me about next Friday...

It might be using the top figure as a "liquid equivalent precipitation" conversion, based on what I'm seeing in the summary for Thursday's forecast:

If so, it should probably be more clearly labeled as such.

 

[MDawson247]

What you couldn't just restore your phone? what did you need AppleCare for?

The device was unresponsive to button inputs or sequences, started to increase temperature and was not responsive to USB connection or power.

 

[RSmith2023]

Yep... had to use Apple Configurator to recover from a failed upgrade during the iOS 16 beta cycle... Also use it to do a couple of the following updates because I liked just dragging the IPSW onto the device in the UI

 

[gwhizkids]

This is from Apple Weather. Does this forecast make sense to anyone? (️ to highlight shenanigans)

Yup. The top number is the amount of liquid and liquid equivalent precipitation. The bottom number is snowball. 1” of liquid precipitation usually equals about 10” of snowfall. So it makes perfect sense.

 

[gwhizkids]

The device was unresponsive to button inputs or sequences, started to increase temperature and was not responsive to USB connection or power.

No. It’s fine as is.

 

[BLtheP]

Phew, used option>update via Finder and loaded 17.3b1 back on. Had to do attempting data recovery and ended up saving everything.

 

[GIZBUG]

Just installed on 3 of my phones. After 1 1/2 hours, been running good thus far!

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

Battery life and device temperature seems to have taken a hit.

15PM

Edit: or maybe not. The angle on my graph is the same as before the update.

 

[FtaWolf]

Was update pulled ? Are has it been put back up?
Just curious as if one done update if back tap should be turned off ?

 

[uczcret]

Was update pulled ? Are has it been put back up?
Just curious as if one done update if back tap should be turned off ?

It's been pulled from the dev portal and I assume the same applies for OTA.

 

[Macx69]

It is already back online!

 

[uczcret]

It is already back online!

Oh wow! Is the build number the same? (21D5036c)

Dev portal still displaying this message:

 

[Cobold]

It is already back online!

That is Beta1 in your screenshot, thus the name "iOS 17.3 Beta". Beta 2 would be called "iOS 17.3 Beta 2".

I guess you are on 17.2.1 so you are offered Beta 1 (as a full install, look at the size) as soon as you turn beta updates on. From a device running 17.3 Beta 1 you are not offered any update so it is still withdrawn.