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Apple Seeds iOS 8 Golden Master to Developers Ahead of September 17 Public Launch
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I held off the whole beta testing period and now finally just installed the GM. Loving iOS 8 so far overall. The entire OS feels more polished and plain faster.
One thing... does the Siri Shazam integration work for anyone? I can't seem to get Siri to recognise anything when I have her listen to music.
The hands-free "Hey Siri" thing is freaking cool. Will be interesting though... at night, with my girlfriend next to me and both phones charging... when I say "Hey Siri, wake me up tomorrow at time X", my GF's phone will get the exact same thing set. Oh well, guess we'll have to start being wary of this new feature with multiple charging iPhones running iOS 8 in the room
One thing... does the Siri Shazam integration work for anyone? I can't seem to get Siri to recognise anything when I have her listen to music.
The hands-free "Hey Siri" thing is freaking cool. Will be interesting though... at night, with my girlfriend next to me and both phones charging... when I say "Hey Siri, wake me up tomorrow at time X", my GF's phone will get the exact same thing set. Oh well, guess we'll have to start being wary of this new feature with multiple charging iPhones running iOS 8 in the room
Not sure what you're talking about. I just installed iOS8 GM on to my iPhone 5 that was on 7.1.2 and Tips is still there. Its the last Icon.
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I installed mine on Windows! Take that!
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None of the iOS7 or iOS8 Betas required UDID's either. i've been running them simply by downloading them from torrents and installing them through iTunes. Simple.
Yes, it works perfectly fine. I have a Verizon iPhone 5 as well and it is not registered with Apple on a dev account.
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I installed various versions right through iTunes using the shift button trick and they all worked fine for me.
Did the same with a few devices and for some of them it would end up saying they are not part of the dev program after the update and would be useless short of going back to a previous beta (if it wasn't expiring) or the final release at the time.
As for GMs they aren't beta versions so no dev registration needed to install/run them.
That's all I did. I downloaded the ipsw file and backed up my phone in iTunes, then forced it to Update using the ipsw file I downloaded. It seems to work perfectly and everything is still on my phone (messages, apps, photos, etc.)
Same, on a Verizon iP5 (not registered dev), just whatever you do, don't try to install it on your phone using iTunes 12 in the Yosemite Beta. It's just a continuous loop of iTunes crashing. I had to use my GF's PC to get the GM on my phone.
Most of the features will not be visible until apps get updated to iOS 8, and Yosemite is at the GM stage.
Im already using SMS forwarding, and love that feature alone.
The new apps, once they take advantage of the new SDK's, are going to be a big improvement. iOS 8 GM, at this point, is merely the stage for everything else to take place on.
iOS8 GM update via Yosemite still broken???
Is everyone still experiencing crashes when trying to update to GM via iTunes 12 and Yosemite?
Is everyone still experiencing crashes when trying to update to GM via iTunes 12 and Yosemite?
Most are, as mentioned in quite a few GM posts/threads. Best thing to do is to use iTunes 11.
Nobody else having the "smooth scrolling" issue?
When scrolling through a webpage in Safari or in an email message in the default mail app?
I have it in other apps and settings as well, but these are the worst.
I compared it to a device running iOS 7.1.2 and a clear difference in the two.
iPhone 5 IE release date version.
When scrolling through a webpage in Safari or in an email message in the default mail app?
I have it in other apps and settings as well, but these are the worst.
I compared it to a device running iOS 7.1.2 and a clear difference in the two.
iPhone 5 IE release date version.
I know everyone is all gaga over the 6/6p and iwatch (i refuse to call it 
watch lmao) but idk if anyone else noticed or cares; but i do---handoff (of apps) is working again from iOS 8 GM to OS X 10.10 DP 7....yessssssssssss, yes--unlike some of us who view this as an aesthetic feature more than a useful tool, i have been using that shiet since day one and was disappointed when OS X went through beta 6 to 7 and iOS got stuck behind at 5 bc handoff of apps up until now was not backwards compatible; so **** YES is my point to all of this. I love handoff. and Hand-blowjobs....
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I never had a problem; i did not hit option "restore" i go with option "update" and select the firmware that way. I have OS X 10.10 dp 7 and installed iOS 8 GM with ease. My machine is a MacBook Pro early 2013 Retina 15" and my phone is a 5s. Not trying to be like na na na boo boo either lmao; i was just saying most people do restore, yet when i do update and have no problems---i well, have no problems with the install and with the result of the install.
watch lmao) but idk if anyone else noticed or cares; but i do---handoff (of apps) is working again from iOS 8 GM to OS X 10.10 DP 7....yessssssssssss, yes--unlike some of us who view this as an aesthetic feature more than a useful tool, i have been using that shiet since day one and was disappointed when OS X went through beta 6 to 7 and iOS got stuck behind at 5 bc handoff of apps up until now was not backwards compatible; so **** YES is my point to all of this. I love handoff. and Hand-blowjobs....----------
I never had a problem; i did not hit option "restore" i go with option "update" and select the firmware that way. I have OS X 10.10 dp 7 and installed iOS 8 GM with ease. My machine is a MacBook Pro early 2013 Retina 15" and my phone is a 5s. Not trying to be like na na na boo boo either lmao; i was just saying most people do restore, yet when i do update and have no problems---i well, have no problems with the install and with the result of the install.
It's a bug that won't be fixed until Apple pushes a new update.
For those of you stuck from trying to restore and think your phone is bricked, it's not. Download this app http://jaxov.com/2011/02/download-re...with-mac-10-5/ and it will take you out of the restore mode loop back to your current OS.
If you still want to install the GM after that. Delete iTunes 12, install the current version of iTunes 11 and upgrade to the GM through that. Then you can upgrade to iTunes 12 again through the Mac App Store.
Does T-Mobile Wi-Fi calling work on devices other than the iPhone 5s? I used the search tool to look for "calling" and the 3 results didn't even contain that keyword... vBulletin is weird sometimes.
Looks a bit like visual voicemail - possibly carrier specific and phone specific for now.
As I mentioned in an earlier post in this thread, I had no problems updating my iPad and iPhone using Yosemite (latest DP) and iTunes 12.
A feature I didn't see advertised is that you can make and receive phone calls on your iPad too, if you properly configure your iPhone with iOS 8.
I only read it was possible from Yosemite. Being able to also use the iPad is great.
Currently this feature seems a little unstable, there must be some requirements for it to work properly.
I only read it was possible from Yosemite. Being able to also use the iPad is great.
Currently this feature seems a little unstable, there must be some requirements for it to work properly.
I held off the whole beta testing period and now finally just installed the GM. Loving iOS 8 so far overall. The entire OS feels more polished and plain faster.
One thing... does the Siri Shazam integration work for anyone? I can't seem to get Siri to recognise anything when I have her listen to music.
The hands-free "Hey Siri" thing is freaking cool. Will be interesting though... at night, with my girlfriend next to me and both phones charging... when I say "Hey Siri, wake me up tomorrow at time X", my GF's phone will get the exact same thing set. Oh well, guess we'll have to start being wary of this new feature with multiple charging iPhones running iOS 8 in the room
In the recent GM build of iOS 8, the feature has been removed completely. Apple notes that it should be back in time for the general public release of the OS, however: http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/10/siri-what-song-is-this-the-ios-8-gm-doesnt-have-a-clue/
Has anyone been noticing serious glitches with this build? I'm running it on a third generation iPad with Verizon and occasionally I'll have accelerometer glitches in Mail, the springboard crashes fairly often, and one time it needed to "reactivate" which really just had me re-enter the WiFi info, but it did seem to flush out a few settings.
I've not had the same issues running the same build on one of my fifth generation iPod touches, but I'm also not using said iPod touch anywhere near as frequently.
I know that it's technically the .0 release and it's always buggy until the .0.1 or .0.2 release, but I don't recall iOS 7.0.0 being THIS glitchy.
Or does anyone think that they may issue a newer build come Wednesday?
I've not had the same issues running the same build on one of my fifth generation iPod touches, but I'm also not using said iPod touch anywhere near as frequently.
I know that it's technically the .0 release and it's always buggy until the .0.1 or .0.2 release, but I don't recall iOS 7.0.0 being THIS glitchy.
Or does anyone think that they may issue a newer build come Wednesday?
I don't think there will be a newer build before Wednesday, but maybe an 8.0.1 update by the end of the month. I haven't had any major issues, just some minor graphics glitches and UI inconsistencies.
The iOS section on the Apple website has been updated to iOS8 featuring the iPhone 6.
https://www.apple.com/ios/
Incoming update...
https://www.apple.com/ios/
Incoming update...
