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Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 2 to Developers

shandyman said:
lol it's onyl been up for 20 mins, performance questions need a bit more than that :p beta 1 took a little while to stablise performance wise, so guessin this would be the same.

pretty much all features were in beta 1, just not wifi sync and OTA updates, unless i missed something
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Ah right, I thought it had been a wee bit longer than 20 minutes lol.

Just wondered if it was a wee bit smoother than Beta 1, if anyone can be kind enough to let us know once they've had time to use it for themselves, it'd be appreciated. Beta 1 wasn't awful by any stretch of the imagination, but it wasn't quite as "fluid" as 4.3 ... I don't imagine too much work will have gone into optimising the UI just yet though.
 
HiRez said:
OK, am I the only one seeing the irony here? :)
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iOS 5 brings PC Free to the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.

Initial USB cable sync required, iTunes 10.5 running on Windows XP or above or Mac OS X 10.6 and above also required (but not included). All rights reserved.
 
Futhark said:
No
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nuts, there goes being able to Wifi Sync for me then apparantly!

WeegieMac said:
Ah right, I thought it had been a wee bit longer than 20 minutes lol.

Just wondered if it was a wee bit smoother than Beta 1, if anyone can be kind enough to let us know once they've had time to use it for themselves, it'd be appreciated. Beta 1 wasn't awful by any stretch of the imagination, but it wasn't quite as "fluid" as 4.3 ... I don't imagine too much work will have gone into optimising the UI just yet though.
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think it went up about 11pm.

beta 1 was just as smooth as 4.3.3 for me, i had no ounce of lag on my devices
 
shandyman said:
nuts, there goes being able to Wifi Sync for me then apparantly!



think it went up about 11pm.

beta 1 was just as smooth as 4.3.3 for me, i had no ounce of lag on my devices
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any word if you can atleast install the beta on your phone with a windows machine? even with the older beta itunes for it?
 
I just upgraded from Beta 1 to Beta 2 and restored from my iCloud backup in 3 minutes. It restored all my settings, apps, text messages, contacts, photos, etc. Pretty awesome!
 
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I hope the wi-fi sync will support older versions of Mac OSX in the final release.
 
drwatz0n said:
I'm willing to bet iTunes 10.5 beta 2 enables wireless sync; must be some reason why it's not on Windows yet.
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iTunes 10.5b2 is needed for wifi syncing, it's in the notes.

sam3020 said:
Yes there is a beta for windows. if you go to the dev centre in iOS go to the bottom and click on iCloud beta and it comes up with a windows version of iTunes
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but is that beta 1 that went up 2 weeks back with iOS5? or is it beta 2 that came out today?
 
817 mb for the iPhone 4. Installing in a few minutes. Can confirm that checking for new software for either iTunes or on the phone itself showed nothing.
 
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Does an iCloud restore restore App Data as well as the apps themselves?
 
WiFi sync is gonna be damn useful! So many times I've gone to do a sync and not been able to find a cable... I blame my cats stealing it!


That said, the whole "Sync at night whilst charging" thing seems a bit pointless to me... at night while my iPhone is in its dock charging my computer is off/sleeping.
 
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