Installing the ios7 beta?

sharkman · 21-06-2013 11:59am

Mr Velo wrote: »

I 'think' you can only roll back to 6.1.4 (if iphone 5) or 6.1.3 if 4 or 4S.

Just figured it out , there goes my JB , ah well !:o

danger mouse · 21-06-2013 1:02pm

I just downgraded to ios6 thank **** for that. I nearly threw my phone out the window a few times over the last week. Great looking OS and some great features, but is as buggy as ****.

Sad Professor · 21-06-2013 1:21pm

It's a beta. It's supposed to be buggy.

Blazer · 21-06-2013 1:29pm

Sad Professor wrote: »

It's a beta. It's supposed to be buggy.

agreed

It has enough nice features to prefer over going back to ios6.1.4 so will hold out for the beta2 revision etc..

danger mouse · 21-06-2013 1:29pm

Sad Professor wrote: »

It's a beta. It's supposed to be buggy.

I know what you're saying but I lost patience with it. It's still very very raw. I can't wait to download the GM when it gets released.

Creamy Goodness · 21-06-2013 1:53pm

it's not even ready for everyday use. it's ready for developers to load onto a test phone so that they can get their apps ready for day 1 of iOS 7 launch.

There's no way it's going on my main phone. I did buy an iPod Touch to sacrifice for testing however.

120_Minutes · 21-06-2013 2:19pm

culabula wrote: »

Happens to me with all updates; I just go to the AppStore and tap on update and it works.

not for me, just gives me the "open" option which does nothing.

naasrd · 21-06-2013 2:29pm

Sad Professor wrote: »

It's a beta. It's supposed to be buggy.

Thankfully I'm not seeing any and at times I forget its a beta. Really enjoying it.

Zapp Brannigan · 21-06-2013 2:38pm

Been using it since it came out and I've not had any major problems.

Some of my artists aren't showing in artist view but they're searchable so it's all gravy.

Blazer · 24-06-2013 8:01am

going by recent releases we should see beta 2 being released either today or tomorrow..definitely within this week anyway I'd say.

naasrd · 24-06-2013 8:51am

Blazer wrote: »

going by recent releases we should see beta 2 being released either today or tomorrow..definitely within this week anyway I'd say.

Yeah, interesting few days ahead.

Zcott · 24-06-2013 9:45am

naasrd wrote: »

Yeah, interesting few days ahead.

Yep, I imagine if there'll be any major changes they'll start to show up in beta 2. Tbh I'm hoping for an improved calendar layout because the current one is less useful than the previous one.

DubDJ · 24-06-2013 12:10pm

Blazer wrote: »

going by recent releases we should see beta 2 being released either today or tomorrow..definitely within this week anyway I'd say.

The only thing is this is a much larger change than previous updates, and they also still don't have the iPad version. I'd say we might see that before the beta 2 for the iPhone.

naasrd · 24-06-2013 12:35pm

DubDJ wrote: »

The only thing is this is a much larger change than previous updates, and they also still don't have the iPad version. I'd say we might see that before the beta 2 for the iPhone.

Do you know if you have to roll back to iOS 6.1.4 in order to register your UDID? I've got mine registered but not sure if I'm good to go with next beta update.

DubDJ · 24-06-2013 12:46pm

naasrd wrote: »

Do you know if you have to roll back to iOS 6.1.4 in order to register your UDID? I've got mine registered but not sure if I'm good to go with next beta update.

No I cant see any need for that. UDID is just an identifier for your iPhone, what software your running doesn't effect it. It will just allow you to activate now that your phone is officially registered for iOS 7. But weird thing is Apple is letting anybody activate even with no UDID registered.

I'm wondering what will happen with the next beta. Will we be able to update, will they add back the UDID requirement. Maybe it was just a glitch with this first beta, but maybe Apple wanted a larger testing database so allowed anybody to install. We'l soon see anyway.

naasrd · 24-06-2013 1:10pm

DubDJ wrote: »

No I cant see any need for that. UDID is just an identifier for your iPhone, what software your running doesn't effect it. It will just allow you to activate now that your phone is officially registered for iOS 7. But weird thing is Apple is letting anybody activate even with no UDID registered.

I'm wondering what will happen with the next beta. Will we be able to update, will they add back the UDID requirement. Maybe it was just a glitch with this first beta, but maybe Apple wanted a larger testing database so allowed anybody to install. We'l soon see anyway.

Thanks, that's why I registered this morning on the chance it was a glitch and there'll be no back doorwith beta 2 like last week. If beta 2 comes out I hope it's just amatter of updating via iTunes now that I've registered. We'll see...

DubDJ · 24-06-2013 1:29pm

naasrd wrote: »

Thanks, that's why I registered this morning on the chance it was a glitch and there'll be no back doorwith beta 2 like last week. If beta 2 comes out I hope it's just amatter of updating via iTunes now that I've registered. We'll see...

I'm hoping its a simple over the air update. I won't be budging until I know it's safe. Otherwise I might have to downgrade to iOS 6.

Blazer · 24-06-2013 1:49pm

naasrd wrote: »

Thanks, that's why I registered this morning on the chance it was a glitch and there'll be no back doorwith beta 2 like last week. If beta 2 comes out I hope it's just amatter of updating via iTunes now that I've registered. We'll see...

Apple didn't enforce the signing because of the number of developers upgrading to ios7
probably beta2 will be the same.

DubDJ · 24-06-2013 2:05pm

Blazer wrote: »

Apple didn't enforce the signing because of the number of developers upgrading to ios7
probably beta2 will be the same.

I don't understand. Apple have always had huge number on the developer program and theres always a huge surge in the amount of devs updating around WWDC. Why would this year be any different? Why would they remove the requirement for the beta to be signed?

naasrd · 24-06-2013 3:21pm

DubDJ wrote: »

I don't understand. Apple have always had huge number on the developer program and theres always a huge surge in the amount of devs updating around WWDC. Why would this year be any different? Why would they remove the requirement for the beta to be signed?

Wonder had it anything to see how many jailbreakers would jump ship, especially with a few cydia app killers now in ios 7? Apart from MyWi and Sparrow mail push there's nothing much else I need from jailbreaking.

Blazer · 24-06-2013 3:51pm

naasrd wrote: »

Wonder had it anything to see how many jailbreakers would jump ship, especially with a few cydia app killers now in ios 7? Apart from MyWi and Sparrow mail push there's nothing much else I need from jailbreaking.

I miss Auxo/Zephyr though..have to use the home button again is a major PITA..

Duggys Housemate · 24-06-2013 5:46pm

It's less buggy than I would have expected given the changes. However battery life is a bug bear - I think it's calling home a lot, however there are also clear problems even on airplane mode.