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When will you be installing iOS 18 on your iPhone?
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It's already on my one and only iPhone and I didn't even back up beforehand. 👌
Life is short, raw-dogging the future is the only way to live.
Life is short, raw-dogging the future is the only way to live.
I usually run the betas on my iPad so I know what's coming. Then on launch day I'll install to my phone. This is the first year since 2018 that my iPad has not been eligible for a new version of iOS, so I'm waiting until launch day to install on my iPhone.
If you've been around this forum for any length of time you might know I'm pro-jailbreaking. I had my 6s+ on iOS 9.0.1 (jailbroken) from October 2015 to December 2020. Many people got out of jailbreaking over the years. I did as well by 2020, but the things that made me leave were not the same reasons others left. The usual refrain was "Apple made it so I don't have to jailbreak."
It's a statement I never thought I'd make, but it would seem that if iOS 18 allows you to put icons on the springboard wherever you like now, then I no longer have a reason to jailbreak (aside from all my other reasons). I guess that was my main sticking point over the years.
Looking forward to launch day.
If you've been around this forum for any length of time you might know I'm pro-jailbreaking. I had my 6s+ on iOS 9.0.1 (jailbroken) from October 2015 to December 2020. Many people got out of jailbreaking over the years. I did as well by 2020, but the things that made me leave were not the same reasons others left. The usual refrain was "Apple made it so I don't have to jailbreak."
It's a statement I never thought I'd make, but it would seem that if iOS 18 allows you to put icons on the springboard wherever you like now, then I no longer have a reason to jailbreak (aside from all my other reasons). I guess that was my main sticking point over the years.
Looking forward to launch day.
I think this account has been hacked. I don't believe what I read. 🤣
I hope you will be happy with iOS 18, E.
I never install a new version of iOS until the following July / August
LOL. No, I'd still be jailbreaking at this point if a couple things hadn't happened…
First off, there are no fully-untethered jailbreaks anymore and I just got real tired of the way semi-untethered JBs work. Possibly that has been rectified, but this was enough of a dealbreaker for me at the time to just stop. Jailbreaking was supposed to be for convenience and customization, not frustration.
Second, a lot of the tweaks I had started to break because devs moved on. The whole thing with BiteSMS was pretty bad. The newer devs worked hard, but were mostly maintaining inferior tweaks. There were bright spots, I'm sure, and again it has probably changed since I last checked - but IDK.
Yeah me too. Hopefully, Apple has learned a few tricks from the devs they've now (and in the past) ripped off.
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I got a new phone over that.
Cracked my screen on my 6 Plus. Took it in, told the Genius I was jailbroken and didn't want to restore. She insisted and took the device in to the back before it had finished. Now, I had a JB tweak on there that stops all that and had she let me do things my own way I could have removed it. But she was pushy, so whatever.
An hour later I came back and they handed me a brand new 6 Plus for the cost of the screen replacement. I was told they couldn't get iOS 9.0 on my iPhone. Since this was around the time where there was a whole big update debacle for iOS 9, I benefitted from that. The real reason was that JB tweak, but I guess they couldn't figure it out.
Hey hey, I’m installing iOS 17 now, I’ve been on iOS 16 until a well polished version of iOS 17 was available. And I’ll probably do the same with iOS 18. However, if iOS 18.1 or 18.2 seems to work well and has decent battery life, I’ll be updating all my devices before the AI is released.
I’m not a native speaker, but I hope raw-dogging isn’t what I think it is.Life is short, raw-dogging the future is the only way to live.
I picked on release day, but I'll just let my phone prompt me when to update. I don't manually update the OS or apps.
None of those. When the release candidate is out.
I'm not a developer, just a consumer user with a non-business personal use iPhone. I used to install the second or third public beta, but more recently waited for GA release as HSBC / First Direct banking apps didn't work with betas (which I think they do now) & tried the equivalent iPadOS instead for curiousity.
Now I'm progressively less interested - happy to read about it & watch YouTube videos and keynotes - and would rather it was a fresh experience on a new iPhone. Likely not upgrading this year for once, so will probably wait until the GA release day on my iPhone 15 Pro.
Now I'm progressively less interested - happy to read about it & watch YouTube videos and keynotes - and would rather it was a fresh experience on a new iPhone. Likely not upgrading this year for once, so will probably wait until the GA release day on my iPhone 15 Pro.
I guarantee it’s exactly what you think it is!
I typically upgrade soon after the general release. Back when I was signed up for the development program and had more than one active device, I’d put the 1st beta on one device and keep the second for the public release (or for the release candidate build, at least). Now I typically wait for the public release. Makes more sense that way, so many of the new features each year require developers to opt in anyway, so you can’t really use them until apps can release updates targeting those features.
Once the RC is released, I’ll install iOS 18 on my iPhone. I’ll probably wait a bit for my iPad.
In general, unless someone is willing to use a device that will have bugs, potential sub-optimal performance, and worst case scenario, bricking, I don't recommend they throw a beta on their device ... especially an early beta.
I, however, am willing to endure those potential pain points. 🤓
I, however, am willing to endure those potential pain points. 🤓
Yep, main devices. I have noticed definite battery drain vs 17.5.1, probably 10-15% drain vs baseline for same usage, and runs hot in camera app, but otherwise, it’s been surprisingly stable and smooth, on both devices. I can’t complain at all. Considering this is early Developer Beta, it’s running better than I thought it would. No dual sim/esim on either device.