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iOS 18 Beta 7 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

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When I turn on “Reduce Transparency” under settings, then turn on Dark Mode, my black app icons are back. Strange. I can turn off the Reduce Transparency option again and the black icons stay. As soon as I switch to another focus and back, the dark icons are gone again. This is repeatable for me

Edit: I created a new focus since posting this and the dark icons always stay, when dark mode is on. Only my old focuses are not behaving normally
 
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Honestly, if you are not sure how to go about it and your device works ok, I would wait along your 18.1 beta cycle which should get into weekly beta releases some time in September, fixing the potential bugs you might experience.
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Thanks a lot. Battery drain is the worst, but seriously, this has been horrible since forever. It's the heat that makes it this bad.

But theoretically; if I want to download to iOS 18. Could I download just the latest beta from ipsw? It do i have to download the first beta and then upgrade further?
 
torbjornhb said:
Thanks a lot. Battery drain is the worst, but seriously, this has been horrible since forever. It's the heat that makes it this bad.

But theoretically; if I want to download to iOS 18. Could I download just the latest beta from ipsw? It do i have to download the first beta and then upgrade further?
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You have to downgrade to iOS 17.6.1 and then install the IPSW of iOS 18.0 beta 7
 
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torbjornhb said:
Thanks a lot. Battery drain is the worst, but seriously, this has been horrible since forever. It's the heat that makes it this bad.

But theoretically; if I want to download to iOS 18. Could I download just the latest beta from ipsw? It do i have to download the first beta and then upgrade further?
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What makes it confusing in this beta cycle that there are two beta versions available at the same time:

1) iOS 18.0 beta, currently in DB7/PB5, which is quite mature and should be released to the public in September;

2) iOS 18.1 beta, currently only in DB2, which contains early AI elements and which you are currently running. This beta has less frequent releases than iOS 18.0, as it would probably be released to the public in October. The next beta of iOS 18.1 can come as early as today and, if not, most certainly next week. We could also expect it to contain most of the fixes already contained in the latest iOS 18.0 beta.

Back to your question. Rolling back to a previous iOS is relatively simple if you have made a proper backup before installing your beta. If you were running iOS 17.6.1 before installing iOS 18.1 beta and made an archived backup on your Mac/PC, you can then restore your iPhone. This will wipe your iPhone clean and install the latest official iOS release (17.6.1) on it. You can then put everything back from your backup, so you will have 17.6.1 running on it and then install the latest iOS 18.0 (not 18.1!) beta.

If you do not have the archived iOS 17 backup, things get more complicated, as your iOS 17 iCloud backup has probably been overwritten by iOS 18.1 by now. If this is the case, I would leave it as it is and hope that the next iOS 18.1 beta sorts out most of your bugs.

PS If you want to go IPSW route, you will also need to download and install the latest X-code beta from Apple’s developers website. If you do not want to install the whole thing, you can just run MobileDevices.pkg utility contained in it, otherwise your IPSW file will not work.
 
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You have to downgrade to iOS 17.6.1 and then install the IPSW of iOS 18.0 beta 7
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Not necessarily, as it might be simpler for them to downgrade to iOS 17.6.1 first and then OTA to the latest iOS 18.0 beta, instead of iOS 18.1.
 
jkel777 said:
This exactly. We’ll probably get the last beta (DB 8/PB 6) on 8/27, a week break, and then 18.0 RC on 9/10 after the event.
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Usually it’s 2 weeks between last beta and RC build/event. I get why you guys think everything is a week later based on what I typed above. I was just saying it as if this last beta is the last, then this would be the timeline based off history.
 
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Recalling with one click was always like this, they changed it in the last betas, but, don’t know why, reverted it again 🙈

It was so much better to call with that „phone symbol“!
And all the other space will just bring up contact information!
No missdials anymore - was hoping that they change it back to this nice new design, instead of that, they kept it but hidden behind the search function - unnecessary one step more before you can call someone, if you don’t like the old design 😒😑
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Oh the old - now reverted - design was much better! Glad they've put it back. Turns out Apple do listen to user feedback.
 
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Strange, I have just plugged my iPhone 15 into Apple’s 5W (slow) charger, left it for about 10 minutes and it kept cool, charging from 66% to 71%. Try a hard restart?
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Already did a force restart - have a fast charge Apple‘s 20W charger.
Until 80% it’s hot after that it stops the heat…
Was better with beta 5!
Beta 6 was bad, now it’s more bad …
 
Stiille said:
Already did a force restart - have a fast charge Apple‘s 20W charger.
Until 80% it’s hot after that it stops the heat…
Was better with beta 5!
Beta 6 was bad, now it’s more bad …
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I think this is normal - a 20W charger will feed more power into your iPhone if the battery is below 80%. It should not be a big deal as we can also ask iOS to stop charging at 80%-85%-90%, etc. Once it reaches this preset level, it will chill, even if still plugged into the socket.

If you want to be extra kind to your battery, charge it overnight with a low-power charger?
 
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I think this is normal - a 20W charger will feed more power into your iPhone if the battery is below 80%. It should not be a big deal as we can also ask iOS to stop charging at 80%-85%-90%, etc. Once it reaches this preset level, it will chill, even if still plugged into the socket.

If you want to be extra kind to your battery, charge it overnight with a low-power charger?
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My charging limit is set to 95% (need that much each day - unfortunately because I thought my 15 PM will be enough with 80% limit for a whole day, maybe with final release)
I don’t have a slow charger, but ok if you say it’s normal, then I try to be relaxed about it!

If they fix the battery drain when idle I could go again with only 80% limit.
 
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Won’t appear when? When the iPhone goes into a dark mode? Mine work fine (iPhone 15), just as in previous betas.
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Mine used to work fine and has done for every single beta except the latest one. It’s obviously a bug so I will wait till they fix it.
 
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