Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 5 to Developers

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Steve's Barber

macrumors 6502a

• Aug 6, 2011

• #51

This is all fine and dandy but...

Apple: Please don't forget us lowly mac users and try to release iLion 10.7.1 before 2012. 😕

 

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andyplace

macrumors member

• Aug 6, 2011

• #52

appleguy123 said:

I think that this is the first beta 5 in iOS history.

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Nope, 2.0 got to beta 8 before release.

 

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chr

macrumors regular

• Aug 6, 2011

• #53

How's app compatibility on this version? Specifically, is rotation still busted in MLB.tv and does the Watch ESPN app still not work?

Here are Windows download links for iTunes beta5 as well:

32bit: http://developer.apple.com/devcente...0.5_beta_5/itunes_10.5_beta_5_for_windows.zip

64bit: http://developer.apple.com/devcente...ta_5/itunes_10.5_beta_5_for_64bit_windows.zip

 

saving107

macrumors 603

• Aug 6, 2011

• #54

Steve's Barber said:

Apple: Please don't forget us lowly mac users and try to release iLion 10.7.1 before 2012. 😕

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What's an iLion?

Are your talking about OS X Lion?

Mac OS 10.7.2 released to developers...
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1196198/

Apple has not yet made any mention of 10.7.1. OS X Lion was just released last week, and we expect that 10.7.1 will be delivered shortly as an initial bug fix to customers.

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dvkid

macrumors regular

• Aug 6, 2011

• #55

chr said:

How's app compatibility on this version? Specifically, is rotation still busted in MLB.tv and does the Watch ESPN app still not work?

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Unless the dev has updated their app to include iOS 5 compatibility, then no it probably isn't "fixed." In 99.9% of these situations, the OS isn't broken so much as the app hasn't been updated for the new OS yet.

 

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kramerica2

macrumors regular

• Aug 6, 2011

• #56

andyplace said:

Nope, 2.0 got to beta 8 before release.

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yeah, but back then it was called iphone OS, so technically he's right...

 

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Merkie

macrumors 68020

• Aug 6, 2011

• #57

kramerica2 said:

yeah, but back then it was called iphone OS, so technically he's right...

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Same OS, it's just been renamed.

 

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ViPhone

macrumors 6502

• Aug 6, 2011

• #58

kramerica2 said:

yeah, but back then it was called iphone OS, so technically he's right...

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Ooh...awkward..

 

PNutts

macrumors 601

• Aug 6, 2011

• #59

JCCL said:

OK, well then I guess there's no point on using it them. Will restore the normal way.

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gmanist1000 said:

I agree what's the point of an OTA update if I still have to restore my device?

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The term "beta tester" has sure changed a lot from when I used to do it.

 

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vertigo235

macrumors 6502

• Aug 6, 2011

• #60

hmm, I updated without erasing all my settings, seems to be fine

I wonder if they are just telling us to do that so that we will be forced to test out an OTA restore.

now I'm wondering if I should do a erase and restore

ugh

 

saving107

macrumors 603

• Aug 6, 2011

• #61

andyplace said:

Nope, 2.0 got to beta 8 before release.

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Correct


iPhone OS/iOS Wiki History

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_SDK

iOS 2.0 had 8 Beta's + GM
iOS 3.0 had 5 Beta's + GM

 

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SheepNutz

macrumors 6502a

• Aug 6, 2011

• #62

It kept telling me that there wasn't an update available, but sure enough, when I erased all content and settings it showed up immediately. It's an odd way to go about it, even in a beta, but whatever works!

 

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youngsunnz

macrumors regular

• Aug 6, 2011

• #63

According to BGR the said that you can now move your MobileMe account to iCloud is that true?

Here's the quote from them :"When creating an iCloud account, you can use any Apple ID as long as it is a full email address and not a MobileMe account. If you have a MobileMe account, you can move that account to iCloud. You can find more information on iCloud at: http://developer.apple.com/icloud"

 

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7even

macrumors 65816

• Aug 6, 2011

• #64

I also got the OTA without restoring, mainly since I don't have my iPod cable on me today... seems to work fine.

 

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anfield11

macrumors 6502

• Aug 6, 2011

• #65

Okay, don't go all mental on me 🙂

But is it only developers that can get this or is there any way us mere mortals can too?

 

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guru_ck

macrumors 6502

• Aug 6, 2011

• #66

7even said:

I also got the OTA without restoring, mainly since I don't have my iPod cable on me today... seems to work fine.

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No cable needed. Backup to iCloud and restore from iCloud. That's the whole purpose of iOS5.

 

craig1410

macrumors 65816

• Aug 6, 2011

• #67

Can anyone confirm if Personal Hotspot is working again or not on this release? That's the biggest pain in the a$$ for me on B4...

Thanks,
Craig.

 

ShivneelSingh

macrumors regular

• Aug 6, 2011

• #68

Can someone give me a link to download iTunes 10.5 beta 5 for mac?
Thanks

 

Littleman

macrumors regular

• Aug 6, 2011

• #69

craig1410 said:

Can anyone confirm if Personal Hotspot is working again or not on this release? That's the biggest pain in the a$$ for me on B4...

Thanks,
Craig.

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Says so in the notes. Please let it be.

 

saving107

macrumors 603

• Aug 6, 2011

• #70

ShivneelSingh said:

Can someone give me a link to download iTunes 10.5 beta 5 for mac?
Thanks

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www.developer.apple.com

 

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ViPhone

macrumors 6502

• Aug 6, 2011

• #71

Ugh. This is annoying. You can't possibly be still "Checking for Updates" dammit.

 

andybno1

Suspended

• Aug 6, 2011

• #72

craig1410 said:

Can anyone confirm if Personal Hotspot is working again or not on this release? That's the biggest pain in the a$$ for me on B4...

Thanks,
Craig.

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boygeniusreport says:

Personal HotSpot

• FIXED: In this beta, iPhone 4 device cannot join personal hotspot even if it is on due to a non functional Wi-Fi tethering on these devices.

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source: http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/06/heres-the-full-change-log-for-ios-5-beta-5/

 

zorinlynx

macrumors G3

• Aug 6, 2011

• #73

What does this "Hearing aid mode" actually do? and what does 2G coverage have to do with hearing aids?

I'm curious because I don't see how a phone could be incompatible with a hearing aid; it's not like you connect them in any way.

 

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flipm725

macrumors regular

• Aug 6, 2011

• #74

My iphone 4 still cant find the OTA update.

 

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ercanbas

macrumors regular

• Aug 6, 2011

• #75

Help! Can't install iTunes 10.5. beta 5

I don't know what the problem is here but I can't seem to get iTunes 10.5 beta 5 to download. iOS 5 beta 5 installed fine on my phone but now I cannot sync without iTunes beta 5. Can someone please post a download link?