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iOS 6 Beta 1: Current Bugs & Flaws Thread
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This feels like alpha to me. Siri crashes the phone whenever I ask her for directions. (Back to boot screen)
The FaceBook integration creates a ridiculous number of duplicate contacts and events associated with Facebook despite me disabling the "Calendar" feature in Settings.
Maps is gorgeous and super fast though. Even over AT&T "4G".
The text in the Music app is not very visible and doesn't contrast well with the background. I like the lighter colors, but the text needs to be more visible.
The FaceBook integration creates a ridiculous number of duplicate contacts and events associated with Facebook despite me disabling the "Calendar" feature in Settings.
Maps is gorgeous and super fast though. Even over AT&T "4G".
The text in the Music app is not very visible and doesn't contrast well with the background. I like the lighter colors, but the text needs to be more visible.
Same here
Weird thing is mine doesnt say " Map data by tomtom or whatever" that I have seen on some other people's screenshots..
Same here.
Only problem I've had (besides some expected crashes randomly) is it sometimes forgets my brightness setting. Other than that, pretty solid beta. iOS 5 was in much worse shape to start off.
I'm in the states and I've got it too :/
EDIT: Just after I posted this, I went to the app store, searched for the first app on my homescreen that was stuck on waiting, searched for it, pressed the button that was greyed out and said installing a few times, it asked for my password, and the selected app started installing!
Same here... commented on another board at how impressed I am with how stable this is as a first beta build. Maps are fine for me, Messages is fine for me, I'm getting better battery than I did on 5.1.1, and now that you can attach files inline I don't need Sparrow and a jailbreak to make Sparrow push. Most of the issues I'm seeing and have seen in early beta builds come from people outside the US. It should be known that Apple doesn't have much satellite imaging outside the US right now either. These will come in later releases.
Just had a quick read through this thread, I installed iOS6 in my iPad 3 and I've had one crash of the Map app.
Thats it.
Thats it.
Can you guys try to include which device you are running iOS 6 on? Some of these bugs might be exclusive to certain devices as I'm sure the iOS builds are probably slightly different.
I'm running the beta on an iPhone 4S and have found it to be very stable. All of my apps are running without any issues. The only issues I have experienced are as follows:
- I can't drag my tones over to my phone without clearing out everything and starting over.
- The auto brightness seems to go from one extreme to the other quickly.
- I'm not sure if this is a bug but I can't find out how to turn off vibrate when NOT on silent.
I can't think of anything else right now. If I find more bugs I'll post them here.
I'm running the beta on an iPhone 4S and have found it to be very stable. All of my apps are running without any issues. The only issues I have experienced are as follows:
- I can't drag my tones over to my phone without clearing out everything and starting over.
- The auto brightness seems to go from one extreme to the other quickly.
- I'm not sure if this is a bug but I can't find out how to turn off vibrate when NOT on silent.
I can't think of anything else right now. If I find more bugs I'll post them here.
I'm on a 4S too and find it to be very stable. And FYI, right at the top of the Sounds section in the settings there should be two options... "Vibrate on Ring" and "Vibrate on Silent".
Does anybody else have the Setting Time Zone Location Service running all the time? I just noticed that it won't turn off automatically, unless I turn it off completely. Is this normal for iOS 6? I remember in iOS5 it used to only come on every once in a while...
I suggest filing bug reports with Apple. That is, if you're a registered developer. If not, you have committed a crime.
It's a fact that a beta firmware should never be considered in a production environment, but once you know that and assume the risks derived of its installation, it's time to judge.
I've tried it on both my iPhone 4S and my iPad 2 3G and for me is running really well, with some minor flaws.
Maps needs to be improved a lot and at least by the moment I don't like what I see. I'm located in Spain, so it can be a location related problem, altough it says that map data are obtained from TomTom. You can install Google Maps as a shortcut in the desktop and it works quite nice.
Screen brightness is a bit out of control. When I first installed the firmware, both the iPhone and the iPad began with a really dimmed screen, around 20% of brightness. I corrected it and brightness at 50% thrown the same brightness as 100% before. I deactivated the automatic brightness and activated again and now it seems to be working OK, but as soon as I restart the device it goes crazy again. By the way - maybe is placebo effect - but I perceive screen colour more accurate than before, as if it were using a better calibration profile, without a slight yellow cast as before.
Facetime settings can't be accessed. When you try to enter them the settings app freezes.
Photo Editing in the photo roll has corrupted some photos. Be careful with this and always work on a copy if it's a unique photo you can't replace.
Music app is redesigned and it need to be polished, but it works well. Some weird behaviour sometimes with iTunes Match when switching between tabs, but now I've synced around 400 albums it works way better than before, loading every album cover much faster. Sometimes it syas you can't download the album, but it works anyway.
Air Video doesn't play the remote server files. I've published a post in the Inmethod forums and hope they get it corrected soon because I'll miss it.
I have more than 200 apps installed and almost every app I try works well. The most common Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Weather Pro, SoundHound, iBooks, GoodReader, TomTom, Motion-X GPS, CityMaps2Go, and a huge etc. is running fine so far.
I'm not a huge fan of iCloud and I'm syncing my contacts, mails and calendars with my corporate Exchange mailbox. But the iCloud services I'm using works well.
And the following three are updates that in my case make worth the update by themselves.
Bluetooth music streaming using AVRCP works better than before. It seems that the bluetooth link is more stable and less prone to interferences.
Siri is finally available in Spanish and if it gets improved, it's going to be really useful. I want to know why it isn't available for the iPad 2 3G, anyone knows?
Voice recognition integrated in the keyboard has finally convinced me to speak to my phone. It's nothing new and Dragon has it with Dictation, but being able to use it anywhere you need to type makes a difference.
I've tried it on both my iPhone 4S and my iPad 2 3G and for me is running really well, with some minor flaws.
Maps needs to be improved a lot and at least by the moment I don't like what I see. I'm located in Spain, so it can be a location related problem, altough it says that map data are obtained from TomTom. You can install Google Maps as a shortcut in the desktop and it works quite nice.
Screen brightness is a bit out of control. When I first installed the firmware, both the iPhone and the iPad began with a really dimmed screen, around 20% of brightness. I corrected it and brightness at 50% thrown the same brightness as 100% before. I deactivated the automatic brightness and activated again and now it seems to be working OK, but as soon as I restart the device it goes crazy again. By the way - maybe is placebo effect - but I perceive screen colour more accurate than before, as if it were using a better calibration profile, without a slight yellow cast as before.
Facetime settings can't be accessed. When you try to enter them the settings app freezes.
Photo Editing in the photo roll has corrupted some photos. Be careful with this and always work on a copy if it's a unique photo you can't replace.
Music app is redesigned and it need to be polished, but it works well. Some weird behaviour sometimes with iTunes Match when switching between tabs, but now I've synced around 400 albums it works way better than before, loading every album cover much faster. Sometimes it syas you can't download the album, but it works anyway.
Air Video doesn't play the remote server files. I've published a post in the Inmethod forums and hope they get it corrected soon because I'll miss it.
I have more than 200 apps installed and almost every app I try works well. The most common Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Weather Pro, SoundHound, iBooks, GoodReader, TomTom, Motion-X GPS, CityMaps2Go, and a huge etc. is running fine so far.
I'm not a huge fan of iCloud and I'm syncing my contacts, mails and calendars with my corporate Exchange mailbox. But the iCloud services I'm using works well.
And the following three are updates that in my case make worth the update by themselves.
Bluetooth music streaming using AVRCP works better than before. It seems that the bluetooth link is more stable and less prone to interferences.
Siri is finally available in Spanish and if it gets improved, it's going to be really useful. I want to know why it isn't available for the iPad 2 3G, anyone knows?
Voice recognition integrated in the keyboard has finally convinced me to speak to my phone. It's nothing new and Dragon has it with Dictation, but being able to use it anywhere you need to type makes a difference.
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Lol, well, seems like everyone has it covered with the bugs that I'm experiencing.
This Beta 1 is a lot better than iOS 5 Beta 1. I couldn't play videos at all, plus I was having compatitibility issues with a lot of applications. iOS 6 Beta 1 is pretty good.
This Beta 1 is a lot better than iOS 5 Beta 1. I couldn't play videos at all, plus I was having compatitibility issues with a lot of applications. iOS 6 Beta 1 is pretty good.
For the duplicate contacts, EDIT the contact entry and at the bottom LINK it to the Facebook entry. Remember to choose to enable Facebook address books when it asks you to link, or else you don't see the one to link to.
And then (or to just) ignore the Facebook entries, disable them in Contacts -> Groups.
This is how I went about it... I sync my contacts through GMail and if you uncheck Facebook as a group in your contacts it just leaves my regular numbers with Facebook linked to the numbers I have in my contacts. Best way to go about it IMO.
Yes, he was going a little overboard, but antagonizing him will only lead to us getting off topic.
Hahaha, sorry. I got a developer friend to register my UDID last year. Those guys always make me chuckle.
yes, i have noticed that if the phone is about to go to sleep, aka that brief dimm screen before it shuts screen off, well if you touch the screen then it sets brightness to 0%.
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Same for me on 4S. And the install button is a code string.
I wonder if you allow Facebook access to the Contacts app will it automatically add your contacts to Facebook? Or simply use them to link existing contacts and find new ones.
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Not here. I would try to do a fresh install. I upgraded from iOS 5 and was able to keep all my info.
I was able to update yesterday evening by selecting "update all". I only had an issue with the initial installation once iOS 6 was originally set up. It hung on Twitter and Remote...