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Apple Seeds iOS 6.1 Beta 5 to Developers
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Perhaps so.
Just looked at iOS version history in Wikipedia. The number of features pales in comparison to past software updates.....
iOS 6.1, the most mediocre software update ever.
Please tell me it fixes the latency issue when using Bluetooth headsets. Most annoying thing ever watching video and have all the sound out of sync after the screen goes black or the first 2 seconds of all my songs past the first track get cut off. This issue occurred with iOS6 and has never happened in any version before.
What did you expect when it was succeeding the most mediocre iOS release to date?
Anyone know if it fixes the issue I've been having on my ipad mini since day 1 where I can't sync any music or download podcasts or music from icloud? It's extremely frustrating and I have tried everything to fix it (DFU restore, settings reset etc)?
I think the Mountain Lion Dock will come with iOS 7....it will be a "major UI change"
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Still no love for Romania...
All of our carriers have LTE, some of them since last year...
....Vodafone, Orange, Cosmote (Soon to be T-Mobile)
if it happens in north america, it happens everywhere else.
Not down under, I have had no issues with it changing from lte and 3G and back again. Perhaps if it doesn't happen down under then it doesn't happen everywhere else
I'm not trying to be a smartass. I am telling the truth as it is.
Your call if you accept it or not.
Schönen Tag noch.
Who asked you though? my first question was answered and the other one was a joke which you obviously didn't understand. So there was no reason for you to "tell me the truth as it is".
There doesn't seem to any thing new, apart from the fact its not available OTA
GM's are not available OTA. Since this is not available OTA, it seems like it is the GM.
If I tell you, I'll have to kill you
Has me either worried, or excited.
EXACTLY. To be quite honest I really enjoyed the new iOS update. Facebook integration was a major plus, Maps is one of the best looking Maps app (I know everybody hates Maps, but it works quite well for me and I haven't had it be wrong for me yet), and the new APIs that devs got were AMAZING.
That said, they're focusing on iOS 7. It's obvious. This or probably iOS 6.1.1 will be the last iOS 6, as we head towards summer and get our iOS 7 preview!
Don't mind me asking but what is this mountain lion dock everyone wants. Is it the same one in mountain lion on iPhone. IMO the current ios dock looks good. Cam you give me a link to a concept image or some explanation please
Don't mind me asking but what is this mountain lion dock everyone wants. Is it the same one in mountain lion on iPhone. IMO the current ios dock looks good. Cam you give me a link to a concept image or some explanation please
check the 4th page of this thread. They posted pictures of it.
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They need to hurry up with iOS 7. And make it good. iOS is so stale at this point, anyone who denies it is delusional.
This is certainly a minimal upgrade per previous point releases. There are API enhancements end users will not appreciate because those are obviously for apps to upgrade to.
If you want more detail you can google
ios 6.1 api diff
And that will take you to sites with more info.
If you want more detail you can google
ios 6.1 api diff
And that will take you to sites with more info.
It's not working in Switzerland either, although the carrier bundle for Swisscom was upgraded from 13.0 to 14.0.
At this point I speculate on one of the following:
- this is not the GM, and the final version will contain newer carrier bundles (maybe 14.1 for Swisscom?)
- this is the GM, but LTE will be enabled for the missing European carriers separately, by rolling out the carrier bundle files (they did update carrier bundle files separately in the past)
iOS 6.1 beta 3 (or was it beta 4?) had LTE on TMN and Vodafone. Though since it's in the 1800MHz band, it's only available in a handful of places, and you'll have to wait for the carriers to use the new frequency in more places.
So what is your point?
Doesn't mean that every .1 release had to be a huge update. People on here expect too much.
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So it'll be interesting to see how the next week or so pans out. There will need to be an update pushed out by Friday for the support of LTE in some European countries. I wonder if that will be a iOS 6.0.3 release or this iOS 6.1? With a lot of signs pointing this toward the GM build that seems the more likely option.
I think this may be the final software release on the iPhone 3GS so they want to get it as perfect as possible so they don't have to revisit and fix bugs, so then every available iOS programmer can work on iOS 7.
If the rumours are true, then I think Apple will be focused on releasing the first beta of iOS 7 in the Spring (like they used to do) in order to have it ship on the iPhone 5S reportedly coming in the Summer (WWDC?).
I think this may be the final software release on the iPhone 3GS so they want to get it as perfect as possible so they don't have to revisit and fix bugs, so then every available iOS programmer can work on iOS 7.
If the rumours are true, then I think Apple will be focused on releasing the first beta of iOS 7 in the Spring (like they used to do) in order to have it ship on the iPhone 5S reportedly coming in the Summer (WWDC?).
So the general view on here is this new beta, nothing new to see from previous betas..........correct?