iOS 5 To Be Released on October 12

[WeegieMac]

I'm delighted to confirm that, on the iPhone 4 anyway, iOS 5 is as smooth as can be.

There were a lot of niggles with the UI kit on 4.2 onwards, but the whole UI kit is butter smooth in 5.0, it's superb. The main niggles, as those familiar with my posts in the 4.3.3 animations thread will know, were that when you opened third party apps for the first time (after install or a reset), the launch animation would not run fully or at all, and look very untidy. When you returned to the home screen and relaunched the app, the animation ran in it's entirety. This has been rectified in iOS 5.

Also, if you had a full page of apps (all 16 spaces used), and you opened the multi-tasking tray, it would stutter a little. Now, on iOS 5, it's smooth as can be ... iOS 5 is a joy to use, it returns the iPhone 4 to the way it was on 4.0, if not better. I would imagine that these optimisations will come to the 3GS also.

 

[jbrucato]

I believe, but I could be wrong, it wont automatically sync unless it's connected to a power source. You can manually start a sync though before you get out of the car.

That's a really good point. It will be plugged into my car via USB, so hopefully (depending on how long it will take to sync) it will sync in the amount of time it's powered while in my car.

 

[class77]

If you update to iOS 5, will it screw up Mobile Me(for those of us who still have it running)?

 

[BillyBobBongo]

If you update to iOS 5, will it screw up Mobile Me(for those of us who still have it running)?

MobileMe still works perfectly on iOS5. Apple even mention that certain services will still be supported even after transition to iCloud.

However, some other services will not.

 

[Xenc]

Is GM still for developers only? I remember the 4.00 and 4.3 GM's were available to anyone

You don't need a developer account to install and run the iOS 5 GM. It is the same file that will be released this Thursday.

 

[applehotdog]

i can say things didn't go well for me. made a backup with itunes 10.4.1 and 4.2.10 just prior to installing iTunes 10.5 beta 9 and ios 5. well, i restored to ios 5 and everything went well until i tried to restore from backup.

initially i kept getting a message that said my backup is corrupt or not compatible with the iphone. i then tried restoring from an older iphone backup located from time machine to see if that worked. it didn't.

eventually i just brought my backup to my friends computer which had 10.4.1. i put the phone in dfu and restored down to 4.2.10 which worked fine. when i tried restoring from the backup at this point the iphone would just disconnect for no reason in the middle of the upgrade. bummer.

thankfully i didn't lose too much because it's all on my computer...i did, however, lose my app organization and settings, text messages etc.

i won't be trying to upgrade early in the future, that's for sure. i'm also not sure if i really trust iphone backups anymore. now that i have everything back to normal i've made a fresh backup. let's hope i can rely on it for future updates/restores.

aside from the above issues i've been using iOS 5 and it's working great.

 

[vaidyaso]

How to activate iOS 5 ?

Hi Techies,

I am new to this forum , as i am not developer i'll be waiting for ios 5 official release, i do have a quick question to ask. Can i upgrade my current iOS 5 running on iPhone 4 (32 GB) to iOS 5 ( on 12th Oct) without using WiFi ?

can someone please let me know the steps by step instruction, i don't want to loose any data, so please help me.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
S

 

[malias4]

i will wait few days for the ios5 and then prob uograde and use thethered jb for the moment !!

 

[QCassidy352]

I'm delighted to confirm that, on the iPhone 4 anyway, iOS 5 is as smooth as can be.

There were a lot of niggles with the UI kit on 4.2 onwards, but the whole UI kit is butter smooth in 5.0, it's superb. The main niggles, as those familiar with my posts in the 4.3.3 animations thread will know, were that when you opened third party apps for the first time (after install or a reset), the launch animation would not run fully or at all, and look very untidy. When you returned to the home screen and relaunched the app, the animation ran in it's entirety. This has been rectified in iOS 5.

Also, if you had a full page of apps (all 16 spaces used), and you opened the multi-tasking tray, it would stutter a little. Now, on iOS 5, it's smooth as can be ... iOS 5 is a joy to use, it returns the iPhone 4 to the way it was on 4.0, if not better. I would imagine that these optimisations will come to the 3GS also.

Awesome, thanks for the update. I'm excited for those improvements/returns to the way things used to be. My 4 was so smooth on 4.0 and has gotten a lot worse. I was mostly just hoping 5.0 wouldn't be another step back, but if it makes things like 4.0 again, I'm thrilled.

 

[ConnYoungy]

What time are the iOS updates usually published? will it be like 9am worldwide, or 9am USA so it'll be 2pm or whatever in the UK, for example?

 

[Yumunum]

What time are the iOS updates usually published? will it be like 9am worldwide, or 9am USA so it'll be 2pm or whatever in the UK, for example?

Exactly what I'm wondering. And now I'm disappointed because I thought it might've been the 11th today... But it's the 10th :/ 2 more days!

 

[Popinbottles]

Ios 5

Anybody know if IOS 5 will be available at midnight on October 12? And will I have to plug in for this update or will it be ota?

 

[Lukkee24]

Anybody know if IOS 5 will be available at midnight on October 12? And will be have to plug in for this update or will it be ota?

You will have to connect your iOS device in to iTunes to get iOS 5 initially; so yea you have to plug it in.

 

[Popinbottles]

You will have to connect your iOS device in to iTunes to get iOS 5 initially; so yea you have to plug it in.

Thank you

 

[b_scott]

does anyone know if I can downgrade from iOS5 beta 7 back to the current 4.3.5 version?

 

[Xenc]

does anyone know if I can downgrade from iOS5 beta 7 back to the current 4.3.5 version?

You can. Look up TinyUmbrella.

 

[mattburles]

probably see iTunes 10.5 today or tomorrow than iOS 5 wednesday at the usual 10:00 am PT, 12:00 CT, 1:00 PM

 

[b_scott]

You can. Look up TinyUmbrella.

should've waited for your reply. I tried and now my phone is in perpetual DFU mode and gives me a 1604 error.

 

[b_scott]

FYI, was able to restore back to 5 beta 7.

 

[mikemorris12]

Speed of iOS5 on iPhone 3GS

It was recommended by an ATT rep that I wait to install iOS5 on my 3GS. Comments were that when iOS4 was released it ran slow on iPhone3 and this could be a possibility of a similar scenario with iOS5 on a 3GS.

Anyone have thoughts on this?

 

[macbookpro45]

No IOS5 yet!

so apparently the 12th is tomorrow and today is the 11th, oops!

 

[BigDukeSix]

I just wonder if there is a specific time it will be available, or will it just show up tomorrow when it shows up? They probably don't want to say 'available at 5am PDT' or something like that so the servers don't crash with all the downloads.

 

[TiZon]

It was recommended by an ATT rep that I wait to install iOS5 on my 3GS. Comments were that when iOS4 was released it ran slow on iPhone3 and this could be a possibility of a similar scenario with iOS5 on a 3GS.

Anyone have thoughts on this?

I installed the GM last Sunday, it is SMOOTH on my 3GS. Really!
I had the feeling that I would need to ditch the 3GS if I wanted to use iOS5 since 4.3... was already pretty sluggish but men, was I wrong...

 

[philjo]

Does anyone know how big the iOS 5 download file will be?

 

[Amazing Iceman]

In iOS 5, Synching over USB, WiFi or with iCloud does no longer prevent you from using your device. You will just see a "synching" icon on the top bar towards the left.
I was reading what another user said about not being ale t restore. I have tried both, a full install and a restore, and had no issues. Just make sure you first install the new iTunes before backing up. Also, make sure you do a Backup and not just a plain sync.
I read somewhere that Apple is having a big even tomorrow to celebrate the life of Steve Jobs, so I wonder if it will affect the time when iOS 5 will be released. It will be a private event just for Apple employees, so everyone seems to be going to be busy. This makes me speculate that iOS 5 may be launched before the even, hopefully early morning for the U.S.

iCloud is already running, so what we should expect to get tomorrow:
- iOS 5
- iTunes update
- OS X update (for OS X integration with iCloud)
- iWork for OS X update
- iLife update (???)
- Updates for other Apple OS X apps, such as Aperture, Logic, Final Cut etc. (?)
- iWork for iOS update
- Updates for a lot of third-party iOS apps to support iCloud.

So tomorrow is going to be a very busy day! All those "series of tubes" that run the Internet will be loaded with traffic.

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I'm delighted to confirm that, on the iPhone 4 anyway, iOS 5 is as smooth as can be.

There were a lot of niggles with the UI kit on 4.2 onwards, but the whole UI kit is butter smooth in 5.0, it's superb. The main niggles, as those familiar with my posts in the 4.3.3 animations thread will know, were that when you opened third party apps for the first time (after install or a reset), the launch animation would not run fully or at all, and look very untidy. When you returned to the home screen and relaunched the app, the animation ran in it's entirety. This has been rectified in iOS 5.

Also, if you had a full page of apps (all 16 spaces used), and you opened the multi-tasking tray, it would stutter a little. Now, on iOS 5, it's smooth as can be ... iOS 5 is a joy to use, it returns the iPhone 4 to the way it was on 4.0, if not better. I would imagine that these optimisations will come to the 3GS also.

I agree, and also thanks to iOS 5, I now also know what a "niggle" is, thanks to it's on the fly dictionary.

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MobileMe still works perfectly on iOS5. Apple even mention that certain services will still be supported even after transition to iCloud.

However, some other services will not.

[EDIT: I just realized the following comment it's actually a reply that belongs to another post, not the one quoted above. Sorry for the inconvenience].
Strange, as iCloud offers to backup your Mail, maybe just to some extent. But, who would do that! A Gmail account accessed in Exchange or iMap mode allows the user to have the same content available on all devices.

Question: is SIRI also available for the iPad 2, or only for the iPhone 4S?

I'm also wondering if this new iPhone was the iPhone 5 that got renamed "iPhone 4S" as in "iPhone 4S(teve)"...