Installing the ios7 beta?

drunkmonkey

You can finally hide news stand, a 3G only setting now and life would be complete!!

DubDJ

drunkmonkey wrote: »

You can finally hide news stand, a 3G only setting now and life would be complete!!

As in place it in a Folder? That was added in the first beta.

drunkmonkey

DubDJ wrote: »

As in place it in a Folder? That was added in the first beta.

I tried earlier today and it wouldn't let me in beta 2.

Can't select section for ad when placing something for sale on donedeal since upgrade to beta 3. Might be worth staying on 2 if you need to sell stuff.

miralize

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I tried earlier today and it wouldn't let me in beta 2.

Can't select section for ad when placing something for sale on donedeal since upgrade to beta 3. Might be worth staying on 2 if you need to sell stuff.

What a bizarre reason to stay on an old beta.

"We have a selling emergency, I need to use Dondeal stat!"

drunkmonkey

miralize wrote: »

What a bizarre reason to stay on an old beta.

"We have a selling emergency, I need to use Dondeal stat!"

Panic over it worked after a reboot:)

naasrd

Sad Professor wrote: »

They made the fonts thicker. Hurray! I knew that wasn't going to last.

I quite liked the thin fonts, apart from the status bar, I've managed to reduce the size of the new one back.

Sad Professor

naasrd wrote: »

I quite liked the thin fonts, apart from the status bar, I've managed to reduce the size of the new one back.

The fact that there's any control over it at all is very unlike Apple and suggests internal division.

1ZRed

This has probably been asked a hundred times already, but how do you get it onto an iPhone 4? I've never done anything like this and haven't a clue how to do it.

miralize

Sad Professor wrote: »

The fact that there's any control over it at all is very unlike Apple and suggests internal division.

They let you set a wallpaper too. :rolleyes:

Zcott

1ZRed wrote: »

This has probably been asked a hundred times already, but how do you get it onto an iPhone 4? I've never done anything like this and haven't a clue how to do it.

If you're a registered developer, go to the dev centre, download the right firmware for the iPhone 4 and then restore to the downloaded ipsw in iTunes.

culabula

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I tried earlier today and it wouldn't let me in beta 2.

Can't select section for ad when placing something for sale on donedeal since upgrade to beta 3. Might be worth staying on 2 if you need to sell stuff.

Don't forget though, betas expire.

L'prof

Everything seems to be running so smoothly since the update. No bugs to note so far, hopefully it stays that way!

1ZRed

Zcott wrote: »

If you're a registered developer, go to the dev centre, download the right firmware for the iPhone 4 and then restore to the downloaded ipsw in iTunes.

I'm not a developer, if I was this would be simple. How are most of ye doing it?

DubDJ

1ZRed wrote: »

I'm not a developer, if I was this would be simple. How are most of ye doing it?

Download the iOS 7 beta file (google will easily point you in the right direction). Once you have the file open iTunes. Hold the Option Key (Mac) or Shift Key (Windows) while clicking the 'check for update' in iTunes. Navigate to the downloaded file and select it. Your iPhone will then be updated with the iOS 7 beta.

1ZRed

DubDJ wrote: »

Download the iOS 7 beta file (google will easily point you in the right direction). Once you have the file open iTunes. Hold the Option Key (Mac) or Shift Key (Windows) while clicking the 'check for update' in iTunes. Navigate to the downloaded file and select it. Your iPhone will then be updated with the iOS 7 beta.

Ok sounds good. I've heard it could possibly brick your phone, is that an actual possibility?

Are there any precautions I should take in advance like making sure I can go back to iOS 6 of things feck up?

makoten

I wouldn't recommend installing the iOS 7 beta if you plan to use it on your main device, betas are mainly for developers to test the new features. Yes, you can revert back to iOS 6 using iTunes at any time. iOS 7 will officially come out within the next few months anyway.

DubDJ

1ZRed wrote: »

Ok sounds good. I've heard it could possibly brick your phone, is that an actual possibility?

Are there any precautions I should take in advance like making sure I can go back to iOS 6 of things feck up?

Even with an official update there's always chances things can go wrong. I'd advise backing up and then copying the backup file to a safe place. If anything goes wrong just downgrade to that backup.

Blazer

balls...I'm over in Poland with no access to 3g and my internet speed in the hotel is a measly 512kb..might upgrade for the one hour plan to update to beta 3

naasrd

1ZRed wrote: »

Ok sounds good. I've heard it could possibly brick your phone, is that an actual possibility?

Are there any precautions I should take in advance like making sure I can go back to iOS 6 of things feck up?

No. It won't brick your iphone. IOS 7 is stunning, install it. It's been running like a dream for me.

Zcott

1ZRed wrote: »

Are there any precautions I should take in advance like making sure I can go back to iOS 6 of things feck up?

Backup backup backup. Plug into iTunes and manually start a backup so that if something doesn't work, you can roll back ok.

Also, I usually manually copy over all my pictures to a local folder so I don't lose them, double check I've no important notes or apps that have important data.

And it's best to set up as a new phone instead of restoring all your settings from a local backup.

Hobbes

makoten wrote: »

Yes, you can revert back to iOS 6 using iTunes at any time. iOS 7 will officially come out within the next few months anyway.

Some parts of iOS7 cannot be removed with a revert. The new security feature to track your phone if it is stolen is the main part.

Dades

Did a clean install over factory settings and seems all good.
Fingers crossed.

Time to start looking for a decent "Reminders" app though as the iOS 7 changes have destroyed the Apple one. Turned off the parallax effect too, as it wasn't smooth and was making me nervous of crashing.

naasrd

Dades wrote: »

Did a clean install over factory settings and seems all good.
Fingers crossed.

Time to start looking for a decent "Reminders" app though as the iOS 7 changes have destroyed the Apple one. Turned off the parallax effect too, as it wasn't smooth and was making me nervous of crashing.

Stopped using Reminders after beta 1, thought it'd be in pretty good nick by now. What are you seeing?

crapmanjoe

Much more impressed with Beta 3 on i pad 2, everything running more smoothly and liking the minor interface touch ups.

Looking forward to getting this on my i phone but gona wait for the official release for that

TBi

I miss the skinny fonts, it looks dated with the fat fonts.

miralize

TBi wrote: »

I miss the skinny fonts, it looks dated legible with the fat fonts.

FYP. That has to be the priority.

TBi

miralize wrote: »

FYP. That has to be the priority.

I could read it fine with skinny fonts, even with my glasses off and i'm half blind!

Definitely looks dated and no change in legibility for me.

miralize

TBi wrote: »

I could read it fine with skinny fonts, even with my glasses off and i'm half blind!

Definitely looks dated and no change in legibility for me.

Its not about just reading the words. There need to be visual hierarchy. If everything is the same font weight, its very hard to skim..

guil

Hobbes wrote: »

Some parts of iOS7 cannot be removed with a revert. The new security feature to track your phone if it is stolen is the main part.

All you have to do there is disable find my iPhone on the phone to restore. I did it a week or 2 ago

Deep Thought

Have rolled back as going to the US, When I come back am planning to install Beta3

Do I need to install Beta 1 st and then 2 OTS or would beta 3 be sufficient on its own?