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

:eek: my bad I didn't think I read anywhere about the tones issue.

The whole OS does seem to be tweaked. I felt a slight advantage when I checked out 5c, and I am not too sure of it but it seems that the animations and general system responsiveness has been tweaked on the iPhone 5.
 
Is the Radio app still terrible?
What about the music app as a whole?
Has the alarm clock been fixed?
Still missing a 'forward' in notes?
Zooming issues still present?
 
Changing wallpaper on iPad 4 no longer takes almost ten seconds.

2 seconds to set dynamic from Settings.
3 to set picture from Photos app.
5 to set static from Settings.

The whole experience of the OS is smoother with 7.1, so it's looking like it'll be a promising update when it goes public.
 
mikefla said:
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
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I have yet to try again but I did just this last night. Used the serial as my since my phone wasnt talking to itunes yet it still refused to activate. Rolled back to 7.0.4 and verified what itunes reported as my UDID. It matches the serial I used. Ran the update to 7.1 and it again reported an activation error. So it seems at the time not only did I forget to add my new phone, but they were having some delays in registering devices.
 
It doesn't feel like Apple spent more time on iPads again, all of the improvements reported are on the iPhones while iPads get minor tweaks (animation/pinch to close)but no major speed improvements.

Not to mention, it's still crashing all over the place due to low memory conditions. I'd thought they'd focus on that first but apparently not.

Not happy for now. Hopefully, that's what the rest of the betas will be focused on.
 
MikhailT said:
It doesn't feel like Apple spent more time on iPads again, all of the improvements reported are on the iPhones while iPads get minor tweaks (animation/pinch to close)but no major speed improvements.

Not to mention, it's still crashing all over the place due to low memory conditions. I'd thought they'd focus on that first but apparently not.

Not happy for now. Hopefully, that's what the rest of the betas will be focused on.
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iPad 4 definitely has slightly sped up zoom in/out animations when opening/closing apps, the on screen keyboard is now translucent when viewed on the home screen (using Spotlight), rotating from portrait to landscape is smoother (without keyboard), and changing wallpapers takes less than half what it does on 7.0.4.

Even in beta 1, the iPad feels far, far more polished than it does on 7.0.4.

I'm not sure how iPad 2 or 3 perform, but the 4 is superb on 7.1 thus far. I also don't see anywhere near as many tweaks or improvements in the iPhone build as you are suggesting exists. And for the record, regardless of the OS, my iPad has never, ever "crashed all over the place".

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dannyyankou said:
Don't know of it's been mentioned yet, but the five finger pinch stutter problem has been fixed on the iPad!
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Just a couple of times now. ;)

It is a much welcomed 'tweak' though. :D
 
PayamFr said:
For those asking about the new "darken colors" option under "increase contrast" in accessibility...

I found that Apple's blue buttons have a slightly darker shade of blue when "darken colors" is turned on. There may be other areas in OS that may be slightly darker, but this is what I found so far...

The image on the left has "darken colors" turned on. Note that the 'Settings' and 'Edit' buttons have a slightly darker shade shade of blue than the buttons on the image on the right. I like the buttons better with "darken colors" turned on.
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Thanks! Much appreciated!

I'm annoyed at how little this option does!

I was hoping 'darken colours' meant darken all neon colours a lot and make the text dark grey, or backgrounds behind text light grey - a bit less contrast for easier reading.
 
RebornProphet said:
iPad 4 definitely has slightly sped up zoom in/out animations when opening/closing apps, the on screen keyboard is now translucent when viewed on the home screen (using Spotlight), rotating from portrait to landscape is smoother (without keyboard), and changing wallpapers takes less than half what it does on 7.0.4.

Even in beta 1, the iPad feels far, far more polished than it does on 7.0.4.

I'm not sure how iPad 2 or 3 perform, but the 4 is superb on 7.1 thus far. I also don't see anywhere near as many tweaks or improvements in the iPhone build as you are suggesting exists. And for the record, regardless of the OS, my iPad has never, ever "crashed all over the place".
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1. The zoom is the same on the Air, no difference here. Fades are still much faster
2. Onscreen keyboard translucent, minor tweak, it could've gone into any .0.x releases.
3. True, the rotation feels a bit snappier
4. I barely ever change wallpaper, so I'm glad to hear they improved it
5. That's because you're using iPad 4, there's no crashing issue on any iPads with 32-bit CPU. Go to the iPad threads and you'll see folks talking about Airs/Mini with Retina crashing more often, especially in apps that uses webkit.

As far as I can tell, there are some serious issues with Safari as a 64-bit app.
 
I'm going to assume that, because a new Yahoo! logo is being listed as a "feature", the Music app hasn't changed at all...
 
MikhailT said:
1. The zoom is the same on the Air, no difference here. Fades are still much faster
2. Onscreen keyboard translucent, minor tweak, it could've gone into any .0.x releases.
3. True, the rotation feels a bit snappier
4. I barely ever change wallpaper, so I'm glad to hear they improved it
5. That's because you're using iPad 4, there's no crashing issue on any iPads with 32-bit CPU. Go to the iPad threads and you'll see folks talking about Airs/Mini with Retina crashing more often, especially in apps that uses webkit.

As far as I can tell, there are some serious issues with Safari as a 64-bit app.
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The zoom in/out on iPad is a fraction quicker, as others have said it may not be noticeable to some, but it's definitely a tad quicker which makes the difference.

I also don't believe the fades are faster.

It may appear so but the time between pressing an icon and interacting with the app after it appears on screen is no different between the zoom or the fade.

From what I gather, for all intents and purposes, the fades are nothing more than an 'optical illusion'. The mind is perceiving the fade as quicker because there is no animation to distract it, however it's not actually any quicker. I personally prefer the 'zooms' to the 'fades' ... the zooming in and out is what gives iOS 7 it's 'depth', I like it.

As I said, it's a good start to the first full .1 update, however I still ask why it took Apple until 7.1 to fix the pinch gesture animation. How it survived from 7.0 to 7.0.4 in that state is bemusing.
 
Lazlow said:
I'm going to assume that, because a new Yahoo! logo is being listed as a "feature", the Music app hasn't changed at all...
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They added shuffling albums by artists...not found by me.

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Anyone notice battery life improved on 7.1??? Seems like its a lot better on my 5 S so far...

Usage: 1 hour 9 mins
Stand by: 5 hours 43 mins

93%
 
*~Kim~* said:
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?
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Just don't enable the darker keyboard in settings and the same one as always will be there.

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macintoshmac said:
:eek: my bad I didn't think I read anywhere about the tones issue.

The whole OS does seem to be tweaked. I felt a slight advantage when I checked out 5c, and I am not too sure of it but it seems that the animations and general system responsiveness has been tweaked on the iPhone 5.
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Plenty of mentions of that in this very thread.
 
ErikGrim said:
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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You can see that in action in apps like PocketCast. So nice.
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Knock on wood, my Podcasts have all been fine other than someones enhanced content wont resume after i've had it on pause for a day or so.
 
Michael Goff said:
How about making the OS better for iPads?
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I still haven't upgraded my gen 4 iPad to iOS 7 yet - I like to use Hulu (not +) on it.

Your number of votes seems to indicate I'm better off for not doing so. Will have to investigate as to what the issues people are having. Thanks for the tip.
 
Have they fixed the Music app yet, with it's random skipping/jumping through the scrubber?

Was expecting more from a x.1 update.
 
Hustler1337 said:
Have they fixed the Music app yet, with it's random skipping/jumping through the scrubber?

Was expecting more from a x.1 update.
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Features and bug fixes may be added throughout the beta process, that's how it usually works. However, nothing is guaranteed. Just saying that what's there now is by no means how things will be when iOS 7.1 is released to the public.
 
What is it with so many people complaining about the music app?

I use it daily to and from work and haven't experienced any of these random skips, etc.

Is this happening while the screen is off and the phone is in your pockets?
 
RebornProphet said:
What is it with so many people complaining about the music app?

I use it daily to and from work and haven't experienced any of these random skips, etc.

Is this happening while the screen is off and the phone is in your pockets?
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I recently started using it more and when creating playlists it would sometimes crash, in fact it keeps happening to me. Not sure if this has been fixed in 7.1.

I find the Music app extremely buggy.
 
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