iOS 7 First Impressions

[Tyranicus]

Only because everyone and their brother was doing the same. Took my phone and iPad 30 min tops.

That doesn't make sense. I downloaded the ipsw for my iPad in a few minutes. Wouldn't they come from the same server?

One change with beta 3 that I like very much is that the text in Messages is a little bolder, which makes it much easier to read, especially in the green bubbles.

 

[purbeast0]

someone who is on an iphone 4 please let me know how beta 3 is compared to the previous ones, performance wise.

 

[RampantAndroid]

someone who is on an iphone 4 please let me know how beta 3 is compared to the previous ones, performance wise.

Are you on Beta 2 already? If so, aren't you forced on to Beta 3?

 

[Tyranicus]

Are you on Beta 2 already? If so, aren't you forced on to Beta 3?

Only if you have automatic updates turned on.

 

[el-Capitan]

someone who is on an iphone 4 please let me know how beta 3 is compared to the previous ones, performance wise.

From brief tapping around, it is a lot smoother. Plex now works.

 

[purbeast0]

Are you on Beta 2 already? If so, aren't you forced on to Beta 3?

no i'm still on ios6 i havent upgraded because of the negative feedback i've heard about how slow it is.

From brief tapping around, it is a lot smoother. Plex now works.

would you say it's usable as a primary phone? or would you recommend sticking with ios6 for now.

 

[el-Capitan]

no i'm still on ios6 i havent upgraded because of the negative feedback i've heard about how slow it is.



would you say it's usable as a primary phone? or would you recommend sticking with ios6 for now.

I don't use it for a primary. It's a toy.

I have an Ipad2 which I use daily and is waiting to get updated. Looking at what I see with the iPhone4 however, I will wait for final release AND the app updates. E.g. Skype is broken on iOS7, Plex hardly works, many apps open and close again.

Don't use the beta on your daily driver. It is still very raw.

 

[fr]

The MLB At Bat app works now in beta 3. It would crash while loading in beta 1 and 2.

 

[Railgun]

That doesn't make sense. I downloaded the ipsw for my iPad in a few minutes. Wouldn't they come from the same server?

One change with beta 3 that I like very much is that the text in Messages is a little bolder, which makes it much easier to read, especially in the green bubbles.

I'm in London so there would be some differences there. Also, I was DLing during peak times so there may have been some congestion.

When I started to DL the files, it was a whopping 300kbps to start. It failed then a restart got me about 2mbps.

 

[lotust]

20-30 min tops her as well.

Does anyone notice a low call volume with beta 3 on iPhone 4S?

 

[purbeast0]

I don't use it for a primary. It's a toy.

I have an Ipad2 which I use daily and is waiting to get updated. Looking at what I see with the iPhone4 however, I will wait for final release AND the app updates. E.g. Skype is broken on iOS7, Plex hardly works, many apps open and close again.

Don't use the beta on your daily driver. It is still very raw.

cool thanks for the info, i'll pass on the beta for now.

 

[Tegeril]

FYI: Updating to beta 3 over the air is a bad idea. It took my iPhone 3 hours to do so. I updated my iPad using iTunes, and it proceeded at a normal pace.

My download took ~5 minutes (yesterday right after it came out, you got unlucky).

 

[Spineshank]

Upgraded to beta 3 last night. Much better than 2, which I felt was much better than 1. So far any apps that I have had crash, an uninstall/reinstall has solved that issue.

 

[Rakehellion]

iPhone 5 on beta 2 and 3 often fails to charge. Sometimes it'll be plugged in for about an hour and the battery level will be the same or slightly lower than it was before.

 

[lotust]

I dunno, I think beta 3 has more bugs for me than 2 did.

 

[Tyranicus]

Beta 3 on my iPad mini displays iPhone apps in 2x mode with retina graphics, so they no longer look like pixelated crap.

 

[Rakehellion]

Beta 3 on my iPad mini displays iPhone apps in 2x mode with retina graphics, so they no longer look like pixelated crap.

Why did that take them so long?

 

[bearxor]

Why did that take them so long?

Because they're like that. There was no technical reason it couldn't have been done since the iPad 2 launch.

 

[Tyranicus]

Because they're like that. There was no technical reason it couldn't have been done since the iPad 2 launch.

Indeed, and there was a jailbreak tweak called RetinaPad that did just that.

 

[lotust]

I could not deal with the bugs. I had to switch back to iOS 6.1.3 for now. I paid 7.99$ for the dev thing from an online seller too.

 

[Tegeril]

That's kind of why it's only for devs...

 

[Oyeve]

someone who is on an iphone 4 please let me know how beta 3 is compared to the previous ones, performance wise.

It's better than the prior two but still makes the 4 slow and useless.

 

[Railgun]

I paid 7.99$ for the dev thing from an online seller too.

Oh?

 

[fr]

Beta 3 has twice frozen my phone while in standby, forcing me to reboot.

 

[lotust]

Does anyone know how many releases there will be before its released to the public? 5-6-7-8? I have never ran a beta iOS before. I have had the iPhone since it first came out.