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Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 4 to Developers

Very quick tests with Safari, on iPad Mini Retina, after the install.

I did a mix of tabs from different sites, going back and forth and both scrolling the whole page and navigating links.

I had my first full page reload at 6 tabs, and another happened after I closed a tab, so 5 open.

I also noticed a "partial reload" of some type that I have not seen before. I navigated to a tab, the page was fully visible and I could scroll the page - but the loading indicator under the tab (that blue bar) was indicating page load. My page did not refresh, did not navigate somewhere else (for example, accidental tap on a link). It filled up and I continued to scroll my page. Perhaps it's a new form of cache or something (or even a visual bug).

Previously I'd often get reloading with 1-3 tabs. Too early to tell if this is just because of a fresh reboot (no memory leak at the start) or greatly improved behaviour.

edit: Obviously the pages used could influence how many tabs you can open. I navigated my bookmarks using sites that I typically browse to.
 
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MinEderPlayz said:
I am not sure if the German iOS 7.1b4 label to unlock is cut off which is "> Zum Entsperren streichen", but the French version really seems to be problematic. Hope Apple fixes that on every level with every language.
Although the translation itself is ridiculous, because even in Germany there would be shorter ways to translate "> slide to unlock".
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UI translations into German are the worst in general. Every time when somebody hands me a phone in German I have to laugh because the translations are ridiculous.

The only language which works for this stuff is english. I know, it's sad :(
 
pgiguere1 said:
Another discovery:

Text messages make your iPhone do a single subtle vibration when you're already in Messages.app, rather than the usual strong two-tone vibration. Not sure if this was added before beta 4 though since I didn't test the others.

So, just 'bzz" instead of "BZZZZ BZZZZ".

You still get the usual vibration when your phone is locked though.
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beosound3200 said:
that was previously added while youre in a call, pre 7.1, not sure about the messages
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Also added in Messages earlier as well, don't quire recall at the moment if back in 7.0 or just in an earlier 7.1 beta--all of these are welcome changes.
 
MinEderPlayz said:
Seriously? Hitler jokes?
We are talking about languages including German, okay, no need to remind us of the dark past of Germany, even if it was just a joke... This man killed millions of people and other nations still associate every single German with Hitler; although we neither support his behaviour nor have ANYTHING to do with what he did...
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im sorry, it wasnt because of german, but because of mandatory use of english on a big chunk of people. i could also say pinochet or josip broz tito (ours :) ) or staljin, but hitler is the most popular
 
Purchases show in the App Store again complete with text, Google Image search works again, Itunes Match, which would not sync new purchases, works fine again, Maps seem to be a bit smoother and enabling location settings, which stuttered a bit the first time, seems to be smoother as well.

I'm not a fan of the new effect on the unlock label (esp. on the white "hello" screen), but almost all of the things that bothered me in b3 seem to be fixed, so that's nice :)
 
beosound3200 said:
im sorry, it wasnt because of german, but because of mandatory use of english on a big chunk of people. i could also say pinochet or josip broz tito (ours :) ) or staljin, but hitler is the most popular
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Neither of them would be a good example. I bet your dictionary includes words like "mandatory", "obligatory", "compulsory" etc. Should have used one of these...
 
pgiguere1 said:
Another discovery:

Text messages make your iPhone do a single subtle vibration when you're already in Messages.app, rather than the usual strong two-tone vibration. Not sure if this was added before beta 4 though since I didn't test the others.

So, just 'bzz" instead of "BZZZZ BZZZZ".

You still get the usual vibration when your phone is locked though.
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I noticed that too but thought it was a bug. Makes sense actually that I would be a feature. That alone made me turn the vibrate off my phone. Having an argument with your missus felt like she was actually there, shaking you into a submissive... I have issues
 
Overall app to app transitions and links are much smoother. Apart from the shift key issue it has true .1 smoothness now.
 
Hmmm... Cannot figure out how to name a playlist in music player....
I'll admit I haven't tried since 7.0.4.
Is this a bug only on beta 4?
 
I really hope they get the crashes resolved ASAP. Either I am an expert at causing crashes or, in fact, it is just that buggy.

I care nothing about the UI tweaks, I want their apps to be stable like they used to be known for. I ditched my iPhone in favor of a Moto X and it feels like I've taken a leap forward in many areas. All I have left is my iPad Air and it crashes far too often.
 
MinEderPlayz said:
Seriously? Hitler jokes?
We are talking about languages including German, okay, no need to remind us of the dark past of Germany, even if it was just a joke... This man killed millions of people and other nations still associate every single German with Hitler; although we neither support his behaviour nor have ANYTHING to do with what he did...
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A bit too sensitive are we? German humor almost entirely revolves around Hitler. They've moved on and you should too.
 
andybno1 said:
Did I read you can now remove update data? I don't see this anywhere
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It was within Settings/General/Usage/Storage. There I had the option to delete the data for this beta 4 update, which was automatically downloaded and was taking up over 600MB of storage. Once I chose to install the update, that option disappeared.
 
jarred125 said:
I really hope they get the crashes resolved ASAP. Either I am an expert at causing crashes or, in fact, it is just that buggy.

I care nothing about the UI tweaks, I want their apps to be stable like they used to be known for. I ditched my iPhone in favor of a Moto X and it feels like I've taken a leap forward in many areas. All I have left is my iPad Air and it crashes far too often.
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They have since beta 2. Not a single crash for me in many weeks since beta 2 was released. I used to get it multiple times per day in iOS 7.0.x but 7.1 pretty much resolves it for me.
 
MikhailT said:
They have since beta 2. Not a single crash for me in many weeks since beta 2 was released. I used to get it multiple times per day in iOS 7.0.x but 7.1 pretty much resolves it for me.
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Good. It really bugs me (no pun intended) that Apple let this slip through the cracks. There is zero reason that 7.x should have been released with the bugs it had. Every single person I know that owns an iOS device has complained to me that it crashes daily for them.
 
Rooster411 said:
Nope. Only have ability to add to the playlist that is there called "purchased". There is no + icon in my playlist area.
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This is what I see when I'm on the Playlist section.
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guys, anyone has this beta on iPhone 4? Is it faster and more usable then the current official version? My iPhone 4 has often lags few seconds before it becomes responsive again. Does this 7.1 improves that or is my iPhone 4 basically finished?
Any experience, please?
 
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