Apple Seeds iOS 6.1 Beta 5 to Developers

[Peace]

If people want to play around with beta software I understand. But please. Please do it in a way that helps Apple and developers make things easier.

Spend $99 for the IOS dev program. Set your iPhone to send data and send in bug reports.

 

[576316]

Complaining about backwards compatibility now? Really?

The fact is, there's no reason to have a 3GS now. It's about 5 years old. My partner had one before she got her 4 and every app lagged and messages barely even worked and that was even when Apple were still selling them. They are likely to drop support with iOS 7. Just get an iPhone 4S, they're cheap at the minute. It's better in every single way. Why keep such an old phone which is so behind the times when you can get a better one for less than you probably paid for the 3GS in the first place!

 

[Ryan Burgess]

The fact is, there's no reason to have a 3GS now. It's about 5 years old. My partner had one before she got her 4 and every app lagged and messages barely even worked and that was even when Apple were still selling them. They are likely to drop support with iOS 7. Just get an iPhone 4S, they're cheap at the minute. It's better in every single way. Why keep such an old phone which is so behind the times when you can get a better one for less than you probably paid for the 3GS in the first place!

I had a 3Gs for 2 years before I got the 5. I had no problems running apps, although sometimes if I had too many tabs in safari open it would crash. Ios 6 made my experience even better. I think it's really great that apple still supports it even though its old, because some people (like me) were/are still waiting for an upgrade.

 

[576316]

I had a 3Gs for 2 years before I got the 5. I had no problems running apps, although sometimes if I had too many tabs in safari open it would crash. Ios 6 made my experience even better. I think it's really great that apple still supports it even though its old, because some people (like me) were/are still waiting for an upgrade.

Contracts must be like 5 years now then. Wow, that's a long time. Sim-only is where it's at.

#sarcasm

 

[Ryan Burgess]

Contracts must be like 5 years now then. Wow, that's a long time. Sim-only is where it's at.

#sarcasm

Wow, you really don't understand do you? I got the 3GS for free on a 2 year contract, when it was already 2 years old. Does that clear it up for you?

Kinda like people getting the iPhone 4 right now...by the time their contract is up, that phone will be 4 years old

 

[mentaluproar]

Does anyone know if this will stop my iphone 4S from chewing through my data plan?

 

[576316]

Wow, you really don't understand do you? I got the 3GS for free on a 2 year contract, when it was already 2 years old. Does that clear it up for you?

Kinda like people getting the iPhone 4 right now...by the time their contract is up, that phone will be 4 years old

Seems counterproductive to "upgrade" to an iPhone 4 at this point in time. If your provider only offers a 4 year old phone as an upgrade, I'd consider a new contract. I don't think that's fair when you probably pay too much a month anyway. I'm SIM-only and just buy the handset. Far cheaper and what you get is often more than on contract.

 

[locoboi187]

Everything working well from Sprint's side

 

[576316]

Does anyone know if this will stop my iphone 4S from chewing through my data plan?

An OS will not stop your phone from "chewing" through your data plan. What you do with your phone is what's using your data. If your plan doesn't offer you much data be more restrictive with downloading apps and using services which require internet. The phone won't use much internet when idle apart from fetching email, messages and weather. I have 1GB of internet a month with my iPhone and I never use it up completely. Must be something you're doing but an OS upgrade won't fix it.

 

[Ryan Burgess]

Seems counterproductive to "upgrade" to an iPhone 4 at this point in time. If your provider only offers a 4 year old phone as an upgrade, I'd consider a new contract. I don't think that's fair when you probably pay too much a month anyway. I'm SIM-only and just buy the handset. Far cheaper and what you get is often more than on contract.

I'm with you on that one. Carriers rip you off! But people are still lured in because of the "Instant Discounts" on hardware.

 

[ArmCortexA8]

I am as puzzled as you are, I cannot get it to load it says "Device isn't eligible for the requested build"

I get exactly the same thing on my latest iPod touch 5th Gen 64GB. This error does not occur with my iPhone 5 and just tried again next morning same error on my iPod touch as well, so seems to only be iPod touch related for some reason, despite all previous betas installing perfectly no problem. Anyone else have ideas as to why this is occurring?

 

[chekz0414]

I get exactly the same thing on my latest iPod touch 5th Gen 64GB. This error does not occur with my iPhone 5 and just tried again next morning same error on my iPod touch as well, so seems to only be iPod touch related for some reason, despite all previous betas installing perfectly no problem. Anyone else have ideas as to why this is occurring?

Do you happen to have a 4th gen to test if 6.1 is installing on that device? It seems so far only the 5th generation iPod touch is experiencing this...and I also have 64GB

 

[JTToft]

minor UI changes such as the lock screen for playing music, buying moving tickets using siri, and general bug fixes thats about it really.

- Oh boy, are you wrong. It will add LTE support in several countries and on many carriers the world over when it is released next week.
For a lot of users it's the most anticipated iOS update in a long time. I can't wait.

 

[Scorpion King]

Would all my data on my iPhone, including the apps get wiped off if I download the IPSW and install it on my iPhone 4S?

 

[ArmCortexA8]

Do you happen to have a 4th gen to test if 6.1 is installing on that device? It seems so far only the 5th generation iPod touch is experiencing this...and I also have 64GB

No, but definitely chose the right DMG file because there is only one iPod Touch 5th Generation DMG file to download from the developer site. Very odd indeed, and more odd is I have yet to receive the email about the beta 5 downloads - then again I'm in Australia - about 16 hours ahead of the USA.

 

[Rajani Isa]

Which iDevice? Any risks if I install this "GM" instead of just wait for the public release? Im coming from the Android side and get antsy for flashing stuff...

If you want to be able to jailbreak, just leave your phone on the current iOS version that's not beta - and wait for the new jailbreak first (in case apple stumbled on the exploit used) before upgrading to any newer release.

If not - just wait for the official release. It's nice and simple (just plug the phone in on wifi and update via OTA or itunes)

 

[ArmCortexA8]

Would all my data on my iPhone, including the apps get wiped off if I download the IPSW and install it on my iPhone 4S?

Not if synched, its just a software upgrade. My main music library is on my Windows laptop but I still upgrade all firmware on my MacBook Air which has no music library, and the contents stays - nothing wiped at all.

 

[Ryan Burgess]

Would all my data on my iPhone, including the apps get wiped off if I download the IPSW and install it on my iPhone 4S?

No, as long as you shift/click update, NOT RESTORE. Just download the ipsw file and in iTunes select your device, (on a Mac alt/click, pc shift/click) on update, browse to the ipsw you just downloaded, and enjoy! Everything is untouched, but you have the newer version!

 

[Rajani Isa]

Despite what others have said/reported, I haven't had any problems with maps at all. (Granted I don't use it very often) I do prefer the looks to google maps/ios 5 google maps.

My main two issues with Maps are:

1 - It assumes U-turns are legal everywhere. Which in Oregon isn't true. They should fix that before someone gets a ticket and sues them (Oregon is a "Only where the sign explicitly allows a U-Turn is it legal" state). Don't recall that so much with Google Maps

2 - Siri's an elitist little @#$. "I need 555 Kaitlin way" "I cannot find Katelynn Way" - it doens't acknowledge alternate spellings at all. Some are quite basic too. And once I was looking for "Mace Road" - Got Mesa, Messa, and such. Once it even "heard" Mace road, but then siri looked for mesa, again. But this is a Siri issue, not a maps issue.

 

[Scorpion King]

No, as long as you shift/click update, NOT RESTORE. Just download the ipsw file and in iTunes select your device, (on a Mac alt/click, pc shift/click) on update, browse to the ipsw you just downloaded, and enjoy! Everything is untouched, but you have the newer version!

Thanks mate, downloading now!!

 

[DavidBlack]

Battery Life in IOS 6.1

Hey, is the battery an improvement in from IOS 6?. Anyone can post any usage stats? thanks I hope IOS 6.1 will fix battery bugs

 

[Ryan Burgess]

My main two issues with Maps are:

1 - It assumes U-turns are legal everywhere. Which in Oregon isn't true. They should fix that before someone gets a ticket and sues them (Oregon is a "Only where the sign explicitly allows a U-Turn is it legal" state). Don't recall that so much with Google Maps

2 - Siri's an elitist little @#$. "I need 555 Kaitlin way" "I cannot find Katelynn Way" - it doens't acknowledge alternate spellings at all. Some are quite basic too. And once I was looking for "Mace Road" - Got Mesa, Messa, and such. Once it even "heard" Mace road, but then siri looked for mesa, again. But this is a Siri issue, not a maps issue.

Yes those issues seem to be consistent with what I've heard also. My personal experience is fine, I have no complaints.

But you bring up a good point about Siri not acknowledging different spellings...apple should definitely fix this in ios 6.1.x/7. It's really frustrating especially when I try to text my friends. I'll say "Text Caden" every time it just says "I'm sorry, I can't find Kayden".

No such problems with maps however...yet.

 

[Rajani Isa]

Oh please.

The GM is released on the Dev portal. I am more than aware what a GM is. I know it is the version, barring a major bug find, that the public get. The point is that the public get the public release, they never get the GM in name. While they are often one and the same, Devs get the file designated GM before it goes public.

Go "educate" someone else. My God.

Wow, what's got Weegie in a wedgie?

So what you are saying, oh suffering one, is that other than the NAME of the file, if this is indeed the GM, this is the file we will get when Apple officially releases 6.1. So the basics of what Senseo said is right.

 

[Ryan Burgess]

Thanks mate, downloading now!!

No prob, let me know how it goes!

 

[Rajani Isa]

Yes those issues seem to be consistent with what I've heard also. My personal experience is fine, I have no complaints.

But you bring up a good point about Siri not acknowledging different spellings...apple should definitely fix this in ios 6.1.x/7. It's really frustrating especially when I try to text my friends. I'll say "Text Caden" every time it just says "I'm sorry, I can't find Kayden".

No such problems with maps however...yet.

IIRC, your contacts window has a field you can add called "Phonetic nickname" - as a workaround, you can add "Kayden" under that. (and that is kinda odd, don't think I've seen "K"aydens, only "C"aydens.)