Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 11.2.5 to Developers

[teknikal90]

Hmm you know what, I bet the calculator bug wasn't a bug after all. I bet it was supposed to be an iOS versioning tool that they re-purposed as a calculator. Or maybe they used the calculator to create all the new version #'s for upcoming releases before they fixed it. 😕

haha
and because they released new versions too quickly the calculator app couldnt keep up...hence the skipped numbers

 

[nt5672]

first they skipped 9
now theyre skipping 2, 3 and 4

no wonder apple's been buggy lately. they cant count

They haven't updated their Mac calculators yet! And fingers are just too, well, not Jonny Ive enough.

 

[sbailey4]

iMessage in the Cloud is probably deserving of more major version change, as in 11.3, not 11.2.5. I hope to be proven wrong, of course.

Maybe its read as iOS 11 2.5 As in 2 1/2 and this is in place of the 11.3 folks were expecting. Not quite enough stuff for a .3 so they use 2 1/2 instead. 🙂

 

[ackmondual]

What happened to 11.2.2 or 11.2.3 or 11.2.4?

That IS odd. FWIW, I think I'd still prefer this sort of numbering scheme vs. what Microsoft would use...
ios11.2.2
ios11.2.2 second edition

 

[mikesch]

AirPlay 2 has returned in iOS 11.2.5. So, I guess this update is supposed to get everything ready for the HomePod release early next year.

 

[SUPERLINER]

Is it me or are the cellular bars bolder/bigger in 11.2.5?
iPhone SE 64 GB here.

 

[Vashetti]

Is it me or are the cellular bars bolder/bigger in 11.2.5?
iPhone SE 64 GB here.

Yes I think you're right, also iPhone SE 64 GB here. Subtle, but looks bolder/bigger.

 

[Westside guy]

iMessage in the Cloud...iMessage in the Cloud...iMessage in the Cloud...
(Ferris Bueller teacher voice)

You mean Ben Stein?

 

[dubsty]

at least this means several updates are coming to fix the hot mess that is ios 11

I hate this rhetoric. Yes, iOS 11.0 was buggy, iOS 11.2+ is anything but. It's actually the fastest my 6S has ever been, and benchmarks support that. I've also had no crashes, hangs or problems since 11.2

 

[varunsanthanam]

Why are you freaking out? Just because you're overreacting to non-public version numbers doesn't mean they're a mess.

Yea exactly! There are plenty of *actual* reasons for that to worry about.

 

[iMac-Do-You?]

Plot twist: iOS 11.2.2.3.4 will be a feature of the iMac Pro released tomorrow. 😀

 

[chucker23n1]

11.2.5?! Does that mean they already have fixes pending for .2, .3, and .4? What is going on with Apple software?

Either that, or it's a half-step. Like, say, System 7.1 → 7.5 → 7.6 → 8 or Mac OS 8 → 8.1 → 8.5 → 8.6 → 9.

So a kinda bigger release than normal but not big enough to make it to 11.3? lol

Yup.
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Surely they are not skipping to 11.2.5. They just told us that a number of updates will be coming.

They also went iOS 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.5, 4.3 in the past.
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I'd like for them to change the way you close programs on the X, get rid of that press and hold to activate

Why do you frequently find yourself having to close programs?

 

[Tokenfreak]

Is anyone having problems downloading it? It says 9 hours remaining on mine....

 

[f12003_ga]

Is this direct update with the same public beta profile iOS 11.2...

 

[GregJohn]

It’s over 2gb so it’s not a small update size wise...

 

[macsba]

7 8 9

You're very punny.

 

[audiomixer]

Maybe we will get lucky where they actually fix the photo sync issues with iOS devices particularly iPad.

 

[coolfactor]

It's not clear why Apple has skipped several numbers to release an 11.2.5 beta.

I can think of one reason — to leave room for more emergency fix releases.

 

[C DM]

It’s over 2gb so it’s not a small update size wise...

It's just the full installer, which is typical for a first beta of a new version.

 

[miloatsale]

Anyone feels that the battery life drains more than 11.2? My iPad Pro and iPhone X does drain much more than usual betas.

 

[MrNomNoms]

What happened to 11.2.2 or 11.2.3 or 11.2.4?

They’ve probably got urgent patches to push out between now and the final of 11.2.5 like they did in the past when they skipped over a release number(s).

 

[franzdib]

Tried today an iaphone 5S with iOS 11.2 and it was very fast

I've had no real issues on a iphone 5s using iOS11.2. Mine was bought "brand new" 10 months ago.

 

[Bacillus]

What happened to 11.2.2 or 11.2.3 or 11.2.4?

iOS 11.2.5 aims to fix those bugs that 11.2.3 and 11.2.4 would have reïntroduced.

Like
11.2.3: iCloud msgs buggy, Calculator working
11.2.4: iCloud msgs w/bugfixes, Calculator broken
11.2.5: iCloud msgs pulled, Calculator working

 

[Jaybrwn]

My God this is a total mess. Who is running the place?

My thoughts exactly. **** show over in the iOS department smh.

 

[sbailey4]

They’ve probably got urgent patches to push out between now and the final of 11.2.5 like they did in the past when they skipped over a release number(s).

Actually iOS 4.2.x skipped exactly the same way. 4.2.1 went directly to 4.2.5 then all the way up to 4.2.10 in order. So no 4.2.2 thru 4.2.4 was ever released.