iOS 16.2 Beta 3 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[OhMyMy]

9to5Mac says it's just a test.

Apple tests 'Rapid Security Response' update on iOS 16.2 beta - 9to5Mac

Update: We can confirm that this is indeed a test and not an actual security fix. Apple has released a...

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Never a feeling like when you get things right✌🏼

 

[gwang73]

So far, haven't experienced a stutter when swiping home

 

[uhaas]

Thats not good. Ive been loosing 0% overnight on 16.2 beta 1.

I usually gain % overnight.

 

[uhaas]

Does anyone have an issue where a contact's photo disappears from messages, showing only the initials, but when you go into the message thread it shows? Had this on previous versions as well - not sure if it was just me?

All the time.

 

[uhaas]

source?

Myself (and an iOS 16 forum search will have others report the bug). I put the phone on the charger and go to bed. After a minute or two, the phone wakes up and asks for a pass code. How many people notice that? I can guarantee my family members haven't.

I went 10 days before I relaized what was happening, and I'm a developer, who plugs in my phone to my MacBook all the time. I'm sure most people that do local (non-iCloud) backups don't even know they are not being done because no one is looking at their phone 2-3 minutes after you plug it in (or put it on a wireless charger) after they do it.

If you don't know your backups are broken, and you go to restore, you will have data loss. I know restores are rare, but they do happen.

It's been broken since the 16.0 betas. It used to ask once, the first time, if you wanted to trust the device. Now it asks every time, and not right away. This also holds up the sync process, like uploading diagnostic data, which then build up.

Sep 20, 2022 at 2:52 PM – FB11553043 - iOS backup to Mac shouldn’t ask for passcode
Recent Similar Reports:More than 10
Resolution:Open

 

[uhaas]

I have iPad Pro M1, on Airtel network in India.
The iPad Pro does not show 5G options.

I thought India 5G was rolling out with 16.2. Was it working before?

 

[ibookemo]

Has the messages app reloading bug been fixed in this beta?

Nope - afraid it’s still here. I’ve reported the bug 🐞

 

[uniquemxs]

Yeah agreed on not expecting much with battery life on betas, but beta 2 of 16.2 I saw improvements over 16.1. Beta 3 just doesn’t seem as good. We will se though. Maybe tomorrow it will turn the corner

Seeing any improvements?

My concern with battery drain is, that it‘s mostly depending on the modem firmware. With 16.2 b1 battery life of my 14PM is superb, while it was pretty bad on 16.1, only obvious change was the updated modem firmware. does anyone has same views?

 

[iFone88]

Having AOD on, even with the new settings, still doesn’t allow notifications to ping through on my watch.

How Apple haven’t thought of this, I don’t know

 

[Pearsey]

I don’t think you need the profile installed if updating via IPSW…. Only. Only needed if updating OTA

Yeah but then you miss out on releases like yesterday.

Not digging anyone out, just wondering 👍🏼

And I’ve always been a bit to paranoid about installing betas via IPSW without the dev beta profile in. Quite cheeky the phone let’s you really.

 

[Pearsey]

Myself (and an iOS 16 forum search will have others report the bug). I put the phone on the charger and go to bed. After a minute or two, the phone wakes up and asks for a pass code. How many people notice that? I can guarantee my family members haven't.

I went 10 days before I relaized what was happening, and I'm a developer, who plugs in my phone to my MacBook all the time. I'm sure most people that do local (non-iCloud) backups don't even know they are not being done because no one is looking at their phone 2-3 minutes after you plug it in (or put it on a wireless charger) after they do it.

If you don't know your backups are broken, and you go to restore, you will have data loss. I know restores are rare, but they do happen.

It's been broken since the 16.0 betas. It used to ask once, the first time, if you wanted to trust the device. Now it asks every time, and not right away. This also holds up the sync process, like uploading diagnostic data, which then build up.

Sep 20, 2022 at 2:52 PM – FB11553043 - iOS backup to Mac shouldn’t ask for passcode
Recent Similar Reports:More than 10
Resolution:Open

Will report too

 

[Pearsey]

Never a feeling like when you get things right✌🏼

Your just a good guesser 😆

 

[bmac4]

Seeing any improvements?

My concern with battery drain is, that it‘s mostly depending on the modem firmware. With 16.2 b1 battery life of my 14PM is superb, while it was pretty bad on 16.1, only obvious change was the updated modem firmware. does anyone has same views?

I did actually, I think yesterday ended with the best battery life I have seen on iOS 16 so far. Hopefully that continues today. Just starting the day.

 

[uniquemxs]

I did actually, I think yesterday ended with the best battery life I have seen on iOS 16 so far. Hopefully that continues today. Just starting the day.

That sounds promising that there is no faulty modem update. Keep us updated, please!

 

[Lexio]

Having AOD on, even with the new settings, still doesn’t allow notifications to ping through on my watch.

How Apple haven’t thought of this, I don’t know

So this is actually a feature? I thought this was a bug

 

[iFone88]

So this is actually a feature? I thought this was a bug

Well, I have reported it as that's not how it should work.

Although, it's randomly just started working correctly - it wasn't this morning

 

[Bobout]

So if you ask Siri to put your phone in sleep mode (focus) it works for the phone but leaves your watch looking like this
and stays lit up

If You manually go in and turn on sleep focus mode then it puts all your devices in sleep mode including the watch, which will go dark

Going to report not sure if anyone else is seeing this ….it use to work in 16.1 but has been broke in 16.1.1 and all 16.2 betas

 

[papbot]

Myself (and an iOS 16 forum search will have others report the bug). I put the phone on the charger and go to bed. After a minute or two, the phone wakes up and asks for a pass code. How many people notice that? I can guarantee my family members haven't.

I went 10 days before I relaized what was happening, and I'm a developer, who plugs in my phone to my MacBook all the time. I'm sure most people that do local (non-iCloud) backups don't even know they are not being done because no one is looking at their phone 2-3 minutes after you plug it in (or put it on a wireless charger) after they do it.

If you don't know your backups are broken, and you go to restore, you will have data loss. I know restores are rare, but they do happen.

It's been broken since the 16.0 betas. It used to ask once, the first time, if you wanted to trust the device. Now it asks every time, and not right away. This also holds up the sync process, like uploading diagnostic data, which then build up.

Sep 20, 2022 at 2:52 PM – FB11553043 - iOS backup to Mac shouldn’t ask for passcode
Recent Similar Reports:More than 10
Resolution:Open

I’ve seen this a couple times recently. Never saw it before 16.1 or .2. I connect my phone and ipad to my laptop only about once a week for backups, only as a secondary to the iCloud backups, and I had to enter my device code twice while performing the backup of my ipad. I don’t think this popped up when I backed up my phone, yet.

 

[mcvaughan]

I’ve seen this a couple times recently. Never saw it before 16.1 or .2. I connect my phone and ipad to my laptop only about once a week for backups, only as a secondary to the iCloud backups, and I had to enter my device code twice while performing the backup of my ipad. I don’t think this popped up when I backed up my phone, yet.

I use iMazing for wireless backups to my Mac, and since iOS 16 the passcode is always required. Per iMazing it's part of new security in iOS 16.

 

[papbot]

I use iMazing for wireless backups to my Mac, and since iOS 16 the passcode is always required. Per iMazing it's part of new security in iOS 16.

That may be it then. I normally do those backups over WiFi which is when I saw this recently.

 

[zorinlynx]

The Weather app issues seem to be server-side; it's not loading on my Mac either which is running MacOS 13.0.1.

 

[tdar]

My battery life has been horrendous today. I know betas are a gamble and battery life can be impacted. But I used maps to get to work and then had the radio playing in the background whilst I was working. Most days I get home in the evening (circa 1730ish) with around 50% left.

I was down to 29% today at 1442hrs!

Also optimised charging didn't work last night either.

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I don’t know about you,but I never try to display maps in a car without having the phone on internal power. In fact I run my phone on the car’s power at every time I am in the car.

 

[tdar]

Seems like a security update.

Isn’t it great that they had to do a security update one day after the release?

 

[adrianlondon]

Isn’t it great that they had to do a security update one day after the release?

It was a test of the security update feature (as part of beta testing), not an actual security update.

 

[tdar]

I don’t know about you,but I never try to display maps in a car without having the phone on internal power. In fact I run my phone on the car’s power at every time I am in the car.

And yes that defeats one of my fav features- wireless CarPlay.