iOS 9.3 Beta 4 Bug fixes, Changes and Performance Improvements

[lagwagon]

Thanks heaps for the clarification.

I agree with downgrading - hadn't thought through the fact that you can't downgrade the watch os...but I'm pretty sure, back-ups of 9.3 beta 4 won't load onto 9.2.1 (or whatever their up to there)...?

You can try the steps I've mentioned a couple pages back. https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ce-improvements.1957661/page-15#post-22607045

However, there is a disclaimer. Results may vary, I've heard some say apps had to be re-installed and health data lost.

I've personally never had any of those issues before, but at the same time I've also haven't had the need to use that downgrade method since 9.1 was in beta. (downgraded from 9.1 beta to 9.0.2 a few times without a hair changed.) So it's possible things have changed since then.

You could also downgrade back to 9.3 beta 3 if you can find the ipsw for it I believe. And still have the ability to use your latest, most up to date 9.3 backup.

 

[ledbye]

You can try the steps I've mentioned a couple pages back.

This is really helpful mate, thanks a lot! Will post back when I have a chance to try it.
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I tried this but i lost activity and health data

You will always lose this unless you have 'encrypted' back up enabled. I found out the hard way too!

 

[Cakefish]

Beta 4 is best beta yet. Nice and smooth performance on my iPad Air 2, still could be improved further, but light years away from the dark days of 9.0.x when I first bought this tablet. All the really irritating bugs of beta 3 have been quashed too. I'm happy. Looking forward to beta 5!

 

[Agustianm]

In 9.4b4 real racing 3 crashed at the start up, does anyone have this prob also?

Iphone 5s

 

[trifid]

To those that were convinced that iOS 9.0-9.2.1 weren't laggy and that 9.3 is still laggy:

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There you go. <3

What lag??? Apple engineer must be wrong!!

 

[AmazingTechGeek]

Is the mail bug fixed on iPad Air 2? (If you killed mail from app switcher and reopen it, it scrolls down)
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How this beta performs on 5s compared to 9.2.1 in terms of smoothness ?
9.2.1 is good but not as smooth as ios 8, sometimes the animations while opening apps have lags

I find some aspects of 9.x better, like functionality, and others worse, such as stuttering

To answer your question, it's a lot better in terms of smoothness/stability

 

[trifid]

On a more serious note, Safari sometimes gets stuck on loading a page and doesn't seem to be fixed even when quitting, anyone get this?

 

[ledbye]

OK, so to get my normal workflow back, I've rolled back to beta 3 following @lagwaons instructions...sort of. Here's what I did and had zero data and app loss:

+ Made sure I did an encrypted back up in iTunes on my Mac
+ Found a copy of beta 3 on Reddit (!)
+ With the iPhone connected I held down the Option key and clicked "Check for Update"
+ Navigated to the downloaded beta 3 ipsw
+ Let it do it's thing! It came up with some strange warnings like I was syncing data, but I wasn't, so I just said Yes, or Update
+ The second time the phone rebooted, Photos opens but iTunes reported that the phone couldn't be connected. The phone in the meantime chucked a bright white screen with a progress bar and the Apple logo. After about a minute, the phone said Slide to Unlock, but had a bright white screen instead of my usual wallpaper. Unlocked using touch ID (yes, didn't have to re-do this) and everything was exactly how I left it

So now I'm on the more buggy iOS beta, BUT, my watch notifications are working!

All up took me less than 20 mins to do!

Cheers!

 

[perfect_]

There is a another issue.

- Double tap home button (Not touch)
- Swipe up
(But dont open Control Center. You just need to see arrow.)
- Swipe right-left or touch screen
(Nothing happens)

 

[Jamesk811]

iOS 9.3 betas have been on a 2 week cycle. Don't expect that to change... and there's no guarantee that beta 5 will "fix" the third party notifications on the Watch without updating your watch OS...
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Looks more like an incorrectly installed app... never seen the "com.apple.springboard" name - usually it's just the wire frame icon and nothing in the name field.

But

You can try the steps I've mentioned a couple pages back. https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ce-improvements.1957661/page-15#post-22607045

However, there is a disclaimer. Results may vary, I've heard some say apps had to be re-installed and health data lost.

I've personally never had any of those issues before, but at the same time I've also haven't had the need to use that downgrade method since 9.1 was in beta. (downgraded from 9.1 beta to 9.0.2 a few times without a hair changed.) So it's possible things have changed since then.

You could also downgrade back to 9.3 beta 3 if you can find the ipsw for it I believe. And still have the ability to use your latest, most up to date 9.3 backup.

So to confirm, I found a 9.3 b3 ipsw file on reddit and will follow your instructions above to downgrade to 9.3 b3. However after I do this do I need to restore from a backup?

 

[ledbye]

OK, so to get my normal workflow back, I've rolled back to beta 3 following @lagwaons instructions...sort of. Here's what I did and had zero data and app loss:

+ Made sure I did an encrypted back up in iTunes on my Mac
+ Found a copy of beta 3 on Reddit (!)
+ With the iPhone connected I held down the Option key and clicked "Check for Update"
+ Navigated to the downloaded beta 3 ipsw
+ Let it do it's thing! It came up with some strange warnings like I was syncing data, but I wasn't, so I just said Yes, or Update
+ The second time the phone rebooted, Photos opens but iTunes reported that the phone couldn't be connected. The phone in the meantime chucked a bright white screen with a progress bar and the Apple logo. After about a minute, the phone said Slide to Unlock, but had a bright white screen instead of my usual wallpaper. Unlocked using touch ID (yes, didn't have to re-do this) and everything was exactly how I left it

So now I'm on the more buggy iOS beta, BUT, my watch notifications are working!

All up took me less than 20 mins to do!

Cheers!

I did lose my iMessage history! Oh well.

 

[lagwagon]

But


So to confirm, I found a 9.3 b3 ipsw file on reddit and will follow your instructions above to downgrade to 9.3 b3. However after I do this do I need to restore from a backup?

With beta 3 you should still be able to use your most current 9.3 backup if anything did go wrong.

Pretty sure any 9.3 backup works with any 9.3 build. As far as I know you just can't use a backup of a newer version on an older version (IE 9.3 on 9.2.1)

 

[Jamesk811]

I did lose my iMessage history! Oh well.

I keep getting an error that my phone couldn't be backed up because it was disconnected. I've tried 10 times and it somehow keeps disconnecting??

 

[Makale.Helvetia]

we can see a new beta next week..beta 5 or beta 4.1, about the watch notifications,i think that's a major bug,developers are also testing their watch apps and it's notifications,working or not, improving or adding new features to them. so we don't know what will Apple decide, fixing on the final release or releasing a new hotfix beta next week,or keep going 2 weeks beta cycle.

 

[spitf1r3]

we can see a new beta next week..beta 5 or beta 4.1, about the watch notifications,i think that's a major bug,developers are also testing their watch apps and it's notifications,working or not, improving or adding new features to them. so we don't know what will Apple decide, fixing on the final release or releasing a new hotfix beta next week,or keep going 2 weeks beta cycle.

Developers also have access to watchOS 2.2 beta, which may not have the problem.

 

[CharlieBrown-DE]

Since 9.3 beta I cannnot open pdf-attachments in mails from the company MS-Exchange Server. They appear in the mail but tapping on them results in no Response or a black screen.
Anyone else with issues with Exchange?

 

[Makale.Helvetia]

Developers also have access to watchOS 2.2 beta, which may not have the problem.

same developers also report that watchOS 2.2 beta 4 is not fixing the notifications completely. it's totally a 9.3 beta 4 bug

 

[willmtaylor]

Is it a "bug" or a "feature" that in battery settings, one can now only view battery usage over last 24hrs. but can longer see averages from over the previous 7 days?

 

[lagwagon]

Is it a "bug" or a "feature" that in battery settings, one can now only view battery usage over last 24hrs. but can longer see averages from over the previous 7 days?

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How long ago did you update to beta 4? I could be wrong but I think those 24 hour, 3 day/7day views get reset after an update is done.

 

[willmtaylor]

How long ago did you update to beta 4? I could be wrong but I think those 24 hour, 3 day/7day views get reset after an update is done.

I updated this week, I believe, so I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks.

 

[Guilherme1995]

How long ago did you update to beta 4? I could be wrong but I think those 24 hour, 3 day/7day views get reset after an update is done.

That's right. Mine is showing 24 hours/ 2 Days, since it's been 2 days I updated to B4.

 

[perfect_]

opening CC when siri is open is not smooth. still laggy. What are u doing Apple!

 

[lagwagon]

opening CC when siri is open is not smooth. still laggy. What are u doing Apple!

Fixing bugs that matter. CC while Siri is activated and listening I can guarantee is not a priority fix. Because I highly doubt many (if any) outside the 2-3 people on this forum who mention (and probably only found it because they were poking around looking for lag in every little nook and cranny) it have ever used CC while talking to Siri.

 

[vertsix]

Fixing bugs that matter. CC while Siri is activated and listening I can guarantee is not a priority fix. Because I highly doubt many (if any) outside the 2-3 people on this forum who mention (and probably only found it because they were poking around looking for lag in every little nook and cranny) it have ever used CC while talking to Siri.

That's true, but iOS 9 has had performance issues since June 2015 when 9.0 beta 1 launched.

They've gotten a lot better, though, and with 9.3 they're pretty much gone.

But I still can understand people's frustration.

 

[rmadera]

How's 9.3 beta 4 treating the iPad Air 2? Thinking of updating today.