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Apple Seeds First Beta of watchOS 3.1.3 to Developers

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Apple today seeded the first beta of an upcoming watchOS 3.1.3 update to developers for testing purposes, more than a week after watchOS 3.1.1 was released and three months after the launch of watchOS 3.

watchOS 3.1.3 can be downloaded through the dedicated Apple Watch app on the iPhone by going to General > Software Update. To install the update, the Apple Watch must have 50 percent battery, it must be placed on the charger, and it must be in range of the iPhone. watchOS 3.1.3 requires an iPhone running iOS 10 to install.

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We don't know yet what new features or bug fixes might be included in the watchOS 3.1.3 update, but we'll update this post with any new discoveries. watchOS betas are often rather minor in scale, focusing on small bug fixes and performance improvements rather than major interface changes.

The watchOS 3.1.3 beta comes shortly after Apple pulled the watchOS 3.1.1 release after it was found to be bricking some Apple Watch Series 2 devices. Apple has not re-released an updated version of watchOS 3.1.1 that fixes the bug, so many users are still running watchOS 3.1.

Article Link: Apple Seeds First Beta of watchOS 3.1.3 to Developers
 
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This is hilarious! I'm still waiting for 3.1.1 which supposedly fixes the contact-names in Messages bug that's been popping up for me lately.

I guess rendering the Apple Watch inoperable technically classifies for a "fix", but I'd rather have a classic approach to a problem like this.

The point of my post being: Hilarious that instead of issuing a fix for the bricking update, they instead issue another update without any hint whether it'll brick again. Whoever is in charge of software distribution over at Apple should seriously wish for more competence in 2017.
 
Although I am on a first day update the HW with the iPhone and the Macs, I do have concerns regarding Apple Watch.
I stopped installing Betas on any device, too many problems, too much battery consumption and so on.

However the Watch - sacred me when I realised that Apple issues an update, it bricks your device and if it's not under Apple Care - you have to pay for their mistake....
 
kissmo said:
Although I am on a first day update the HW with the iPhone and the Macs, I do have concerns regarding Apple Watch.
I stopped installing Betas on any device, too many problems, too much battery consumption and so on.

However the Watch - sacred me when I realised that Apple issues an update, it bricks your device and if it's not under Apple Care - you have to pay for their mistake....
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No. They did not and never have charged for firmware flashes, especially when the update is what caused it.
 
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Part way through the install on a Series 0, no problem so far. One thing I've noticed (and never seen before) when the progress "ticks" are making their way round the dial, the last mark turns on an off about once a second.
 
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Suckfest 9001 said:
No. They did not and never have charged for firmware flashes, especially when the update is what caused it.
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A lot of people on the original Apple Watch, which is no longer under warranty, seemed to be left SOL after 3.1.1 bricked their watches.

I hadn't followed recently, but I wonder if they were able to get their watches repaired without cost.
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MrGimper said:
I don't recall reading about 3.1.1 betas bricking watches.
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EDIT: My bad - missed MrGimper mentioning beta.
 
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profets said:
A lot of people on the original Apple Watch, which is no longer under warranty, seemed to be left SOL after 3.1.1 bricked their watches.

I hadn't followed recently, but I wonder if they were able to get their watches repaired without cost.
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I read about 3.1.1 final bricking devices, but not 3.1.1 betas.
 
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SumYoungGai said:
So you're saying there was no mention of Beta software bricking watches in that thread?
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Are you referring to the one post from someone who said that a beta (not which version, or how recently, or how it happened) bricked their watch. And that's it? Sorry I was expecting a multi-page thread, not 12 posts in total and one mention of a brick.
 
Watch App still says 3.1(14S471). Waiting for the ß push but still nothing. Installed profile a while back.

EDIT: Never mind. Somehow the profile got deleted. Reinstalling.
 
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