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my music app is a mess... at least with asian characters. when going into cover flow it's super laggy and crashes the app. was okay prior to b4 i believe but not fixed yet
 
One more beta is about all they have time for. They said Sept, so to keep that schedule, they will need to GM by mid-Sept to release it for general availability at the end of Sept. And keep in mind that Apple has no problem with releasing the OS before the new device. Usually, they would announce the new device and the OS availability date on the same day, with about 1 week notice on the OS, and 1 month notice on the device.

Can you provide a link to where they said september? Cos unless you can, you're guessing as they've only ever said Fall, which is end of september, the last time they said fall, was for iOS 4.2 for iPad, which hit November. all the talk is that the iPhone 5 will be out in early october, so they don't need GM until mid september. so we have room for 1 more beta at least.
 
Anyone having trouble with the HDMI out, using the Apple adapter? I can't seem to get anything to play on my Samsung 32.
 
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it's not as bad as beta 5, but it's not ready for GM i feel. i see one more beta then GM, especially since iPhone 5 is out until early October, so we got a month and abit. One more beta is about all they have time for. They said Sept, so to keep that schedule, they will need to GM by mid-Sept to release it for general availability at the end of Sept. And keep in mind that Apple has no problem with releasing the OS before the new device. Usually, they would announce the new device and the OS availability date on the same day, with about 1 week notice on the OS, and 1 month notice on the device.
During the WDCc announcement they simply said 'Fall'.

Fall in NA where Apple headquarters is located is Sept 23 - Dec 21.

September you pulled out of your ass.
 
During the WDCc announcement they simply said 'Fall'.

Fall in NA where Apple headquarters is located is Sept 23 - Dec 21.

September you pulled out of your ass.

I thought he was, i hadn't seen september anywhere official. the majority of reports are putting iPhone 5 launch in early October, so iOS 5 will be out then with GM at the Media Event, which we still don't know when it is yet.
 
I just did the OTA update (from beta 5 to beta 6) on my iPad 1, and all of my pictures are still there. There were only a few, since it's an iPad an all, but I was still surprised to see them after what I read in this thread.

For those of you who lost your pics and had to re-sync, what device were you using? I wonder if that bug is device-specific... I sure hope it's gone for GM at least.

With every OTA update, I haven't lost my camera roll photos, but I've lost other albums from my PC that I have synced over. I just have to resync those, and I'm good to go.

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Yep, that fixed it.
Took forever but it fixed it.

Yeah, same here, especially since I have 2200 songs on mine, and I have it set to convert them to 128K AAC to save space. I wish it would do the conversion once and store the AAC files on my PC's hard drive, but nope, it converts them every damn time. It takes 4 hours or so to sync all the songs back over.
 
The only bug I have come across so far is that I cant upload files using the dropbox app. The upload window is just blank.

Anyone found a way around this or do we just need to wait for an IOS5 tested version of the Dropbox app?
 
For about 30 mins today my home button was totally unresponsive! Even turning off and on didn't sort it. Started working randomly later though.

The only bug I have come across so far is that I cant upload files using the dropbox app. The upload window is just blank.

Anyone found a way around this or do we just need to wait for an IOS5 tested version of the Dropbox app?

Gotta wait until there's an update for Dropbox
 
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it's not as bad as beta 5, but it's not ready for GM i feel. i see one more beta then GM, especially since iPhone 5 is out until early October, so we got a month and abit.

There will no doubt be 1 more beta. That falls inline with an early September media event (they usually release GM shortly after the event), devs getting their apps ready, and leaves open the possibility to have a second GM if Apple see's necessary.


Don't know this for fact, just makes logical sense because if you're using beta 6, then you know it's still at least 1 more away from GM.

It seems everyone agrees on 1 more beta. I don't seem to be having any issues whatsoever (at least they don't bother me) with beta 6. I was thinking Apple could fix all these and then release the GM for testing and hope, unlike last time, that they won't need a second GM.

On a different note, I can only hope that it is early Sept even though, like someone else mentioned, Fall doesn't start officially till sept. 23. Has Apple ever released any prior product before Sept 23 that was dated as a Fall release?

Lastly, not sure if this has been stated or not but will iCloud be released the same date as iOS 5 or will be there be a lag period? I am in urgent need for the automatic document syncing within iWork apps on the Mac and iOS; hence, I'm becoming restless waiting for it :(
 
It seems everyone agrees on 1 more beta. I don't seem to be having any issues whatsoever (at least they don't bother me) with beta 6. I was thinking Apple could fix all these and then release the GM for testing and hope, unlike last time, that they won't need a second GM.

On a different note, I can only hope that it is early Sept even though, like someone else mentioned, Fall doesn't start officially till sept. 23. Has Apple ever released any prior product before Sept 23 that was dated as a Fall release?

Lastly, not sure if this has been stated or not but will iCloud be released the same date as iOS 5 or will be there be a lag period? I am in urgent need for the automatic document syncing within iWork apps on the Mac and iOS; hence, I'm becoming restless waiting for it :(

Well the only Fall announcement off the top of my head was iOS 4.2 for iPad and that was released in november. Also, don't the invites for the Media Event go out 2 weeks prior to the event? I thought so but memory is failing me right now. If so, then definitely not first week of September at least.

It's been heavily implied that iCloud and iOS 5 will be at same time, makes sense since they are quite interlinked.
 
iCloud music download

I think this is the UI for downloading songs from iCloud:

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ios 5 is butter smooth for me. It's great, opening full folders on a full springboard page is smooth, opening the multitasking switcher is smooth even with a full springboard of apps.

Question about the wifi itunes sync. It says automatically sync with itunes but how do I get it to automatically sync? because I have to press the sync now button. And if it did automatically sync then when does the phone decide when to do it?

Regarding backing up documents and data to icloud. If it backs up a gamesave then I delete that game. If I was to re install the game to my phone will icloud install the gamesave back on my phone to?
 
ios 5 is butter smooth for me. It's great, opening full folders on a full springboard page is smooth, opening the multitasking switcher is smooth even with a full springboard of apps.

Question about the wifi itunes sync. It says automatically sync with itunes but how do I get it to automatically sync? because I have to press the sync now button. And if it did automatically sync then when does the phone decide when to do it?

Regarding backing up documents and data to icloud. If it backs up a gamesave then I delete that game. If I was to re install the game to my phone will icloud install the gamesave back on my phone to?

pressing sync now is a manual sync. the automatic syncing is done when it's plugged in to the wall charging. not sure exactly how long into that it autosyncs.

as for gamesave, yes if the dev updates the game to use the iCloud API's, it should
 


LOL I haven't seem that one before. Did you have to reinstall b6?

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The only bug I have come across so far is that I cant upload files using the dropbox app. The upload window is just blank.

Anyone found a way around this or do we just need to wait for an IOS5 tested version of the Dropbox app?

Yeah, any app-specific bugs are most likely due to changes in the API, requiring a 5.0-compatible be region of the app. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to let Dropbox know about the problem you found, in case they missed it while testing their app with 5.0.
 
Is anyone else's safari not opening pages in background? I've toggled the setting on and off it's just not working, don't think it has throughout the beta
 
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