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iOS 14.5 Beta 8 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

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Banglazed

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iOS 14.5 Beta 8

Release Date ― April 13, 2021
Build Number ― 18E5199a
Darwin Kernel Version ― 20.4.0: Thu Mar 25 05:30:19 PDT 2021; root:xnu-7195.100.367~87

iOS 14.5 Beta 8 Release Notes
- No release notes for B8

New Features & Changes
New Issues
Remaining Issues
  • Call blocking apps do not appear in Settings->Phone->Call Blocking & Identification after reboot until you toggle the settings in the app. Rebooting the phone makes them disappear again in Settings. (started in B4 or earlier)
Resolved Issues

Additional Notes
  • iPhone 12/Mini/Pro/Max: 1.62.11
  • Intel iPhone 11/Pro/Max/SE 2020: 2.04.07
  • Intel iPhone XR/XS/Max: 3.03.05
  • Qualcomm iPhone 8/8 Plus/X: 6.51.01
  • Intel iPhone 8/8 Plus/X: 3.50.04
  • Qualcomm iPhone 7/7 Plus: 7.10.01
  • Intel iPhone 7/7 Plus: 5.00.00
  • iPhone SE: 10.21.00
  • iPhone 6S/6S Plus: 7.70.00 and 8.02.01
United States
  • Verizon - 46.0
  • Visible (MVNO Verizon) 46.0
  • Verizon (iPad) - 41.0
  • T-Mobile - 46.0.2
  • AT&T - 46.0.1
  • FirstNet - 46.0
  • FirstNet (iPad) - 41.7.6
  • Cricket - 40.5.2
  • MetroPCS -
  • U.S. Cellular - 32.5.9
  • Sprint - 40.0
  • TracFone/Straight Talk/Walmart Family Mobile - 46.0
  • Xfinity Mobile 45
Australia
  • Optus - 44.0
  • Telstra - 46.0
  • Vodafone AU - 44.0
Belgium
  • BASE - 33.0
  • Orange B - 32.5.7
  • Proximus - 45.0
  • Telenet - 44.1
Canada
  • Videotron - 45.0
  • Rogers - 41.0
  • Fido - 45.0
  • Bell - 45.1
  • Telus - 46.0
  • Freedom Mobile - 46.0
  • Fizz - 45.0
  • Virgin Mobile - 45.0
France
  • Bouygues Telecom - 40.0
  • Orange France - 45.0
Germany
  • Vodafone.de - 46.0
  • Telekom.de - 40.0
  • O2-DE - 40.0
Greece:
  • Cosmote - 38.0
Guatemala
  • TIGO GT - 46.0
India
  • Airtel - 46.0
  • Jio - 45.1
  • Vodafone Idea - 45.0
  • Idea Cellular - 40.0
Ireland
  • Eir - 33.5
  • Vodafone IE - 38.0
Mexico
  • Mexico - Telcel - 35.0
Morocco
  • Orange - 44.0
Netherlands
  • KPN - 45.0
  • Vodafone NL - 45.0
Poland
  • T-Mobile -
  • Orange - 46.0
  • Play - 31.0
Portugal
  • Vodafone P - 40.0
Southeast Asia
  • Singapore Singtel -
  • Philippines Globe - 44.0
  • Philippines Globe (iPad) - 38.0
  • Philippines Smart - 44.0
  • Thailand AIS -
  • Malaysia Umobile - 33.0
  • Malaysia Maxis -33.0
  • Malaysia Digi -
  • Malaysia celcom -
  • Hong Kong - 32.0
Sweden
  • Comviq -
  • Tre - 31.0
Switzerland
  • Salt - 45.0
  • Swisscom - 45.0
Turkey
  • Turkcell (Lifecell) - 36.5.5
  • Vodafone TR - 32.0
  • Turk Telekom - 32.0
United Kingdom
  • EE - 46.0
  • BT-UK (MVNO on EE)- 46.0
  • Three - 46.0
  • iD Mobile (MVNO on Three) - 36.5.4
  • O2-UK - 44.0
  • Giffgaff (O2 MVNO) - 41.0
  • Vodafone UK - 40.0
  • Virgin Mobile (EE MVNO) - 39.5
Other
  • Docomo - 32.5.10
  • AlwaysOnline -
  • TDC (Denmark) 46.0
 
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Pro_the_legend said:
Like "how's the battery life" posts... Speaking of, before anyone asks, how's the battery life?
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It is amazing.

I could use my ActiveSync-enabled GPRS/ EDGE PDA only for 2-3 hours max a few years ago. If I used Google Maps, I could literally see it coming down every few minutes. Now, I am able to use the phone (Android or iOS) for a lot longer than that in a lot thinner body than that. Battery life is amazing.

;)
 
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macintoshmac said:
I could use my ActiveSync-enabled GPRS/ EDGE PDA only for 2-3 hours max a few years ago. If I used Google Maps, I could literally see it coming down every few minutes. Now, I am able to use the phone (Android or iOS) for a lot longer than that in a lot thinner body than that. Battery life is amazing.
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Nice to see someone appreciating all the little things we take for granted these days! :)
 
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Pro_the_legend said:
Nice to see someone appreciating all the little things we take for granted these days! :)
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Thank you, and always! Instead of comparing with peers, we ought to compare with where we are coming from. Peer-comparison is for those companies to help them innovate. For us consumers, we need to see where we are coming from.

BlackBerry was amazing with battery life, and I loved it. Even though I carried a spare battery with it because my workload with it demanded it. The Windows-based PDA? I had 2 spare batteries for a total of 3 and if you had always-on internet for ActiveSync, you could consume those 3 in roughly 6 hours, give or take! 😅

With an iPhone or any other modern smartphone since a decade, I have only bothered to keep it above 50% and I know it will last me for 4 hours or so, average, easily. If I need to be away for longer, I try and prepare by fully charging (if I do not want to carry a battery pack). And then there is a battery pack for when I am travelling long distances instead of short trips. Life is really good when it comes to battery performance in phones today, and it is always amusing to see people riled up over a few minutes here and there. I get it if there is a drastic drop and that needs to be probed but beyond that, battery life is a moot point today.

Could it be improved? Yes, always. Give me 1mm thicker phone if that means a few more hours of battery life, because that would also probably mean lesser wear and tear of battery through lesser charging with high voltage. Maybe, not sure.

That extra mm would also make for an absolutely flat back instead of the camera hump and bump. So, an all-round win in my eyes.
 
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RSmith2023 said:
Lost another % point between the last build and this one... dropped to 96% max capacity...
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Do you regularly drain your phone to under 20% or use it till it's dead? Try to avoid doing that, if you do so. Keeping your charge between 20-80% is the most ideal way to remain at a higher health percentage as it doesn't decay the battery as much.
 
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macintoshmac said:
Could it be improved? Yes, always. Give me 1mm thicker phone if that means a few more hours of battery life, because that would also probably mean lesser wear and tear of battery through lesser charging with high voltage. Maybe, not sure.
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Of course there's always scope for improvement. There's a lot of innovation going on in the android world with split cell batteries and what not. The rate at which the phones charge these days might also reduce the wear on the batteries since they're not connected as long and don't produce heat for extended periods. Will be interesting to see what technologies Apple decides to pick up and integrate into iPhones in the near future!
 
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Just noticing this new setting
 

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