iOS 18 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[mjschabow]

Hopefully all icons turn dark now otherwise this is a big UI miss by Apple having this ready to roll with only 80% of your icons actually changing.

 

[Kal El]

Might downgrade from 18.1 beta 3 to 18 RC. I only like the new Siri design. Hopefully there’s ton of fixes from 18 beta 8

Is there an easy way to downgrade from 18.1 to 18.0RC?

 

[Dave.Inwood1988]

Is there an easy way to downgrade from 18.1 to 18.0RC?

Nope. Not without using a Mac to reinstall 18.0 then all you can do is login with iCloud you can’t restore the backup

 

[FILIPSN007]

The Mail App is even worse. I am receiving status Connecting/Downloading. It’s endless loop.

 

[biting-mammal]

How do I know whether the public beta iOS 18 available in my iPhone settings app is the RC?

 

[gwhizkids]

How do I know whether the public beta iOS 18 available in my iPhone settings app is the RC?

It can’t be anything else.

 

[Reeneman]

Every single year. And it’s not a beta. It’s still post of the beta program but it’s exactly the same thing the public will get on Monday.

Not 100% sure, last year there was a lot of trouble with additional updates for the new 15 phones.

 

[James6s]

Straight out of the box, this version is flying on my 15 Pro Max. Big difference from the last public beta! 👌🏻🔥🔥

 

[Cobold]

Look at post #5. If it looks like that and just says „iOS 18“ it’s the RC.
If it says „iOS 18 public beta“ - well, it’s obvious

 

[Godf1st]

RC will not show up for me.

 

[Dave.Inwood1988]

RC will not show up for me.

Are you currently on the 18.1 beta?

 

[Godf1st]

Are you currently on the 18.1 beta?

Yep, iOS 18.1 (22B5034e)

 

[gwhizkids]

Straight out of the box, this version is flying on my 15 Pro Max. Big difference from the last public beta! 🏻

All the logging is gone. That’s why one should not criticize performance on betas.

 

[Dave.Inwood1988]

Yep, iOS 18.1 (22B5034e)

Yeah same as me, looks like the RC doesn’t include the 18.1 RC I’m guessing next day or two

 

[gwhizkids]

Yep, iOS 18.1 (22B5034e)

And that’s why the RC won’t show up. You’re beyond it.

 

[Godf1st]

And that’s why the RC won’t show up. You’re beyond it.

Right, lol. Long day long day!

 

[Maclver]

Its been a long day.... if this build is 22A3354 and Beta 8 was 22A5350a does this mean that the RC build is older that Beta 8? or am I reading that way wrong.. lol

 

[Blue Hawk]

The download is very slow. 200 MB for the watch took 10 minutes. xD

 

[jfim88]

Straight out of the box, this version is flying on my 15 Pro Max. Big difference from the last public beta! 🏻

+1

 

[Vastolorde97]

The download is very slow. 200 MB for the watch took 10 minutes. xD

Same on the iPhone servers are getting hit hard i bet.

 

[ManuCH]

Yeah same as me, looks like the RC doesn’t include the 18.1 RC I’m guessing next day or two

Nope, 18.1 RC will be out sometimes in October. If you're on 18.1, you need to remain on the "beta train" for a few more weeks at least.

 

[kkdool]

Nope. Not without using a Mac to reinstall 18.0 then all you can do is login with iCloud you can’t restore the backup

Is there an easy way to downgrade from 18.1 to 18.0RC?

I wouldn't say easy but it is possible and not difficult. I had to do it about a month ago when my iPhone 15 Pro (on 18.1 Beta) got damaged and I had to restore to a iPhone 14 Pro with 18.0 Beta but was unable to as I was trying to restore a newer version backup (18.1) to an older version device (18.0). This is what I did to then fix that and downgrade from iOS 18.1 to iOS 18.

You will need the IPSW for the RC and Xcode installed. The steps I did were as follows;

1. Back your iPhone to your Mac (I recommend an encrypted backup as it backs up secure information)
2. Go to the Backup folder (name of which is a string of numbers and letters) which is found in Username/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
3. In the folder there are two files called "Info.plist" and "Manifest.plist". Open them with Xcode
4. In "Info.plist" there are Key's with "Build Version" and "Product Version". Change the value's of them to the build version of the RC and change the 18.1 to 18.0
5. In the "Manifest.plist" file expand the "Lockdown" key and change the value for the "ProductVersion" and "BuildVersion" key's to the same as above
6. Restore backup from Finder to your iOS 18 RC phone


I hope this all makes sense

 

[longdogs]

The Mail App is even worse. I am receiving status Connecting/Downloading. It’s endless loop.

Same here, just says Connecting all the time.

 

[Subliminal87]

for safari, does the favorite icons show as big for anyone else?

 

[addamas]

for safari, does the favorite icons show as big for anyone else?

OMG this madness is back aka Grandpa Mode