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Apple Seeds iOS 6.1 Beta 5 to Developers
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(So I Apoligize if I annoyed you by mentioning that Beta 4 Expires on Monday, my post was simply NOT Long Enough).
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I don't understand why everyones getting so excited for this update. For a jailbreak? Don't you think Apple will know if theres a hole in 6.1 that allows a jailbreak? Maybe i'm just not informed. Please explain this to me.
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I thought all sensibility was gone and then you come in with the first logical statement of the night.
Jailbreaking dev's usually keep the holes under wraps until the firmware is released so Apple can't patch it before a final release.
If Apple knew about all holes, a jail breaking community probably would have never existed in the first place.
Sorry buddy but the joke is over now. You can go try be a smartass somewhere else Tschüss!
Nothing...That's what they do each time. Then the jail breakers attempt to find more exploits with the next iteration of ios.
As he said, nothing. But devs don't release it asap when a new update is right around the corner since it is likely that their loopholes will still be there unless they release it.
From the devs perspective, they'd like their JB to work on the latest firmware available, and most of the time that means waiting a a month or two to assure it's longevity.
just maybe, just maybe, since they took sooooooooo long with this .x update, ios 7 could be previewed at wwdc, and then released in the fall? since apple isn't putting that many resources to ios 6 testing, could this hint at the possibility that the majority of their resources are being spent on developing a totally awesome and revamped ios7 and thus the long testing period of ios 6.1?
what do you guys think?
update: basically what throys just said
Eh?!?
Do yourself a favour. Stop trying to use sarcastic humour, it doesn't work for you.
FYI for what it's worth I was running ios 6.0.2 on my vzw ip5 and I just updated with the 6.1.0 beta 5 without a restore and everything went perfect took about 5-10 minutes to update printed a few set up options and all my stuff was still there. I do not have a developer account so yea I just jumped off the plank and it happened to work out well.
if this was possible, then it has to mean that this has to be a GM release and that the final one will be out Monday or Tuesday.
Most likely Tuesday, since Apple likes to launch major things on Tuesday.
Apple Seeds iOS 6.1 Beta 5 to Developers
FYI for what it's worth I was running ios 6.0.2 on my vzw ip5 and I just updated with the 6.1.0 beta 5 without a restore and everything went perfect took about 5-10 minutes to update printed a few set up options and all my stuff was still there. I do not have a developer account so yea I just jumped off the plank and it happened to work out well.
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Yea I'm not sure about apples thought process but man I get a certain level of excitement /stupidity rolling the dice on my 800 dollar plus iphone. Honestly I'm not going to start an android iphone thing cause that's ridiculous I I do prefer the way android deals with software updates over apple. Before you stone me I love my ios device love love love it more then most of my android devices I just have this dev account crap and making it an elitist this to test new software lets be a bit more open and share
FYI for what it's worth I was running ios 6.0.2 on my vzw ip5 and I just updated with the 6.1.0 beta 5 without a restore and everything went perfect took about 5-10 minutes to update printed a few set up options and all my stuff was still there. I do not have a developer account so yea I just jumped off the plank and it happened to work out well.
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Yea I'm not sure about apples thought process but man I get a certain level of excitement /stupidity rolling the dice on my 800 dollar plus iphone. Honestly I'm not going to start an android iphone thing cause that's ridiculous I I do prefer the way android deals with software updates over apple. Before you stone me I love my ios device love love love it more then most of my android devices I just have this dev account crap and making it an elitist this to test new software lets be a bit more open and share
So you updated your 5 from 6.0.2 to 6.1 without Dev account and UDID registered?
Yep no dev account at ll I did have a provisioning profile for apps but that apparently doesn't help with regards to upgrading software
sooo... where can we download ?
The usual place. It is still uploading according to the homepage banner. They are also confirming it as the GM for what it is worth.