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Apple Seeds iOS 7 Beta 5 to Developers
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HSBC's Fast Balance app works again! In previous betas it just displayed "Network unavailable" when the app started. 
I miss the iPad Screensaver
I miss the iPad lock screen screensaver. I guess that is getting scrapped
I miss the iPad lock screen screensaver. I guess that is getting scrapped
If you installed it late, you will probably have to download/update to beta 5 via iTunes. It probably won't show the beta 5 OTA.
Panoramic scrolling wallpaper not working for me either (on my lock screen). Is it working for you on your lock screen, home screen or both?
Something I've noticed...
I went to update via OTA and proceeded to the springboard, allowing it to download in the background. In the past, once it finished the process of downloading, preparing, etc. a "Alert" style notification would pop up stating that there is a new software update ready to be installed. The alert gave you 2 options, "Settings" & "Later". You would then navigate back into settings and choose to install.
With beta 5, the same alert notification popped up but this time stating that my iPhone would restart in ___ seconds, starting at 10 and counting down. The two options given are now "Ok" & "Install"
After selecting install, instead of automatically taking you to settings and the OTA screen, another alert comes up stating verifying. In other words the process all takes place in front of the user on any screen on the device. Hope this is new and not already known!
I would post a snapshot but MR servers are a bit bogged down I presume. Will edit shortly...
I went to update via OTA and proceeded to the springboard, allowing it to download in the background. In the past, once it finished the process of downloading, preparing, etc. a "Alert" style notification would pop up stating that there is a new software update ready to be installed. The alert gave you 2 options, "Settings" & "Later". You would then navigate back into settings and choose to install.
With beta 5, the same alert notification popped up but this time stating that my iPhone would restart in ___ seconds, starting at 10 and counting down. The two options given are now "Ok" & "Install"
After selecting install, instead of automatically taking you to settings and the OTA screen, another alert comes up stating verifying. In other words the process all takes place in front of the user on any screen on the device. Hope this is new and not already known!
I would post a snapshot but MR servers are a bit bogged down I presume. Will edit shortly...
Did they fix the inability to zoom and pan the wallpaper if being used with the parallax setting?
Beta 5 fixed it. The lockscreen no longer thinks you are trying to unlock it when you press the play/pause or next track icons in the music player like it did in Beta 4.
snappier. animations sped up and now you can click on an app before the animation is finished.
you still cant swipe your home page before the unlock animation is finished however. you could do that on iOS 6.
you still cant swipe your home page before the unlock animation is finished however. you could do that on iOS 6.
I know it's nit-picking, but the parallax effect is still wrong. If you tip the phone away from you, the further an item is away from you in the z-plane, the more it should move down the screen. So wallpaper (furthest away) should move most, then the icon layer (middle) should move a bit less in the same direction to give an illusion of depth, and pop-ups etc on the top layer should move the least or stay still.
However, the wallpaper layer moves down as it should and pop-ups stay still, but the icon layer actually moves up instead of down which breaks the illusion of parallax if there's a pop-up open.
As an example, go to your homescreen and pull up the taskbar thingy. It half covers the second row of icons. As you tilt the phone away from you, the icons should seem to be disappearing behind the taskbar - instead they come out from under it more.
However, the wallpaper layer moves down as it should and pop-ups stay still, but the icon layer actually moves up instead of down which breaks the illusion of parallax if there's a pop-up open.
As an example, go to your homescreen and pull up the taskbar thingy. It half covers the second row of icons. As you tilt the phone away from you, the icons should seem to be disappearing behind the taskbar - instead they come out from under it more.
