iOS 9.3 Beta 3 Bug fixes, Changes and Performance Improvements

[zorinlynx]

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Remember, you lose all of your health data when setting up as a new phone. I learned this the hard way.

Yeah, you lose pretty much anything that apps don't store in iCloud. Luckily most services these days are cloud based so it's not a huge deal though.

I don't care too much about health data; my main thing is Cyclemeter which keeps its data either in iCloud, or you can manually back up its database. I wish more apps did this.

 

[Morac]

Bugs (new to beta 3)

• Time missing on status bar for a number of seconds after unlock to Home screen.

That's not a new bug. That's been around since iOS 9 was released. It's also related to the unlock lag bug.

 

[C DM]

That's not a new bug. That's been around since iOS 9 was released. It's also related to the unlock lag bug.

Certainly not anywhere close to the degree it seems to be present in iOS 9.3 beta 3.

 

[Morac]

Certainly not anywhere close to the degree it seems to be present in iOS 9.3 beta 3.

Is it worse than this (iOS 9.1)?

Or this?

 

[C DM]

Is it worse than this (iOS 9.1)?

Or this?

The disappearing time seems to be somewhat different than that as described by many in this thread and various other ones about beta 3.

 

[pudge104]

Is there a known issue with attachments in Mail being unresponsive after loading? I can't open .pdfs or .jpgs.

 

[yason_21]

how is the performance (especially the app switcher) with b3 on the 6s ?

 

[TC03]

iOS 9.3 + iPhone 6 = best iPhone I have ever experienced.

Stable, intuitive, functional and smooth.

 

[kruso2]

Beta 2 was stable for me. Since beta 3 the phone hangs every now and then after a phone call. Could be solved?

 

[SMIDG3T]

That's not a new bug. That's been around since iOS 9 was released. It's also related to the unlock lag bug.

Yes. It is. On some occasions it's missing for more than ten seconds. It has never been this bad. This'll be fixed in the fourth beta though.

 

[lagwagon]

Is it worse than this (iOS 9.1)?

Or this?

The new bug on 9.3 is much different. In beta 3 the time will only disappear when you unlock to the Home Screen and for anywhere between 2-10 seconds then it appears. Nothing is frozen. The time bug in 9.3 beta 3, you can force the time to appear sooner by opening an app. And the bug doesn't even appear if you unlock to inside an app. It's only when unlocking to the Home Screen.

 

[Jayson A]

Yes. It is. On some occasions it's missing for more than ten seconds. It has never been this bad. This'll be fixed in the fourth beta though.

Do you have beta 4 already? Remember when the lag was going to be fixed before 9.0 was released? How'd that turn out. Then remember when the settings display bug was going to be fixed in the next update? How'd that one turn out? I believe we had to wait for 9.1 (or 9.2?) for that fix.

 

[lagwagon]

Do you have beta 4 already? Remember when the lag was going to be fixed before 9.0 was released? How'd that turn out. Then remember when the settings display bug was going to be fixed in the next update? How'd that one turn out? I believe we had to wait for 9.1 (or 9.2?) for that fix.

Well, seeing as 9.3 beta 1 and 9.3 beta 2 didn't have the clock bug when unlocking to the Home Screen, it's likely a one off issue in 9.3 beta 3 and is extremely likely to be fixed in beta 4.

9.0 beta 2 crashed Settings app when you changed the sounds for notifications. That didn't happen in beta 1 and was fixed in beta 3.

Not every bug that appears suddenly in a build is permanently there forever. Most often in beta if something randomly new pops up in a build around the middle of the beta cycle, it's just specific to that build for many possible reasons and is usually resolved by the next build.

 

[Ashin]

Yes. It is. On some occasions it's missing for more than ten seconds. It has never been this bad. This'll be fixed in the fourth beta though.

I agree that b3 has made it much worse.

My conclusion through debugging this is it's an issue with he status bar refreshing itself (in this case not). I suspect it's a trick to save battery life by reducing the amount of polling for status bar refreshes or something, or just a bug ...

Try this - put your phone into aeroplane mode.

Now the clock will stay hidden indefinitely - what triggers it to appear is something forcing the OS to refresh the status bar - eg, mobile signal or wifi indicators changing, or things like the Bluetooth logo appearing (hence why usually it would appear after 2-10 seconds for most people).

You can make the clock appear anytime by just forcing a status bar update. - toggle on Bluetooth or adjust your rotation lock to make either logo appear/disappear, and this explains why opening apps doesn't always make it come back (but would if it triggers say location icon to appear). Opening apps funnily enough makes the clock appear as the app opens, then disappear when you close the app.

I've reported this via the Feedback app, and I'm sure it'll get fixed.
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The new bug on 9.3 is much different. In beta 3 the time will only disappear when you unlock to the Home Screen and for anywhere between 2-10 seconds then it appears. Nothing is frozen. The time bug in 9.3 beta 3, you can force the time to appear sooner by opening an app. And the bug doesn't even appear if you unlock to inside an app. It's only when unlocking to the Home Screen.

This is actually incorrect. Opening apps does nothing, unless it triggers a refresh of the status bar. You can test this yourself as above - ideally with as few icons as possible on the status bar - eg, Aeroplane Mode, Rotation Lock, Battery indicator (no % indicator). Open an app that doesn't trigger location such as Settings, and the clock won't appear (but will flash up briefly and disappear when you return to the home screen).

 

[lagwagon]

This is actually incorrect. Opening apps does nothing, unless it triggers a refresh of the status bar. You can test this yourself as above - ideally with as few icons as possible on the status bar - eg, Aeroplane Mode, Rotation Lock, Battery indicator (no % indicator). Open an app that doesn't trigger location such as Settings, and the clock won't appear (but will flash up briefly and disappear when you return to the home screen).

The issue is the Home Screen. Because you can open Settings or any app, lock the phone while in the app, unlock the phone and the time is there until you back out to the Home Screen.

And it your "test" you wanted me to do. Time DOES (you said it doesn't) appear when going into Settings after unlocking into the Home Screen. It goes away as soon as you go back to Home Screen.

 

[Ashin]

The issue is the Home Screen. Because you can open Settings or any app, lock the phone while in the app, unlock the phone and the time is there until you back out to the Home Screen.

And it your "test" you wanted me to do. Time DOES (you said it doesn't) appear when going into Settings after unlocking into the Home Screen. It goes away as soon as you go back to Home Screen.

Er yeah, we know - that's the point, no clock on the home screen. I already said in the post you quoted it appears briefly on the home screen when you open settings, the disappears again when you go back...

 

[lagwagon]

Er yeah, we know - that's the point, no clock on the home screen. I already said in the post you quoted it appears briefly on the home screen when you open settings, the disappears again when you go back...

You said opening an app such as settings and the clock won't appear (see quote below) Which I was pointing out is wrong. The time does show if you launch Settings or any app after unlocking into the Home Screen.

Open an app that doesn't trigger location such as Settings, and the clock won't appear

 

[Ashin]

You said opening an app such as settings and the clock won't appear (see quote below) Which I was pointing out is wrong. The time does show if you launch Settings or any app after unlocking into the Home Screen.

You're just quoting things out of context by cutting my sentence literally in half! My full sentence (without you cutting it in half) was -

Open an app that doesn't trigger location such as Settings, and the clock won't appear (but will flash up briefly and disappear when you return to the home screen).

Why are you even being argumentative about this? What's wrong with you?

 

[lagwagon]

You're just quoting things out of context by cutting my sentence literally in half! My full sentence (without you cutting it in half) was -



Why are you even being argumentative about this? What's wrong with you?

It wasn't out of context. You literally said opening Settings and the clock WON'T appear. When it does.

It does disappear if you go back to Home like you said if the Status Bar doesn't refresh while in the app. That bit wasn't relevant to what I was correcting.

For the record you started being argumentative. So what's wrong with you?

 

[Ashin]

It wasn't out of context. You literally said opening Settings and the clock WON'T appear. When it does.

It does disappear if you go back to Home like you said if the Status Bar doesn't refresh while in the app. That bit wasn't relevant to what I was correcting.

For the record you started being argumentative. So what's wrong with you?

Tell me what part of this you don't understand -

...disappear when you return to the home screen.

Honestly, splicing people's sentences in half to prove your point is just stupid (that's how you were being argumentative, or just trying to bait a response from me by being so ridiculous).

I'd rather you just didn't bother responding to me anymore as you're just derailing the thread

 

[C DM]

Tell me what part of this you don't understand -



Honestly, splicing people's sentences in half to prove your point is just stupid (that's how you were being argumentative, or just trying to bait a response from me by being so ridiculous).

I'd rather you just didn't bother responding to me anymore as you're just derailing the thread

So, does the clock appear when you go into an app like Settings?

 

[Ashin]

So, does the clock appear when you go into an app like Settings?

Yes, then disappears going back to Home Screen (as mentioned previously). The bug is related to the status bar refreshing, and cannot be brought back to the home screen merely by opening and closing apps (unless those apps cause some status bar change, eg location services).

Opening Settings doesn't bring it back permanently - only doing something that updates the status bar does (eg, toggle on Bluetooth or rotation lock, or wait for your mobile/wifi bars to change a little which triggers the clock to appear).

It was never this bad, but did exist in previous betas.

 

[C DM]

Yes, then disappears going back to Home Screen (as mentioned previously). The bug is related to the status bar refreshing, and cannot be brought back to the home screen merely by opening and closing apps (unless those apps cause some status bar change, eg location services).

Opening Settings doesn't bring it back permanently - only doing something that updates the status bar does (eg, toggle on Bluetooth or rotation lock, or wait for your mobile/wifi bars to change a little which triggers the clock to appear).

It was never this bad, but did exist in previous betas.

So what was meant by the "and the clock won't appear" part in that case? Or was that meant to say something along the lines of "and the clock will appear but won't stay when you go back to the home screen"?

 

[Ashin]

So what was meant by the "and the clock won't appear" part in that case? Or was that meant to say something along the lines of "and the clock will appear but won't stay when you go back to the home screen"?

Well, logically "then disappears going back to Home Screen" means it won't appear on the home screen, right?

Either way, we know it's a bug, I think it's been discussed more than enough. You can bring it back by forcing the status bar to update (eg, toggle on and off rotation lock, or wait until one of your signal bars to change - hence most people see the clock re-appear within some seconds)

 

[asv56kx3088]

I have encountered several issues after using iOS 9.3 beta 3 with my primary device.
First, the iCloud calendar seems not to be syncing with my Mac. When I add an event on the mac (OS X 10.11.3), the event did appear on other devices (running 9.2.1/7.1.2 respectively), yet it won't show up on the iPhone with iOS 9.3

Next, I am no longer able to receive push notifications from different apps. Apps like BBC/CNN/Twitter should be constantly giving me new notifications. Yet on a full day of usage I have received NOTHING from them, while the notifications did appear on the other devices.

Anyone seeing the same?