Yeah personally iOS 8 is the most troublesome iOS beta I've ever used. I 'updated' from iOS 7 on an iPhone 5 and iPad Air, and both 'froze' during the final update process forcing me to perform a hard reset on them. This makes me uncomfortable, but it seemed to resolve the issue and they appear to work 'ok'.
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FYI - If you're not a developer, don't install iOS 8.
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I will admit and say that i am not a developer but i did register my UDID with the same service that did it for me last year for the iOS 7/7.1 betas and i ran into no issues whatsoever, different this time around. I was able to install and get to the activation page on my iPhone but now it claims that my "SIM card is invalid" and im not able to finish activation due to this rendering my phone is useless. is there any suggestions to get this fixed? im in the process of installing the .ipsw 7.1.1 restore file and hopefully im able to activate my phone with no issue.
By the way, i immediately went to the t mobile store after this happened and we switched my sim card to no avail.
By the way, i immediately went to the t mobile store after this happened and we switched my sim card to no avail.
I normally don't install betas, even though I'm a developer. But this time I did to see whether they fixed the problem I was having since I updated to 7.1, but after seeing that how unusable it is I've just reverted back to 7.1.1.
They shouldn't really call this a beta. Beta versions don't have as much bugs as this one. This should be called an alpha version and never have been released to the public in its current state. You don't release something if you can spot more than 10 bugs in it within a minute.
I strongly discourage anyone from installing this. Wait until it gets into a usable state.
They shouldn't really call this a beta. Beta versions don't have as much bugs as this one. This should be called an alpha version and never have been released to the public in its current state. You don't release something if you can spot more than 10 bugs in it within a minute.
I strongly discourage anyone from installing this. Wait until it gets into a usable state.
Alpha typically would be worse and would have missing items and features. This is more of a beta, especially when it's a developer beta at that, just not one that is as polished as a lot of other recent iOS betas have been--it's more that a lot of recent iOS betas have been almost better than beta.
Technically, that's correct. But beta versions normally have fewer number of bugs that are immediately apparent. That's why you give them to people outside your company. This seems like something in between. Were the betas of iOS 6 and 7 like this too?
Don't recall 6 much, but 7 betas did have glitches here and there too, although less. The stranger part here is that it seems there are some who are experiencing quite a few issues or more prominent/important ones, while others are experiencing less or less major ones. That makes it a little more odd and harder to figure out. So far there are certainly glitches but vast majority of them aren't anything really major--in my experience, although it seems like others might be having stranger issues for some reason.
Yes, there is obviously quite a lot of difference between the experiences of different users. Because if everyone had the same experience I had today, these forums would be full of rage posts
I'm now certain that Apple's software hates my particular iPad
That makes you a developer even if you don't develop code.
MOD NOTE: For everyone else. Please read the sticky we do not allow for discussion of specific steps to enable running the betas without being a registered developer, i.e. paying the $99.
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It doesn't seem to work as freely as the iOS 7 betas did.
I never registered my iPhone 5s since it was relatively new, and after installing iOS 8 to it, it wouldn't let me past the setup because the phone was not registered in the iOS Developer program.
Of course, I just logged into the developer portal and entered my UDID, restarted the phone, and it worked fine.
But all I'm saying is, if you don't have the luxury of doing that... Don't even try the update.
If you have a wifi only iPad or iPod touch is there any harm, cause I don't think that requires activation, or does it?
why not?
I see no problems with anyone wanting to use a beta if they understand the risks involved.
iphone 5s Sprint. I'm jailbroken on 7.0.6 but I really want to install this beta. I'm a registered dev. So it won't be an issue. So should I just stick to my jailbroken device. Or install ios8 b1 regardless of the bugs? I'm stuck as to what route to take. Thanks
I'm running 8 on my daily driver 5s and it works fine. There's been a few UI bugs and the settings app crashes constantly (but works after a reopen), few bugs in Messages (but nothing showstopping to me) but other than that it's been very stable. Much more stable than the iOS 7b1.
Agreed. It's reasonable to want people that have no clue what they're doing to stay away. You can tell who these people are based on the questions they ask.
But if you've been around the block a couple times, have zero expectations that you'll have a fully functioning device at all times, and don't leave negative reviews of "broken" apps on the App Store, what's the big deal? I guess some people just miss the days when they were an elementary school hall monitor.
The first beta is usually almost always very buggy and unstable. I can't understand why anyone except professional devs would bother installing it on a device they undoubtedly use daily - most average non-devs don't own a test device.
I just don't like idiots that install a beta os and expect apps in the app store to work and actually write one star reviews due to the apps not working on their beta os.
Not a developer but have the betas installed on my iPhone 5s. been using it for 2 days and nothing major.
Just the occasional bugs.
Just the occasional bugs.
Well that's a relief. I don't mind non developers running a beta but they need to be mature and not whine about bugs and instead report them to Apple.
I really think this is a misaligned quote. I'm not a developer and have been installing iOS betas on my device as long as I can remember. I'm a huge Apple/tech fan and I look forward to playing around with the new features as soon as they come out. However, I also recognize the fact that this is a beta and things will inherently might not work because of that fact. So of course I'm not going to leave bad app reviews (which you can't do anymore anyway) or complain on the forums about something that doesn't work or isn't fully working like demo'd at WWDC.
But the fact that I'm not a developer so I shouldn't be able to install a Beta is ridiculous. I paid my $99 just like you did.