iOS 7.1 beta 5 is rock solid

[BvizioN]

Sorry to see you think things like my iPhone 5 suddenly turning off at 40% charge are "dumb" or "silly". I tend to think issues like that are rather important.

Indeed they are importand. Is just that they are not new or unique to iOS 7.

 

[regkilla]

Yes, Safari can crash on some sites, but compared to 7.0.4 it's like night and day. I might get two weeks without a single Safari crash. The websites I visit don't cause any issues.
If I want to crash Safari though I can go to nin.com and Safari will indeed crash, even with the last beta.

nin.com doesn't crash Safari on my iPhone 5s on 7.0.4

 

[merrickdrfc]

I've noticed a slight drop in battery life on beta 5, on both my 5s and iPad Air. Nothing too bad (no huge draining or anything) just noticing the battery percentage when I plug my phone in at the end of the day is a bit less than it was on previous beta's and 7.0.4.

 

[petvas]

nin.com doesn't crash Safari on my iPhone 5s on 7.0.4

try it on an ipad air. it will crash safari.

 

[TC03]

Yes, it is rock solid,,,,and hopefully puts an end to the tonne load of dumb threads people are starting here. Never seen so many silly threads on Macrumors in a long time.

Nohting silly about complaining when a $500 flagship device can't even load more than two tabs simultaneously.

 

[sracer]

There are myriad solutions for nearly every type of visual problem--multifocal contact lenses, bifocals, cheaters. If you have a vision problem, I'm not sure it's a device manufacturer's responsibility to accommodate it.

Clearly, the issue is the end user and not the fact that the text has gotten somewhat smaller and thinner and thus less readable for more people.

"You're looking at it wrong" - Steve Jobs & cwosigns 🙂

 

[Charliebird]

Do people think the GM will come out next week?

 

[SusanK]

Which begs the question, why did Apple back themselves into a corner and release a buggy OS just because it was time for 5s launch?

Greed

 

[BittenApple]

Do people think the GM will come out next week?

Probably beta 6.

 

[guychicago]

Disappearing contacts

I noticed a bug where new contacts added to the phone keep getting deleted. Anyone else notice this?

 

[NOTmacbookpro13]

Nice surprise

 

[Charliebird]

Probably beta 6.

Dang it. I really want Apple to get it right this time but I'm about ready to throw my rMini into a snow drift if Safari crashes again.

 

[iOSBry]

Probably beta 6.

Agreed; I'm fairly confident we'll see iOS 7.1 beta 6 on Tuesday and possibly a seventh beta on March 4th unless they resolve several outstanding critical bugs (currently in beta 5) in beta 6.

iOSBry

 

[shandyman]

It's been pretty good for me, apart from on my iPhone 5S, when I unlock, i get a 20-30 freeze when going into an app or folder. after that, it's fine until i lock again.

 

[razrcallahan]

Nohting silly about complaining when a $500 flagship device can't even load more than two tabs simultaneously.

Well, on my iPhone 5 that is one year old most of the time I have 7-8 tabs opened and they are always open. I face crashes on chrome but never faced on Safari.

 

[TC03]

Well, on my iPhone 5 that is one year old most of the time I have 7-8 tabs opened and they are always open. I face crashes on chrome but never faced on Safari.

I was referring to the iPad Air.

 

[radiologyman]

Hmm, looks like 7.1 is great but will have to stick to 7.04 to keep jb 🙁

 

[rablat]

Agreed! Battery is a big improvement too. Can't wait for the GM!!!

I don't see the battery improvement infact I say it's worse. And I usually don't complain about battery.

 

[bkends35]

I don't see the battery improvement infact I say it's worse. And I usually don't complain about battery.

People seem to jump to conclusions after an hour of using it. I've always had the best battery life on 7.0.4, and that's doing clean installs.

 

[dannyyankou]

People seem to jump to conclusions after an hour of using it. I've always had the best battery life on 7.0.4, and that's doing clean installs.

Nope, been running it for the last 2 weeks. It's as good as it's ever been. iPhone 4s.

 

[bkends35]

Nope, been running it for the last 2 weeks. It's as good as it's ever been. iPhone 4s.

Let me rephrase that: Some people jump to conclusions after an hour of use. Mostly people with the 5/5s. It seems like 7.1 has been optimized for the 4 and 4s better than 7.0.4 was.

 

[merrickdrfc]

Its nearly there, I've had a few glitches here and there. Today my 5s decided it didn't want to remember any of my Twitter/Facebook/iCloud password and prompt me for them one after the other 🙄

 

[sbailey4]

Its nearly there, I've had a few glitches here and there. Today my 5s decided it didn't want to remember any of my Twitter/Facebook/iCloud password and prompt me for them one after the other 🙄

Yep include email accounts with those as well when ever it happens. Only like twice or so for me since b5. Maybe its a new security "feature" 🙂

 

[TheColtr]

Yep include email accounts with those as well when ever it happens. Only like twice or so for me since b5. Maybe its a new security "feature" 🙂

Same here, it's really annoying. Happenes all the time on both my 4S and iPad 4 both on beta 5

 

[C DM]

Yep include email accounts with those as well when ever it happens. Only like twice or so for me since b5. Maybe its a new security "feature" 🙂

Weird, haven't had that happen on any iOS 7.1 betas or 7.0 releases or betas either (as far as I can recall at least).