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iOS 18.1 Beta 5 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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What difference does it make? Your phone is still functional right?
If not today, there’s going to be a new beta on Monday anyway.
One of the reasons you should be very careful before you put a main device on beta. 
Yes, but battery life is killing me---I don't mind mediocre or even poor battery life but this is flat out horrible--- if I'm caught somewhere without a means of charging for 4-6 hours, I'll have to turn my phone off.. No matter what I do, the battery drains---standby seems to drain faster than when the screen is on.
But you're correct, it is running nice otherwise but I never expected the battery to be this bad. My other concern is Beta 6 could be worse then I could be stuck for 2-3 weeks with the way they're "slow moving" everything now.
It's not a main device but I'm using it as such---I know the consequences, I've been doing this for a few years on all devices.One of the reasons you should be very careful before you put a main device on beta.
I see replies like this and it doesn't make sense. We're giving feedback on the use of Betas to help others and this is my feedback. I'm simply looking for another option because I'm used to betas being released on a weekly basis. There's been spans of 3 weeks (I believe) which I'm not used to seeing.
Those replies do make sense in the context of Apple’s warning not to put the betas on devices you need for daily life. We all do it, for sure, but the warning is still valid.
At this point— assuming we don’t see a new beta or the RC at 1 p.m. EDT— the best course is likely to reinstall the beta using the IPSW file. That may resolve your problem without needing to undertake the painful process to get back to 18.0.1.
You made a good point here on the "speculation thread" and "quelled my storm":
gwhizkis wrote:
"To the contrary: 18.1 is such a landmark (and so much marketing of the new phones has been predicated on Apple Intelligence) that they want/need to get it out as soon as possible. 18.0.1 was merely the missing link to getting it out: they needed to have a stable platform for people to move from 18.0 to 18.1 (which is the “real” 18.0).
Full steam ahead, I say!
My Teams on 18.1 has gone crazy. Weird old chats loading, chats in the wrong thread. Then today, my picture and name changed to a different individual in the company. Seems like quite a data privacy issue. I've deleted and reinstalled, and looks better now. We'll see how long it lasts.
Just discovered the unresponsive-screen issue over the last few days. At first, I just kept tapping without thinking about it, but it's really a thing. On an iPhone 15 here, and frustrated. Something I've never seen before, on this phone or any earlier iPhones or iOS.
Starting to get more prevalent touch issues and stuttery scrolling views. B6 can't hit soon enough.
edit: spelling. need caffeine.
edit: spelling. need caffeine.
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And of course what was great on 18.0 RC is broken now…
Following the schedule I go to sleep and had wake up alarm later for weekend- what iPhone did? Kept iPhone at 100% for 6 hours before alarm. Weekly it’s 3-4 hours not 2 hours as it was previously :-/
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I am not sleepwalker
Following the schedule I go to sleep and had wake up alarm later for weekend- what iPhone did? Kept iPhone at 100% for 6 hours before alarm. Weekly it’s 3-4 hours not 2 hours as it was previously :-/
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I am not sleepwalker
I do think for the betas - public but also dev - a simpler route to revert to the main release branch would be helpful. for the public for obvious reasons of convenience (and to give me my sleep apnea feature once I realise notification summaries are nice but I don’t mind waiting); for devs it can help with flexibilty if you don’t have budget to have lots of devices hanging around to test your builds on
It's always difficult to downgrade. Not just iPhones; not just phones.
So many people on various forums moaning that they can't revert to an earlier firmware on their TVs or whatever.
Apple don't make it too difficult, so long as you do some prep, and are using iCloud for most things.
1) Take and save a backup from the pre-beta release
2) Install and use the betas. Don't like it? ...
3) DFU and install the latest supported iOS, then restore from the saved backup you made in (1).
4) iCloud will roll you up-to-date with everything it supports.
Usually, betas don't mess up so severely that you'd need to restore, and when they do, you'll know about it virtually immediately. So, following the steps above will get you everything back apart from maybe an hour or two of non-cloud stuff you've done until you realised how much you hated the beta. Even if you didn't save a backup, it probably hasn't had a chance to be over-written, so you're good.
Issue 1: Sometimes, rarely, there are major changes. For example, that issue with Reminders a few years ago where upgrading it meant it could no longer be read by older iOS versions. This type of stuff only occurs (as far as I know) when going to a major release, for example from iOS 13 to iOS 14 beta. And that Reminders thing, like the newish Notes pin/password change, can be skipped.
Issue 2: You didn't archive your backup (i.e. you only back up to iCloud) and forgot to disable iCloud backups while on the beta. Whoops! But at least you'll get all your iCloud stuff back.
So many people on various forums moaning that they can't revert to an earlier firmware on their TVs or whatever.
Apple don't make it too difficult, so long as you do some prep, and are using iCloud for most things.
1) Take and save a backup from the pre-beta release
2) Install and use the betas. Don't like it? ...
3) DFU and install the latest supported iOS, then restore from the saved backup you made in (1).
4) iCloud will roll you up-to-date with everything it supports.
Usually, betas don't mess up so severely that you'd need to restore, and when they do, you'll know about it virtually immediately. So, following the steps above will get you everything back apart from maybe an hour or two of non-cloud stuff you've done until you realised how much you hated the beta. Even if you didn't save a backup, it probably hasn't had a chance to be over-written, so you're good.
Issue 1: Sometimes, rarely, there are major changes. For example, that issue with Reminders a few years ago where upgrading it meant it could no longer be read by older iOS versions. This type of stuff only occurs (as far as I know) when going to a major release, for example from iOS 13 to iOS 14 beta. And that Reminders thing, like the newish Notes pin/password change, can be skipped.
Issue 2: You didn't archive your backup (i.e. you only back up to iCloud) and forgot to disable iCloud backups while on the beta. Whoops! But at least you'll get all your iCloud stuff back.
My main issue with not having a proper restorable backup (and having to rely solely on iCloud data) would be not knowing anymore what apps I had installed, and the home screen layouts. That would take me days to recreate.
That's why I always make sure I have an archived backup of the previous stable version before installing a beta.
Just take screenshots of your home pages before restoring. Assuming you sync your photos
Has anyone else encountered this Maps bug? Select destination, navigate. Share ETA from there, search for someone not on the shortlist: it just locks up the app
Workaround: ask Siri to share your ETA
Workaround: ask Siri to share your ETA
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