iOS 9.3 Beta 4 Bug fixes, Changes and Performance Improvements

[soulsteelgray]

I'm also experiencing problems with receiving notifications on my Apple Watch but with an interesting twist: I eventually receive the notification on my watch if I wait a few seconds after the notification has been sent to the phone. If I don't interact with the notification on the watch in time, the phone will light up with the notification, but then the notification will clear if I have interacted with the notification via the watch.

tl;dr I still receive notifications on the watch but they arrive a few seconds later than they should.

 

[bleighv]

Noob question: I skipped 9.3 beta 3 but will I have to install it in order to install 9.3 beta 4?

 

[The Carny]

Does this fix the issue with restoring from backup present in the last beta? Namely that you end up with iCloud failing to verify and therefore being unable to perform many routine functions (such as install apps!) until you perform a DFU restore. You can't turn off Find My iPhone to do it any other way.

I'm currently without access to a computer and therefore don't want to check, lest my phone becomes useless.

 

[oodi]

IPad Pro was smoother on beta 3. With beta 4 keyboard stutters a bit. Hope they will fix it on final release.

 

[imagineadam]

There's one thing I'd love Apple to implement and I know they won't, but a Fake Clockup style toggle for the UI animations would be great.

The default animations are just so slow and cumbersome, even with reduce motion enabled the fade in/out is slow.

I just wish the animations were a fraction quicker, as regardless of what device you're on its as if you're made to sit through these lovely zooming and swooshing animations when all you want to do is get things done.

I'm not talking lag here, I'm talking about actually speeding up the animations.

Yup. This is the number 1 reason I miss my jailbreak. The thing that made it even worse (iOS 9) is they block user input during the animations too when exiting apps so everything is just slower and clunky. Instead of just waiting for the already too slow animation to bounce back (used to be able to tap icons mid-animation) I additionally have to wait till the animation is 100% over until my taps on icons register and get things moving again. I really wish they would return this one thing back to how it was prior to iOS 9!

 

[fjarl]

I noticed that in pb4 I can finally clear stuck notifications in the notification centre on my iPad Air. That's nice

 

[NoWayBehind]

IPad Pro was smoother on beta 3. With beta 4 keyboard stutters a bit. Hope they will fix it on final release.

Same on IPad Air 2

 

[oodi]

Same on IPad Air 2

IPad Pro has the best ios hardware out there in terms of cpu/gpu/memory. And still it stutters. I find this situation pretty incredible. Normally I wouldnt cry if the device stuttering was old and there were much better hardwares out there. But man this the IPad Pro we are talking about... Is IOS this hungry? Then fix it Apple!

 

[E.Neytman]

And just received notifications on the phone from Whatsapp and UPS, and none of them showed up on the watch...
So it seems that stock apps notifications are coming through, not other apps.
Will update if anything changes.

Well i`ve cured this one. Had to update to both watch OS 2.2b4 and iOS 9.3b4.

Then i had to reset phone settings, make all of then again, including notification settings (the key is make the app ask you if you want to receive notifications or not) and then pair my watch again and set them up as new. For now everything works ok.

 

[gwhizkids]

I'm also experiencing problems with receiving notifications on my Apple Watch but with an interesting twist: I eventually receive the notification on my watch if I wait a few seconds after the notification has been sent to the phone. If I don't interact with the notification on the watch in time, the phone will light up with the notification, but then the notification will clear if I have interacted with the notification via the watch.

tl;dr I still receive notifications on the watch but they arrive a few seconds later than they should.

That seals it: no PB4 for me! Awaiting 4.01's appearance in 3-5 days!
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Noob question: I skipped 9.3 beta 3 but will I have to install it in order to install 9.3 beta 4?

Nope!
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Well i`ve cured this one. Had to update to both watch OS 2.2b4 and iOS 9.3b4.

Then i had to reset phone settings, make all of then again, including notification settings (the key is make the app ask you if you want to receive notifications or not) and then pair my watch again and set them up as new. For now everything works ok.

I had heard that being on WatchOS 2.2b4 fixes it. But since I'm on the Public Beta program, that's a non-starter for me. Plus, I don't really want to take a chance on my Watch since there's no downgrade path.

 

[bleighv]

Nope!

When I look under Software Updates, it's still showing Beta 3 waiting to install. Do I just have to wait until it changes to Beta 4? Or will I have to bypass using iTunes?

 

[tanzblume]

Can it be that search results in adress book looks different to previous versions?

 

[veskop]

Anyone have problem with hotspot?I can turn it on ,but in other device I can't see my iPhone hotspot?I am running 9.3beta 4

 

[sbailey4]

Noob question: I skipped 9.3 beta 3 but will I have to install it in order to install 9.3 beta 4?

When I look under Software Updates, it's still showing Beta 3 waiting to install. Do I just have to wait until it changes to Beta 4? Or will I have to bypass using iTunes?

Delete the iOS software from General>storage and icloud usage>manage storage.

 

[Tallrandal]

Might be intentional because rendering the UI with warmer colors requires more power?

This is correct. The enabling of Low Power Mode disables the night shift due to rendering of the UI.

 

[ZEEN0j]

App switcher on iPad Air 2 is great now. Better than 9.2.1 even. But I think the biggest problem with the app switcher that people are having is than you can scroll in two speeds. Scrolling on the rights side of the screen and it will move slowly 1-3 apps at a time. But if you scroll on the left side, it's like you are pulling apps you are not even seeing immediately into view. You can easily flip through 5-20 apps. Mind you beta 4 still does this but not as fast as the previous betas and if I remember correctly slightly slower than 9.2.1.

In short, app switcher is useable now.

 

[Tallrandal]

When I look under Software Updates, it's still showing Beta 3 waiting to install. Do I just have to wait until it changes to Beta 4? Or will I have to bypass using iTunes?

Have you restarted the device? Try a soft reset if so (home button and power button till you see apple).

 

[Juliank]

Anyone able to test Bluetooth connection with a Garmin activity tracker?

 

[Systerper]

Anyone able to test Bluetooth connection with a Garmin activity tracker?

Ok With Garmin Vivosmart

 

[ad931]

Just updated to PB4 and Real Racing 3 won't open. Shows the app start screen for two seconds then The screen goes grey and the app crashes. Weird that CSR Racing works just fine

 

[skwood]

Just updated to PB4 and Real Racing 3 won't open. Shows the app start screen for two seconds then The screen goes grey and the app crashes. Weird that CSR Racing works just fine

Yep, seeing the same here.

 

[ad931]

Yep, seeing the same here.

Submitted feedback to Apple but to be honest I don't think that Apple will pay too much attention to a third party app. Wouldn't mind to be proved wrong though...

 

[jojost1]

New screen when selecting 'install later' (in Dutch)

 

[jonnyb098]

Seems very stable and silky smooth on my Air 2. Considering iPad Air 3 units are already about to be loaded onto planes to get here in three weeks this is most likely the release candidate as we saw with 9.2 where nothing changed between beta 4 and released.

 

[stevemiller]

All the betas have drastically reduced my iPad 3 standby time. With no use, it drains the battery 80% in 10 days. As recently as this fall the iPad could last well over a month in standby with light occasional use.

Also, on my iPad battery settings screen, I can no longer see any per app usage. It constantly says information will be available after a few minutes of use, but I haven't been able to get it working for months. Makes it hard to diagnose the battery drain. It claims 48h of non-standby usage which itself is ridiculous.