MrRom92
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This is an RC. Apple Devices will be equally as finicky with beta software or a final release depending on the day of the week, relative humidity, and the color of Tim Cook's mood ring.
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iOS 27 RC ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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MrRom92
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it is not by choice as this is what we are offered on Windows, but I will at least report back with my findings so that others in the same position may not have to take the same risks
iLuddite
macrumors 6502a
gwang73
macrumors 68030
Same. I've been using iOS 27 since beta 7 and just found out about this today when my 48MP option disappeared in the camera app and I put it back.
iLuddite
macrumors 6502a
Couldn’t you just update OTA 🙂
Has anyone mentioned this? This was a surprise...
Edit: Ok, so not new. Somehow I never saw this screen until restarting today.... maybe others missed it too.
Edit: Ok, so not new. Somehow I never saw this screen until restarting today.... maybe others missed it too.
MrRom92
macrumors 68000
My first attempt at an IPSW update with Apple Devices (the new version as updated today in the Microsoft Store) failed partway through, with a long unintelligible error code I can no longer reference to reproduce here.
However I force restarted the iPhone into recovery mode and restarted the update process, and it completed successfully the 2nd time around.
I completely stayed away from this iOS beta cycle and updated from 26.5.2, so everything is new to me here. I will note that my phone is considerably slower and hotter than it is during the usual post-update indexing, but maybe there is some very heavy lifting to be done in the background.
My immediate note after literally 5 seconds of use is that the photos app behavior is strange. when double tapping a photo it now zooms WAY in, instead of zooming in just enough for the photo to fill the iPhone's display like it previously did in all versions of iOS 26. I'm sure there is more weirdness yet to be found.
However I force restarted the iPhone into recovery mode and restarted the update process, and it completed successfully the 2nd time around.
I completely stayed away from this iOS beta cycle and updated from 26.5.2, so everything is new to me here. I will note that my phone is considerably slower and hotter than it is during the usual post-update indexing, but maybe there is some very heavy lifting to be done in the background.
My immediate note after literally 5 seconds of use is that the photos app behavior is strange. when double tapping a photo it now zooms WAY in, instead of zooming in just enough for the photo to fill the iPhone's display like it previously did in all versions of iOS 26. I'm sure there is more weirdness yet to be found.
MrRom92
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NBKindaGirl
macrumors 6502a
Completely agree!! Everything’s zippy and smooth on my 16PM.
Microsoft Store.... 🤔
This beta cycle has been the most stable in recent memory. In many ways beta 3 was better than 26.6.x for me.
While I never noticed this gesture, I suspect the change is part of adapting to a world where all iPhone displays are not basically the same size/aspect ratio. The gesture is the same on iPad. When the image doesn't match the display aspect (black bars/filler is shown) I think it is zooming to fill the display with the image (so no black bars/background appears). But when the image is similar to the display aspect ratio, it does seem to zoom a lot.
There is perhaps "more weirdness" for you to discover, but this is sooo much better than 26.x.... the transition from 18 > 26 was jarring and unwelcome for me.
This is a first for me: no thermonuclear heating while updating. Even with the optimizing there. Repeating what some said about this RC - it seems slower. But it might be the optimization thing. About the non resolved bugs, they had to make room for the new 18 phones to be shipped. Hope 27.1 brings the fixes. Overall, nothing changed from last beta. 17PM here.
vertsix
macrumors 68020
IPSW installed over from Golden Gate on my Mac to my iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Both are fantastic releases. Everything seems smoother and faster, especially Mission Control on my Mac on a 4K 144Hz display. Liquid Glass immediately removed and set to fully tinted - thank God Apple added that option.
Good job Apple, only took a year!
Both are fantastic releases. Everything seems smoother and faster, especially Mission Control on my Mac on a 4K 144Hz display. Liquid Glass immediately removed and set to fully tinted - thank God Apple added that option.
Good job Apple, only took a year!
Just started to work out of no where on its own like 10 hours after the update . Little buggy
BigDO
macrumors 68000
gank41
macrumors 603
For quite a while, this same person has insisted that because it's a way that Apple offers to update, that it should just work 100% fine and dandy, not taking into account that they're using a Windows machine to begin with... Everyone always points out the same "try this" or "why do this?" to them, and it's a fool's errand.. Just let them deal with using a Windows machine to try and manually update, even though they have other options.
gank41
macrumors 603
PayPal and the Imgur apps are both working just fine for me on my iPhone 16 Pro Max, and through all of the Betas. I use PayPal often.
MrRom92
macrumors 68000
I used to use PayPal often but it refused to install when I upgraded my iPhone. So it’s never been installed on this phone. Maybe if I buy another one it will work again.
MrRom92
macrumors 68000
Should Apple offer methods of updating that don’t work? Weird spiteful take to be contrarian just for the sake of it. Sorry that I don’t use a Mac.
lol PayPal, they banned my account about 6 years ago for no reason, can’t even create a new one.
Have you tried making a new partition and installing a fresh windows build on it and testing apple devices that way? Can’t say I’ve ever had an issue with IPSW files on my pc. Tbf can’t say I’ve ever used apple devices either, iTunes has always been fine for me 🤷🏻
gank41
macrumors 603
Seems odd to think buying a new phone would fix your problem. Maybe making an appointment at an Apple Genius Bar due to having a very specific niche issue, they can help you with this. Don’t apologize for using Windows. Sometimes I boot up a Windows VM and use it for some games and stuff.. Windows is still….Windows. TBH, I don’t expect much to work well on Windows, so anything installed from the Microsoft Store, IMO, is a YMMV situation. Not a Spiteful take when I’ve had my fair share of Windows issues over the last 25+ years to know that most “app issues” on Windows are actually “Windows issues”.
thadoggfather
macrumors P6
MrRom92
macrumors 68000
My install of windows was pretty fresh when Apple Devices was first introduced. I think it’s pretty well known that the application is problematic and temperamental - windows is not the issue here. Whatever the case, it decided to work today, at least the 2nd time around.
iTunes was much better however it conflicts with Apple Devices and removing one to revert to the other without losing data does not seem possible. I just use Apple Devices the few times a year it is necessary to update and pray it doesn’t randomly want to brick my devices in the process, like it almost did tonight.