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iOS4.2 Beta time limited?

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icecavern

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Apr 30, 2005
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An interesting one...

Yes I am a developer in the program so I officially have iOS4.2, anyway...

My iPad is running 4.2b2 and is now showing the connect to iTunes screen. It switched on this morning, but at 8am this morning it stopped and now just displays the screen. Interestingly though I can still hear it "pinging" every 30 mins to say I have new email. So the iPad is running behind the screen fine I'd guess.

Pete
 
Seems like Beta 2 was set to expire October 29th at midnight. I wasn't able to sync or back up after I got the screen, so I just restored back to Beta 3. Hope everyone has a recent backup!
 
Affected me this morning, too. Very frustrating. I wish they'd set an expiry date after the official launch of iOS 4.2. Maybe they assumed it would be out by now. The betas are quite large downloads to keep updating to each week. :rolleyes:
 
EssentialParado said:
Affected me this morning, too. Very frustrating. I wish they'd set an expiry date after the official launch of iOS 4.2. Maybe they assumed it would be out by now. The betas are quite large downloads to keep updating to each week. :rolleyes:
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Same here. It's very annoying. Once again it proves iPad is not a standalone device. If I was traveling I'd be so dead.
 
kenypowa said:
Same here. It's very annoying. Once again it proves iPad is not a standalone device. If I was traveling I'd be so dead.
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Ok so you put a beta, on your device and you count that as a limitation of the iPad? A few facts. AAPL has real developers working so they will never let it die on the vine with a new one. The pattern here is now that this will be GM soon.
 
pugnut said:
Ok so you put a beta, on your device and you count that as a limitation of the iPad? A few facts. AAPL has real developers working so they will never let it die on the vine with a new one. The pattern here is now that this will be GM soon.
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No, the limitation is that I put a beta on my device, and without any warning I can not use my iPad anymore. You can't deny iPad isn't a standalone device like Nexus One or Galaxy S pad. These devices don't need to be hooked up to a computer to be updated (or in my case, to be merely functional).
 
These Beta's are for testing the Apps you've written. Apple warns you not to install it on a device that is used for any other purpose. You should be testing your Apps on Beta 3 by now anyway, it's been out for a couple weeks. Testing on Beta 2 is silly.

Quote from iOS front page:
iOS 4.2 beta 2 should only be installed on devices dedicated exclusively for iOS 4.2 beta testing. Do not install this software if you do not have a device dedicated exclusively for iOS 4.2 beta testing.
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It might have been nice for them to toss up a "This Beta Expires in 24 hours" warning. That said, it's a little harsh to critique the iPad in this case, don't you think? It doesn't have anything to do with the device itself. Just how the Beta is setup.
 
If you are running Beta 3, and that expires in the next couple of weeks, can you just restore BACK to beta 3 again? Just start it over in a sense?
 
Don Kosak said:
It might have been nice for them to toss up a "This Beta Expires in 24 hours" warning. That said, it's a little harsh to critique the iPad in this case, don't you think? It doesn't have anything to do with the device itself. Just how the Beta is setup.
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Yeah, that's what I was grumbling this morning as I was frantically trying install Beta 3 before I walked out the door.
 
My ipad shut down around 1:30am and demanded itunes love. This was fine and all but then i had to wait for itunes to attempt resync and fail a few times before I realized what happened.

I ended up leeching the beta3 off a cheezy download link cause it was 2:30am and i couldn't bug my friend for the download.

It looks like it's installing fine now I just have to wait for all of the music and photos. I need to get this thing on firewire.
 
yegon said:
I know, ran it since day 1, but Im curious when it expires. So, any guesses anyone? Another couple of weeks?
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I've got no idea when Beta 3 will expire; however unless Apple really screw up the expiry date will be after the release date of the next beta/GM. If you update to the next beta as soon as it is available I doubt you'll have a problem.
 
blackNBUK said:
I've got no idea when Beta 3 will expire; however unless Apple really screw up the expiry date will be after the release date of the next beta/GM. If you update to the next beta as soon as it is available I doubt you'll have a problem.
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And I bricked my iPad. Upgrade (not restore) Beta 3 and got a bunch of errors. And of course I can't downgrade to 3.2.2.
 
I had been running Beta 1 on my touch until two nights ago.
Maybe only the iPad builds are set to expire
 
kenypowa said:
And I bricked my iPad. Upgrade (not restore) Beta 3 and got a bunch of errors. And of course I can't downgrade to 3.2.2.
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3.2.2 is the latest official firmware.....why can't you do a full restore to it?
Everyone always says their iPads are "bricked" and out of the hundreds of times I've heard that it's not been true. They just didn't know how to restore.
 
Ksane said:
3.2.2 is the latest official firmware.....why can't you do a full restore to it?
Everyone always says their iPads are "bricked" and out of the hundreds of times I've heard that it's not been true. They just didn't know how to restore.
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There was an error 1015. It's a common error that Apple prevents downgrade to older versions. But anyway I've restored it to 3.2.2 after dl some third-party files and back to beta 3! :D
 
Interesting....

My iPad has iOS 4.2 beta 2 (yes, 2!) and it still works fine or at least the same as it has been. FYI, I am not an app developer and I did the 'shift-UPDATE' to install iOS4.2b2.
 
coolwater said:
Interesting....

My iPad has iOS 4.2 beta 2 (yes, 2!) and it still works fine or at least the same as it has been. FYI, I am not an app developer and I did the 'shift-UPDATE' to install iOS4.2b2.
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Conversely, I have 4.2 beta 3 (yes, I'm certain), and received the expired message that's turned my iPad into a useless brick. (I don't want to go back to 3.2.2. :()

Edit: 2 restores, triple-checking file name to make sure I'm not crazy (it wasbeta 3), restarting iTunes once, and it works now. That was so weird.
 
kenypowa said:
There was an error 1015. It's a common error that Apple prevents downgrade to older versions. But anyway I've restored it to 3.2.2 after dl some third-party files and back to beta 3! :D
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I rest my case. Your iPad wasn't 'bricked', was it?
;-)
(Sorry, couldn't resist)
 
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