Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS 7.1, Apple TV Software to Developers

[Solomani]

what changes await?

Cultofmac.com has a good overview of the UI interface changes… things like options for Dark Keyboard, increase contrast, darker colors, etc. Booya! Apple's been listening to all the rants.

http://www.cultofmac.com/254839/all-the-changes-in-ios-7-1-beta-youll-actually-notice/

 

[C DM]

Cultofmac.com has a good overview of the UI interface changes… things like options for Dark Keyboard, increase contrast, darker colors, etc. Booya! Apple's been listening to all the rants.

http://www.cultofmac.com/254839/all-the-changes-in-ios-7-1-beta-youll-actually-notice/

Pehaps some of the rants, which is certainly good, but not really all or perhaps even most of them.

 

[Solomani]

Would be nice if they offered the old UI - iOS7 on the iPhone is just too damn hard to read - I've so many friends who have the same complaint (here at the retirement home)

According to Cultofmac.com, iOS 7.1 will have several improvements to the UI, improving things like color contrast, visibility, etc. Article link below.

http://www.cultofmac.com/254839/all-the-changes-in-ios-7-1-beta-youll-actually-notice/

 

[ghostface147]

Get rid of the shading of the dock all together. I don't like it there. Blocks too much of the home screen.

 

[Jvanleuvan]

Anyone heard if ios7.1 fixes the web-app issues yet? I've been all over apple about it but to no avail yet. Anyone else having issues with web-apps?

 

[jdusoccer12]

I don't know if it is just me but I really like this darker keyboard. Not because I ever had a problem seeing the other keyboard but because it matches my Space Gray 5s. I wish Apple made everything this color to match your phone depending on what color you have.

 

[chaoskun]

Isn't it under the default stills, in wallpaper and brightness?

That is a different one

 

[mikefla]

Can't activate after installing the beta? Read this...

After reading the Apple Developer forum I figured out the issue based on a tid bit of info I read there. After 4 hours of activation failure I wish I knew this 4 hours ago.

Connect iPhone to Mac, then click on About this Mac > More Info > System Report > USB > Now find your iPhone and copy the serial number, this is now your UDID, register this and viola issue resolved.

Like most I had used my trusted UDID app prior to the upgrade to register the UDID on the Dev site but apparently Apple has changed what is used for the UDID once the Beta gets installed. I guess they use the serial number now instead.

-Mike

Yep. Tried installing the beta then realized I replaced my phone between 7.0 and release and now. Added the device and i still cant activate. There's a thread of posts in the dev forums with people having the same problem. I rolled back to 7.0.4 just fine via DFU mode. May need to do that till tomorrow and try again.

 

[*~Kim~*]

Setting dark keyboard as default is awesome.

I like the current one, probably because I have a white fronted phone. Is it possible to set the keyboard to be the same as it is on 7.0.4?

 

[imaginex20]

iphone 5S is smooth as hell and animations are noticeably quicker. Haven't had safari crash on me yet and when deleting emails they delete right away and the badge doesn't remain.

iPad 3 noticeably smooth too.

As for the black keyboard...personally I don't like it..looks really out of place in Safari and Messages.

 

[ytsejam]

Does anyone manage to wifi-sync with 7.1 (+iTunes 11.1.3)?

I am unable to do so due to:

 

[ytsejam]

I think that syncing with the USB cable solved it. Now syncing via wifi does not fail with the above error message any more.

Edit: it didn't. :/

 

[53kyle]

Are there any real speed improvements on the iPad 2? How about the iPod touch 5th gen?

 

[X5-599]

Cultofmac.com has a good overview of the UI interface changes… things like options for Dark Keyboard, increase contrast, darker colors, etc. Booya! Apple's been listening to all the rants.

http://www.cultofmac.com/254839/all-the-changes-in-ios-7-1-beta-youll-actually-notice/

If they did we'd have a new (stylish yet consistent) set of icons by now.

 

[ErikGrim]

I agree. My music app is a mess with it randomly stopping songs and then playing but no sound.

This is doubly true with Podcast apps (including Apple's own). Will not resume a podcast if it has been left paused for a long period of time.

And the song syncing issues that has been plaguing Apple through so many betas and updates of iOS and iTunes is just embarrassing by now.

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I think if they implemented the colour changing background algorithm for the albums they used in iTunes 11, that would be best I'm guessing that's just wishful thinking though...

You can see that in action in apps like PocketCast. So nice.

 

[atlatnesiti]

Skipping BETA 1 as always, it is (iOS BETA 1, 2 3) always full of bugs.
Will begin testing on my old iPhone 5 after BETA 4.

 

[RebornProphet]

So I just installed 7.1 b1 on my iPad 4.

Finally I can stop using the home button again, the animation on the pinch to home gesture is now perfect. The zoom transitions are also a little quicker which helps. I definitely notice how much quicker they are when I go back to my 4s which is still on 7.0.4 just now.

The smoothness when going from portrait to landscape mode seems much better, especially on the home screen and iPad 4 now has the same transparent keyboard as the iPhone when revealed on the home screen using Spotlight.

The sluggishness is still there however when rotating the device when you have the keyboard on screen.

 

[Neryus]

So I just installed 7.1 b1 on my iPad 4.

Finally I can stop using the home button again, the animation on the pinch to home gesture is now perfect. The zoom transitions are also a little quicker which helps. I definitely notice how much quicker they are when I go back to my 4s which is still on 7.0.4 just now.

The smoothness when going from portrait to landscape mode seems much better, especially on the home screen and iPad 4 now has the same transparent keyboard as the iPhone when revealed on the home screen using Spotlight.

The sluggishness is still there however when rotating the device when you have the keyboard on screen.

That would be great. Annoyed me so much! Is the dock also fixed? On iPad 3 it displayed wrong colors when pinching to home. When pinching out of Safari, the iPad 3 didn't even show the background wallpaper until you where finished pinching.

 

[RebornProphet]

That would be great. Annoyed me so much! Is the dock also fixed? On iPad 3 it displayed wrong colors when pinching to home. When pinching out of Safari, the iPad 3 didn't even show the background wallpaper until you where finished pinching.

The dock now slides up from the bottom of the screen, no more quick colour change at the end.

 

[Neryus]

Okay, thanks for the info!

 

[freemannnn]

current version of itunes works with this beta?
laggy animations gone forever?

 

[macintoshmac]

How come nobody noticed that the Text Tones do not work - they all play the original 'Tri-Tone' only. Going into Classic and selecting any works fine but none of the new tones play - they all play the classic tri-tone. Weird.

For example, the 'Note' default tone is highlighted but it plays tri-tone. Selecting any other tone and reselecting Note does not work as well.

 

[53kyle]

How come nobody noticed that the Text Tones do not work - they all play the original 'Tri-Tone' only. Going into Classic and selecting any works fine but none of the new tones play - they all play the classic tri-tone. Weird.

For example, the 'Note' default tone is highlighted but it plays tri-tone. Selecting any other tone and reselecting Note does not work as well.

Well, lots of people noticed that.

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I just installed iOS 7.1 on my iPod touch 5th gen and I am very impressed! When I first got it I was coming from the 4th gen which was considerably laggy on iOS 6. I was impressed by things like no delay when I tapped on an app and opening multitasking...then came iOS 7 which felt more like iOS 6 on the 4th gen. Now with 7.1 I am seeing NO animation lag, NO stuttering, NO delay, and much faster animations. Siri and other apps open quicker too. Can't wait to see if it helps on my iPad 2 or possible iPad 3 in a month or two

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Some things that I don't think others have noticed:
- when there are no songs playing, control center has no scrubber bar thingy
- the "stills" and "dynamic" tiles in wallpapers & brightness actually fit the screen properly

 

[kwokaaron]

- the "stills" and "dynamic" tiles in wallpapers & brightness actually fit the screen properly

What do you mean by that? It looks fine on the 7.0.4 for me

 

[53kyle]

What do you mean by that? It looks fine on the 7.0.4 for me

In the picture below, the left is iOS 7.0.4 and the right is 7.1