Apple Seeds iOS 5.0.1 Beta 2 to Developers

[MacRumors]

Just two days after seeding the first beta of iOS 5.0.1 to developers, Apple has already pushed out a second version for testing.

The new version, known as build 9A404, comes as Apple is working quickly to deploy the update to address battery life issues and bring several other enhancements to devices running iOS 5. The latest build is available as an over-the-air update for those with the first beta of iOS 5.0.1 installed on their devices.

Article Link: Apple Seeds iOS 5.0.1 Beta 2 to Developers

 

[soco]

I think beta 2 only adds some sort of support for cache dumping, right? Feel like I read that somewhere.

 

[jasonxneo]

well, the battery issue is somewhat fixed

 

[l.w41sh]

Anyone see changes?

 

[TechDudeGeorge]

Think the servers may have been overloaded again, it's giving me 'Unable to verify update'.

 

[l.w41sh]

It is OTA!

 

[boxermansr]

I just finished pulling it OTA, for some reason the links in the developer center are not working yet, phones updating right now, so I imagine it'll be done in a few minutes.

 

[nippyjun]

It is OTA!

How big is the OTA update?

 

[ghostface147]

800 meg OTA? Damn. And yes...I've noticed around a 15% increase in battery life.

 

[D.T.]

Sweet. Seed away, I want my iPad gestures [again]

 

[Stuipdboy1000]

At this rate we'll be seeing the update pretty soon!

 

[314631]

I get a not found error message when I try to download this.

 

[D.T.]

At this rate we'll be seeing the update pretty soon!

I imagine since this is to correct an issue that affects the entire device (vs. just a minor fix in a specific app/condition or an enhancement), they'll have this on the super-fast-track. Battery life has always been a major selling point with iPhones, so I'm sure Apple doesn't want that positive attribute tainted too much.

 

[MTShipp]

How big is the OTA update?

800 MB on 4S GSM.
45.8 MB on iPad 2 GSM.

There must be a whole lot more changes on the 4S eh?

 

[Tonewheel]

800 meg OTA? Damn. And yes...I've noticed around a 15% increase in battery life.

Both my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 OTA's were 43 meg.

Looks like iPhone 4S is the whole enchilada, unlike the iPhone 4.

 

[Epic Xbox Revie]

800 MB download on 4S.

 

[jayhawk11]

800 MB on 4S.
45.8 MB on iPad 2 GSM.

There must be a whole lot more changes on the 4S eh?

800 MB download on 4S.

They must be replacing the entire OS, then.

Makes you wonder what is borked so bad that they can't patch it with a delta.

 

[204353]

2 minutes remaining on my OTA update. I was rather surprised to see the 800 MB size, but that suggests that they're fixing a lot of broken stuff on the 4S? I hope so!

 

[Tmelon]

800 megabytes for a delta? SiriOSly?

 

[Tonewheel]

800 megabytes for a delta? SiriOSly?

Well, clearly it's not a delta.

 

[boxermansr]

Mine just finished and reset. Only change I notice on mine (non performance wise) is a change from carrier info from Sprint 11.1 to Sprint 11.3, so maybe they updated something for Sprint and our sucky speeds will improve (haha, right).

 

[jayhawk11]

I think beta 2 only adds some sort of support for cache dumping, right? Feel like I read that somewhere.

That's part of 5.0.1 in general, not specifically Beta 2. It gives devs a few more options to protect files that iOS 5 is aggressive at clearing out when low on space.

 

[nippyjun]

Does it show the update size before you try to do the OTA update?

 

[dilute37]

At&t "4g"?

Wondering when they will slide in the update to show AT&T connection as "4G"

 

[jayhawk11]

Does it show the update size before you try to do the OTA update?

Yes.