Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of iOS 10.2 to Developers and Public Beta Testers

[Brammy]

Are we really going to do this until eternity? Installing endless buggy OS updates that keep us scurrying around like frantic mice until we drop from exhaustion. I'm already exhausted.

Err.. don't sign up for the program then?

 

[C DM]

Are we really going to do this until eternity? Installing endless buggy OS updates that keep us scurrying around like frantic mice until we drop from exhaustion. I'm already exhausted.

After decades of computers being around, this is a rather "interesting" question.

 

[M5RahuL]

beta updates come more than I do

LOL.. that's actually sad!!

 

[zorinlynx]

Can anyone confirm if the bluetooth dropping out issue on AT&T phones is fixed?

I had glitchy bluetooth audio until beta 4, and then it got a LOT better. Hardly any glitches and I listened to music on my Bose headphones for several hours this week.

So yeah they definitely tweaked something and it's a lot better.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

I really hope they have finally fixed the iCloud Notes Sync issue instead of focusing on stupid emojis and other useless junk.

 

[shez]

Dark mode?

 

[Moorepheus]

Then don't complain. My music library is reaching over 120gb at this point and I pull it down over a night or two while I sleep. The only things I use iTunes for at this point is complete, local backups (usually done bi-annually), restores to new phones, and for a backup of apps as there are several that I use that are no longer on the App Store.

Was not complaining. Someone offered an opinion and i countered it.

 

[bigpoppa]

Dark mode?

There's always one in the crowd...

 

[tremlock]

I'm guessing this means the public will get the release next week.

available now

 

[jezbd1997]

Not gonna lie...iOS 10 is what kept me using iPhone over Android. Before 10, it was safe to say Android was better. Now Apple has leveled the playing field.

See, I've been an iPhone user for years and I wish I never updated from iOS 8 or 9. 9 and 10 have been extremely buggy. The removal of slide to unlock was a mistake

 

[EBone12355]

There have been fairly long and multiple threads with various previous iOS versions.
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I believe there have been some final releases recently with letters in them (at least for some phones).

LOWERCASE letters are usually found in beta builds, uppercase in final.

 

[C DM]

LOWERCASE letters are usually found in beta builds, uppercase in final.

I should have mentioned that I was talking about lowercase letters. I believe it was the final/public iOS 10.1 release fairly recently which had a lower case letter in it when it came to the build number for iPhone 7 line of phones.

 

[ghostface147]

Can anyone test if the SOS-feature is available? Just set it up and press the sleep/wake-button 5 times, I'm staying at the 2nd beta cuz they got rid of it in the 3th

It isn't available except in India. What are you going to do when it's not in the public release and the beta expires?

 

[6836838]

I still have issues with BT audio cutting out on my Bose QC35s and Jaybird X2s on 10.2, albeit less frequently, but it still happens and is still annoying. I'm installing PB5, I'll let you know if this is the one that finally fixes it for good.

Working fine on my wired Senheisser's!
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Dark mode?

No unless all the developers were somehow given a new API overnight to implement it....

 

[rdinterman]

I had glitchy bluetooth audio until beta 4, and then it got a LOT better. Hardly any glitches and I listened to music on my Bose headphones for several hours this week.

So yeah they definitely tweaked something and it's a lot better.

Odd, mine was horrible in B1 and B2, improved in B3, back to horrible in B4. Haven't tried B5 yet.

 

[jtfolden]

Finally showed up on m y iPhone 7 Plus. Did anyone find it very slow to install. The progress bar seems to be moving painfully slow...

 

[Walbag]

Beta 5 iPhone 6s , now doesn't recognise apple watch ????

 

[goshya]

Have they fixed the notification centre lag by any chance?

Video:

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-no-immediate-reaction.2014974/#post-23956602

 

[jonnyb098]

available now

I meant the full public release as in NOT BETA

 

[caskin8a]

I don't know if it's the new A10 trying to balance power/battery life or what. The fact that this is allegedly the "fastest" smartphone on the planet, yet I see no performance gains over the 6S. In some cases, the 6s seems faster....can't figure it out.

I updated to this beta and then set up as a new phone. Seems a lot better so far.

 

[YankeeSR23]

I know it says the Video app is gone but I still have it on my iPhone and I've been installing the betas as they've become available.

Does anyone else still have the Video app or am I the only one?

 

[willrun4fun]

Beta 5 iPhone 6s , now doesn't recognise apple watch ????

I had to reboot the phone once more after the update then also reboot the watch and they connected again.

 

[Divegent]

Did someone try it on the 5s yet?

 

[dcuny2012]

Any improvement in Bluetooth functionality not mentioned in release notes explicitly? Since their work on it with 10.1.1, have had some issues streaming in the car as have others from poking around here.

We use the Square contactless chip reader for credit cards, which connects to the ipad via Bluetooth. I just loaded 10.2 beta 5 and the reader still does not automatically reconnect to the ipad when the Register app is active. It works fine on my wife's ipad which is running 10.1.1.

I'll report it AGAIN - not sure if anyone reads the bug reports.

 

[anubis1980]

Odd, mine was horrible in B1 and B2, improved in B3, back to horrible in B4. Haven't tried B5 yet.

My 6splus far better on b4 than Ny before it, quick decent sound over bt. I have for the first time noticed flickering on home screen