lol. I think you are the first person I’ve seen post who likes how this feature has been implemented. Hopefully a harbinger of improvement.
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iOS 17 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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lol. I think you are the first person I’ve seen post who likes how this feature has been implemented. Hopefully a harbinger of improvement.
Definitely try an IPSW install - it does not take long and overwrites everything nicely.
No. Just installs a full version of iOS. Instructions can be found in the wiki post at the top of this thread courtesy of @Pearsey.
I had the worst battery life on my 14 Pro with beta 8. After installing the RC, I made a backup and restored from scratch. Battery life has been great so far after that. 🤞🏽
Not at all, as it is still an Update, rather than Restore, so none of your data will be lost. The only possible drawback over OTA updates is that it is quite a big file (over 7 GB) to download. However, the RC OTA file is also quite hefty at 6+ GB, so not a big deal. IPSW way can fix quite a few lingering issues, so is well worth using, especially with big releases like this.
You don’t need the latest MacOS or Mac, all you need is the MobileDevice.pkg from the latest Xcode beta that supports iOS 17. Instruction on the first wiki page
No. All it does is REINSTALL the iOS. It behaves exactly how your phone does like when you do an OTA update.
If you’re fine with going from 10 hours to 6 then sure, why not.
Ps. That’s literally what has happened to me with my 13PM. Today I’m at 6h13m with 21% left BUT I plugged the phone when it was at something around 30% and charged it to 61% so… yeah.
Read your post and took a look although I have a 13 Promax. Find My is listed but doesn't show any value. So I went into System Services and I usually have about 50% turned off and found that all but Suggestions & Searches turned back on.
Possible culprit.
same and I installed RC from scratch without restoring from a backup. Already charged it twice to 100% today and it’s at 49% again by 10 pm 🫠
I think I have about the same battery life in my 13PM. Very happy.
For example today. Unplugged the phone at 6:03am.
For example today. Unplugged the phone at 6:03am.
How do you set that up? Is the remote supposed to appear in the Find My app? Mine doesn’t.
Yes, you need to use iTunes to restore. When on the device page, to select the IPSW file: press and hold shift + click "restore iPhone"
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Install the RC now then you will know and can go back to 16.6.1 if you want.
Yes, today the mail app ran 4 hrs in background. Other than that nothing else has seemed off. Yesterday it was about the same with lots of mail background activity being reported. I guess 7 + hrs for the day with release day XR with 85% batt health not bad actually.
But typically I go to bed with battery left and last two days have to plug in to use before bed. I may delete mail accts and add back to see what happens.I suspect so now. iTunes was updated yesterday to support new iP15 so it should work now.
