Putting iOS 11 Beta on new iPad

[DeApp1e]

Hi guys,

Will signing up for 'Apple Beta Software Program' on my new iPad Pro 10.5 void it's return warranty if I want to send it back?

I'm not sure what size is right for me, so i've brought a 10.5 inch and I want iOS 11 on it - If I send it back and buy 12.9 will Apple refuse as i've put a beta OS on it?

Thanks,

 

[JeffyTheQuik]

Hi guys,

Will signing up for 'Apple Beta Software Program' on my new iPad Pro 10.5 void it's return warranty if I want to send it back?

I'm not sure what size is right for me, so i've brought a 10.5 inch and I want iOS 11 on it - If I send it back and buy 12.9 will Apple refuse as i've put a beta OS on it?

Thanks,

No, it won't. Adding software that the manufacturer itself makes is safe. I'd extend that to anything you find on the App store as well. I've dealt with software in the last 30 years, and one of the funniest beta questions I was asked, when dealing with software on a semiconductor manufacturing equipment was, "We must be doing something wrong in our communications stream to make the software crash."
My answer back was, "No, we're doing something wrong to make any data you send us cause our software to crash."

The point is, nothing in software (from known places... i.e. App store, beta tests from Apple) should make your iPad inoperable to the point of voiding the warranty. Some miscreants may have made something that does do destruction (I haven't heard of anything for iPads), but there are safeguards in the App Store that prevent this.

Plus, if Apple is destroying iPads with beta software, that really doesn't look good for them. Let's just say that Shareholder value would take a hit.

However, if you wait a week, and it won't be beta anymore.

 

[KrisLord]

I disagree, this isn’t about warranty and more about the return window for unwanted items.

I’d not risk putting iOS 11 on it if there was a chance I’d want to take it back.

 

[onepoint]

Hi guys,

Will signing up for 'Apple Beta Software Program' on my new iPad Pro 10.5 void it's return warranty if I want to send it back?

I'm not sure what size is right for me, so i've brought a 10.5 inch and I want iOS 11 on it - If I send it back and buy 12.9 will Apple refuse as i've put a beta OS on it?

Thanks,

No, absolutely should not be a problem

 

[inkahauts]

I disagree, this isn’t about warranty and more about the return window for unwanted items.

I’d not risk putting iOS 11 on it if there was a chance I’d want to take it back.

You can always revert it. It’s not like you wouldn’t wipe it out before returning it anyway.

 

[one more]

Go for it. If you don’t like it, uninstall the beta profile and restore it via iTunes before sending it back, which will install the latest regular iOS (10.3.3).

 

[KUKitch]

No it won't, and the beta works pretty well (at least in my 12.9's experience

 

[burgman]

I disagree, this isn’t about warranty and more about the return window for unwanted items.

I’d not risk putting iOS 11 on it if there was a chance I’d want to take it back.

You realize reinstalling 10.3.3 is easy and the OP said nothing about return window.

 

[KrisLord]

You realize reinstalling 10.3.3 is easy and the OP said nothing about return window.

The OP asked about sending it back and buying a 12.9” model. No one who’s commented so far has tried returning one with 11 beta on it so we’re all guessing whether it would be an issue or not.

 

[onepoint]

The OP asked about sending it back and buying a 12.9” model. No one who’s commented so far has tried returning one with 11 beta on it so we’re all guessing whether it would be an issue or not.

FWIW I had a Mini 4 replaced (LCD light bleed) at an Apple Store while running an iOS beta. The genius asked what I thought, how it was running, etc. It wasn’t a problem whatsoever.

 

[KrisLord]

FWIW I had a Mini 4 replaced (LCD light bleed) at an Apple Store while running an iOS beta. The genius asked what I thought, how it was running, etc. It wasn’t a problem whatsoever.

Good to know

There’s been threads on here for years about genius staff being a bit iffy about iOS 11. Hopefully this is changing now that there are public betas available.

 

[braddick]

It beta not be a problem.