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Apple Unexpectedly Seeds iOS 7 Beta 6 to Developers, Update Fixes Issue With iTunes in the Cloud [Updated]
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Yeah, with decibels, each increase of one decibel is not simply an incremental increase, increasing one decibel makes the sound louder by one order of magnitude that's why people get confused when it appears that conversation is only "three (or so) times quieter" than a jet engine!
Truth be told if they aren't part of the developer program they aren't bound by the NDA. So if someone does publish it elsewhere it is fair game for them, but as a developer you would still be bound by the NDA.
I just got onboard the beta ship mere minutes before b6 came out. Been tinkering with the phone for the past couple hours, and it seems about the same as 6.1.3 at the same level of usage.
Play with it now, it's already very stable. Can't see much point waiting for GM, since it will be released only one week before it goes public.
I noticed the other day when listening to a hiphop station on iTunes Radio that after a commercial/ad played, a country song started playing randomly. No cover art or name showed up but it was country. This could be the type of issue it solved with beta 6?
I downloaded B6 OTA but do i also need to download the (ResetMusicAndVideosLibraries) config from the Dev center as well??
what I don't get is why I am reading from BGR and others that they think this is the last beta before the GM?? Are these people nuts?? They can't possibly be using it! If they are, they are basing this theory on what? ...funny how the site that claimed we'd get beta 6 on monday, then, hours later, apple releases beta 6 is the one still saying it's the last beta. Bunk.
I think there will be 8 betas before the GM...but, I thought that before this minor update to fix a problem for some users...so, either 8 or 9 betas, then the GM. ...This is a total overhaul, not just an incremental update, iOS 5 was not as big a deal as this and had 8 betas.
I think there will be 8 betas before the GM...but, I thought that before this minor update to fix a problem for some users...so, either 8 or 9 betas, then the GM. ...This is a total overhaul, not just an incremental update, iOS 5 was not as big a deal as this and had 8 betas.
There's no set schedule for betas so it shouldn't be that much of a surprise. I'm guessing this fixes the lack of art and artwork criss crossing that was happening on some titles.
I can only hope that it also fixes the lack of an ABC jump strip,being able to download from video etc apps including picking quality, show all toggle in the media apps. But something tells me no. With luck those will be added by GM. Aside from the first and last they were present in iOS 5 or 6 and it sucks that they were removed. They were very handy
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iOS 7 Beta 5 is still a bit too buggy, iOS 7 will probably have at least 7 betas, but they need to stop releasing them about a week apart, there are more improvements when they take their time.
Is it really needed. If you are unlocking you are generally looking at it so you know it's unlocked
Well if the September 10 date is accurate is there time for two more betas before GM?
I feel like there is still plenty of work to do.
Drag and drop management of apps between homescreens is not as solid as it was in iOS 6. A lot of weird buggy things happen when I try to move my apps around from folder to folder that never happend in iOS 6.
The Mail App and all other Apple apps should get the changes that they gave to the icons in Settings where each got an individual color and squared background. Those blue monochrome icons where everything is drawn with a similar line weight are a step backwards when it comes to scannability.
Likewise the icons in Safari are bad. They look like placeholders and hopefully that is the case and we see the real icons very soon as time is running out.
There is still a lot of work to be done to get the iPad polish up to snuff with the iphone as well (last I checked app store and itunes were still serving narrow iphone views to ipad).
edit: I realize this sounds very negative. I feel like the positives way outweigh the negatives with iOS 7, it just seems like certain things need obvious work to me.
Drag and drop management of apps between homescreens is not as solid as it was in iOS 6. A lot of weird buggy things happen when I try to move my apps around from folder to folder that never happend in iOS 6.
The Mail App and all other Apple apps should get the changes that they gave to the icons in Settings where each got an individual color and squared background. Those blue monochrome icons where everything is drawn with a similar line weight are a step backwards when it comes to scannability.
Likewise the icons in Safari are bad. They look like placeholders and hopefully that is the case and we see the real icons very soon as time is running out.
There is still a lot of work to be done to get the iPad polish up to snuff with the iphone as well (last I checked app store and itunes were still serving narrow iphone views to ipad).
edit: I realize this sounds very negative. I feel like the positives way outweigh the negatives with iOS 7, it just seems like certain things need obvious work to me.