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iOS 16.6 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

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Knowlege Bomb said:
Mine has never worked either. Even a short time after listening to Apple Music/Pandora/Audible/etc., I’ll pick up my phone and the Now Playing widget will either show a grayed out play button with “Not Playing” where my music info should be or the widget will just be gone.
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Exactly how mine behaves. Never know if it's going to carry on or just play some random crap!!
 
StumpyBloke said:
Has anyone been able to install and run (for the first time) the official ChatGPT app on this beta? It keeps saying 'the email address you provided is not supported' . Ta
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It’s working very good 👍
 
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StumpyBloke said:
Exactly how mine behaves. Never know if it's going to carry on or just play some random crap!!
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I’ve never had it play anything random. That would almost be an improvement. I have to open whatever audio app and choose what I want to hear again. This whole issue is compounded by Apple’s joke of a shuffle function which plays the tracks in a different order than what’s listed but is always the same order.
 
cbreze said:
Curious if you’ve tried a DFU. I found instructions on YouTube after reading about it. It is meant to determine whether the phone has a software or hardware issue causing the problem. I had never done one before so was a bit nervous about it but it turned out to be easy and was glad to find my issue is hardware related and nothing can be done, at least I now know. l only use wifi at home and it will randomly drop the connection to the phone. It may happen at any time or not for a day. This in itself would not be a big deal but the Wi-Fi drop happens and the phone data connection doesn’t pick up the slack and the iPhone stills indicates it’s connected! When I move away from my wifi connection it seamlessly trades off to the phone data connection. This is what is supposed to happen but doesn’t occur.
Since I now know it’s hardware related as far as holding a Wi-Fi connection it’s easier to deal with. Furthermore since it’s happened to two iPhones and none of my other phones or internet equipment I can rule out my internet as being the problem. Family, friends, and company come over with iPhones of their own and have no problems with my Wi-Fi.

I’ll end with this, when I got my iPhone 13 the Wi-Fi issue showed up within the return period so I got another device and it soon showed the same issue. This time I just returned it to Apple for full refund and got another 13 from Verizon thinking this being a different source I’d have better luck. It worked fine untill I was beyond the return period, just my luck. So I started researching others with the same issue and found lots of people were complaining about it. I called Apple and Verizon and complained but no luck since return period was over by then.
I’ll never buy another iPhone. I hope you find a solution to your issue.
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I've done a DFU before on other phones, I'm gonna see if I have the issue on my 14 plus today so depending on what happens I might have to bite the bullet and DFU my 14 pro tonight.

That sucks you had such a bad experience with iphones :(
 
Maybe depends how people use their phone/apps/features etc, but for me this is the most boring beta ever.

No bugs, good battery life, just works...
 
Ashin said:
Maybe depends how people use their phone/apps/features etc, but for me this is the most boring beta ever.

No bugs, good battery life, just works...
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LOL. Did you expect anything different in the weeks ahead of the release of the next major release? This is exactly where it should be at this point in the development cycle.
 
StumpyBloke said:
Thanks again. I just cannot get it to work on my phone or iPad. A friend of mine got his working. But he is not on the beta. Don't understand it. Oh well.
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Maybe you are not in a country where it’s working! I have iPhone 12 mini with 16.6 beta 1.
 

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I'm in the UK. As I say, a friend got his working when he was at my house so it's something to do with my phone/iPad or account. I've messaged support but whether I'll get a reply or not I've no idea...
 
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adrianlondon said:
Could you ask it if it would ever consider dating Siri, despite the differing education levels?
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Would ever consider dating Siri, despite the differing education levels?

ChapGPT:
As an AI language model, I don't possess personal preferences, emotions, or the ability to engage in romantic relationships. While some people may develop a fondness for virtual assistants like Siri, it's important to remember that Siri is a programmed virtual assistant designed to provide information and perform tasks, rather than a sentient being capable of reciprocal emotions or companionship Adrian. In general, relationships involve mutual understanding, emotional connection, and shared experiences, which aren't possible with AI assistants.


Off topic.
 
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TheByteSmasher said:
Maybe podcasts and books are different.🤷🏻‍♂️ What if you close the podcast app ( I don’t even have to close the books just wait until the iPhone dumps it from memory), then just hit play on your buds, what comes up? Oh, that’s the key, you need to resume play with the buds not hit play on the phone.
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I don’t tend to fully close apps after use. However, I’ve tried over the last couple of days. I was partway through a podcast yesterday, paused it and then fully closed the app. Control centre then showed ‘Not Playing’. Today, upon connecting my ear buds and pressing the ear bud to play, it then played the podcast from where I left it.

This is with Apple’s Podcasts app, with downloaded podcasts. Using Beats Fit Pro.
 
13paul13 said:
I don’t tend to fully close apps after use. However, I’ve tried over the last couple of days. I was partway through a podcast yesterday, paused it and then fully closed the app. Control centre then showed ‘Not Playing’. Today, upon connecting my ear buds and pressing the ear bud to play, it then played the podcast from where I left it.

This is with Apple’s Podcasts app, with downloaded podcasts. Using Beats Fit Pro.
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Is there a specific reason you’re force closing an app?
The way iOS is designed you’d be doing more harm than good. Only exception would be if a process is stuck in a loop and the app keeps running in the background after minimized.
 
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OhMyMy said:
Only exception would be if a process is stuck in a loop and the app keeps running in the background after minimized.
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This is what has been explained for years as the only reason to force quit an app. Otherwise the app is placed in the background with all activity suspended having no impact on other processes. In fact look how many complaints there are here because at certain times some apps reload when launched again with people yelling about memory issues. There are dozens of threads with these complaints. Yet here we have someone intentionally making them reload.
 
I’ve been pretty deliberately not paying attention to WWDC and the various rumors surrounding what would transpire then, so only suddenly now am I realizing WWDC is next week! I guess this could mean iOS 16.6 would be coming out THIS WEEK?? Really?

Or maybe more disappointingly is that it could still come out after WWDC? Speculations, anyone? :)
 
@OhMyMy @papbot

That may be the case however I still encounter issues where if you clear most or all of the app manager, it clears the problems up. As a rule I usually do not clean it out. Not saying app manager is the issue, but cleaning it does help.
This applies to both my 13 ProMax and iPad Pro 11. Some betas seem to affect this, some not.

Apps that I have found to occasionally affected by a loaded app manager:
  • Netflix
  • YouTube Premium
  • Spectrum
  • Fidelity
  • FF9
  • PDF Expert
  • Lightroom
  • Adobe reader/Edit for large docs
  • Prime
  • a few others I cannot think of at the moment.
 
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dk001 said:
@OhMyMy @papbot

That may be the case however I still encounter issues where if you clear most or all of the app manager, it clears the problems up. As a rule I usually do not clean it out. Not saying app manager is the issue, but cleaning it does help.
This applies to both my 13 ProMax and iPad Pro 11. Some betas seem to affect this, some not.

Apps that I have found to occasionally affected by a loaded app manager:
  • Netflix
  • YouTube Premium
  • Spectrum
  • Fidelity
  • FF9
  • PDF Expert
  • Lightroom
  • Adobe reader/Edit for large docs
  • Prime
  • a few others I cannot think of at the moment.
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Agree. It’s exhausting doing it all the time, but every couple of days I clear it all. And then some times do a hard restart for extra freshness. “Ting”
 
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dk001 said:
@OhMyMy @papbot

That may be the case however I still encounter issues where if you clear most or all of the app manager, it clears the problems up. As a rule I usually do not clean it out. Not saying app manager is the issue, but cleaning it does help.
This applies to both my 13 ProMax and iPad Pro 11. Some betas seem to affect this, some not.

Apps that I have found to occasionally affected by a loaded app manager:
  • Netflix
  • YouTube Premium
  • Spectrum
  • Fidelity
  • FF9
  • PDF Expert
  • Lightroom
  • Adobe reader/Edit for large docs
  • Prime
  • a few others I cannot think of at the moment.
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What kind of issues?
I'd only cleared specific apps when they become unresponsive and everything from the task switcher when I'm bored. There'd been months when I had the task switcher pile up so much so that it'd take me a min or two just to clear it all up manually. Don't remember encountering any serious issues that prompted wiping it clean as a solution. iOS isn't a true multitasking OS so everything freezes up, unless the app specs call for background usage like the phone, Uber app etc, once it's in the background and memory is dynamically added depending on the requirements for the app on the screen.
That being said, it's been awhile since I'd used an app that's resource intensive on my 13P like on your list so can't speak for your specific use case.
 
OhMyMy said:
What kind of issues?
I'd only cleared specific apps when they become unresponsive and everything from the task switcher when I'm bored. There'd been months when I had the task switcher pile up so much so that it'd take me a min or two just to clear it all up manually. Don't remember encountering any serious issues that prompted wiping it clean as a solution. iOS isn't a true multitasking OS so everything freezes up, unless the app specs call for background usage like the phone, Uber app etc, once it's in the background and memory is dynamically added depending on the requirements for the app on the screen.
That being said, it's been awhile since I'd used an app that's resource intensive on my 13P like on your list so can't speak for your specific use case.
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These are the biggest issues I see. I have in the past had a dev recommend to reduce apps in the app manager to see if it helps (usually did)
  • App locks when trying to open a movie, photo, or document.
  • App launches but reacts sluggishly.
  • App won't launch at all or locks in load process.
Apple seems to have frequent issues with being to aggressive or too passive on RAM management.
I do find I am doing a lot less than say a couple OS generations back.
 
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