iOS 16.1 Beta 2 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[GoldenChild]

Same for me on my 12.

Can’t speak for a 14 but it seems that the always on screen is very bright and needs tweaking. So could be the culprit.

Big up connectivity though. See iPhone 13 pros on 1 bar LTE and 14 pro 3 bars.

This guys done a pretty comprehensive comparison. The speaker 😍

Yeah I’ve noticed home/Lock Screen at the top of battery usage daily as well. The speakers are more immersive!

 

[dk001]

Neither has Blink (the camera app). And since the app is the ONLY way to access the Blink cameras its pretty sad they haven't. Granted it isn't totally dead just doesn't work in landscape when viewing recorded clips. SMH

Works great on my iPad. Never has on my iPhone.

 

[Cu5co]

Got to ask, you have enabled it in Accessibility right? I had to on my 14PM for it to work.

Doesn't work for me either. Option in Accessibility is enabled and I did try a force restart.

 

[Cu5co]

Same issue with Facebook running in background and eating a lot of battery.

I think if you are logged off from Facebook app, you will not have any problems. Try it!!

 

[kvlq]

I think if you are logged off from Facebook app, you will not have any problems. Try it!!

This basically means to not use it all...same thing as deleting it.
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[Pearsey]

Got to ask, you have enabled it in Accessibility right? I had to on my 14PM for it to work.

Still no startup or shutdown chime on my 14 PM. Anyone else?

 

[Pearsey]

Got to ask, you have enabled it in Accessibility right? I had to on my 14PM for it to work.

Annoying it’s only on the 14. Not like it’s a hardware issue other iPhones can’t do. We should all be able to chime

 

[bbfc]

It’s enabled. It’s always been enabled. It just doesn’t work for me.

 

[Jumpie]

Well to give Apple Maps credit, I was within 10 miles of my destination.

 

[Jumpie]

This basically means to not use it all...same thing as deleting it.
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I was having this problem too. Delete it and reinstall seemed to work for me. Back to normal now.

 

[Pearsey]

It’s enabled. It’s always been enabled. It just doesn’t work for me.

No option on the 12 I can see.

 

[christian.terra]

is it me or have the delete/report junk options in messages changed now all of a sudden? its much better now

 

[bbfc]

No option on the 12 I can see.

It’s just for the iPhone 14s.

 

[as4life]

Still seeing stutter when minimizing apps. To be fair, I was experiencing that on official iOS 16 build

 

[adrianlondon]

No option on the 12 I can see.

It's only on the 14 as the chimes have to be part of the boot ROM which runs before the firmware/OS is loaded.

 

[Shin-Ra]

Annoying it’s only on the 14. Not like it’s a hardware issue other iPhones can’t do. We should all be able to chime

Shut Down chime any iOS device could do, but the Boot ROM of pre-iPhone 14 devices may actually be READ ONLY and have no capability for audio playback.

Boot process for iPhone and iPad devices

iPhone and iPad provide a secure boot process using a chain of trust in which each step helps ensure that the next is signed by Apple.

support.apple.com

When an iOS or iPadOS device is turned on, its Application Processor immediately executes code from read-only memory referred to as Boot ROM. This immutable code, known as the hardware root of trust, is laid down during chip fabrication and is implicitly trusted.

Best they could do is a later startup sound once iOS is loaded. iPhone 14 it’s immediate at the Apple logo.

 

[Pearsey]

Still seeing stutter when minimizing apps. To be fair, I was experiencing that on official iOS 16 build

Video?

Not seeing that on my 12.

 

[WilliApple]

I have a weird major bug in iOS 16.1 Beta 2 where calls would ring for 0.1 seconds, then hang up.

 

[steveing64]

Has anybody having problems with iMessage activation been trying all day no luck

 

[gwhizkids]

I have a weird major bug in iOS 16.1 Beta 2 where calls would ring for 0.1 seconds, then hang up.

Do you, by chance, have the Silence Unknown Callers toggle turned on in the Phone settings menu?

 

[roncron]

Still no startup or shutdown chime on my 14 PM. Anyone else?

This seems like a bug in 16.1 beta 2.

The startup and shutdown chime worked consistently when my 14PM was running 16.0.1.

As soon as I installed 16.1b2, it stopped working.

(I never ran beta 1 so I don't know whether the startup/shutdown chime worked on beta 1.)

Reported.

 

[blueeyes2die4]

This seems like a bug in 16.1 beta 2.

The startup and shutdown chime worked consistently when my 14PM was running 16.0.1.

As soon as I installed 16.1b2, it stopped working.

(I never ran beta 1 so I don't know whether the startup/shutdown chime worked on beta 1.)

Reported.

It works on my 14PM. I installed beta 2 using ipsw.

 

[gwhizkids]

It works on my 14PM. I installed beta 2 using ipsw.

Where is the setting for this?

 

[Sleepinlight]

So… is the latest iPadOS public beta supposed to look like this? Why does it say 16 beta 7? Shouldn’t it say 16.1 or beta 9?

 

[gwhizkids]

So… is the latest iPadOS public beta supposed to look like this? Why does it say 16 beta 7? Shouldn’t it say 16.1 or beta 9?

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It is the 9th beta of the new iPadOS software. It started off as for iPadOS 16.0 but now will be released as iPadOS 16.1. Nevertheless, and likely because its been one continuous series, they’ve continued the beta numbering system. Why its showing up for you as beta 7 is because there were 2 developer betas before the first public beta was released in early July. So, what you’re seeing is the latest and greatest.