iOS 7.1 Update Due 'Any Day Now' With Support for SXSW App

[C DM]

Sucks for those that have been beta-testing iOS 7.1. No "butterflies in the stomach" for you tomorrow.

In some ways, a lot of the people running the betas have been waiting for it to go final for a long time and keep on having that "butterflies in the stomach" feeling practically any weekday hoping for a release or at least some beta update.

 

[CrimsonKnight]

Obviously not.
It's only a point release.

'Gold Master' is the name given to the disc sent to the presses for duplication... or to the factory for flashing to millions of new iPhone's to be shipped. We aren't necessarily expecting a new hardware release in that vein.

Thank you, that actually clears it up for me. I always thought for a release they did a Gold Master. Now I understand they do that only for a new version. Appreciate the info.

 

[Baerok]

just out of interest, what x.1 updates were released on a wednesday?

iPhone OS 3.1 September 9, 2009
iOS 4.1 September 8, 2010
iOS 4.3 March 9, 2011
iOS 5.1 March 7, 2012

All of these were released on wensday

 

[SMIDG3T]

iPhone OS 3.1 September 9, 2009
iOS 4.1 September 8, 2010
iOS 4.3 March 9, 2011
iOS 5.1 March 7, 2012

All of these were released on wensday

Ah, OK. Thanks for the info.

 

[TWSS37]

In some ways, a lot of the people running the betas have been waiting for it to go final for a long time and keep on having that "butterflies in the stomach" feeling practically any weekday hoping for a release or at least some beta update.

Butterflies in the stomach over an incremental update?

*Fry meme*
Unsure if serious or sarcastic...

 

[Atrin1]

woohoo! this is good news! oh wait....


good,,, news this,,

 

[C DM]

Thank you, that actually clears it up for me. I always thought for a release they did a Gold Master. Now I understand they do that only for a new version. Appreciate the info.

They have done it for point releases as well, just not always.

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Butterflies in the stomach over an incremental update?

*Fry meme*
Unsure if serious or sarcastic...

One that actually stabilizes and improves an otherwise not-so-well-rounded initial release.

 

[NMBob]

But why?

We still haven't figured out why 7.1 is needed for iTunes Festival. Everything seemed to work fine last September.

 

[lucastatic]

We still haven't figured out why 7.1 is needed for iTunes Festival. Everything seemed to work fine last September.

To encourage people to update? Being jailbroken on 7.0.6, I hope this doesn't start a domino effect of apps "requiring" 7.1.

 

[Apple NZ]

I hope GBA4iOS 2 works on 7.1

 

[Bl0ckHe1d]

The jailbreak section better brace itself for the torrent of "accidently upgraded to iOS7.1 and cannot jailbreak my iDevice...HELP!!!!"

 

[leventozler]

6 months of operating system crashes.. White/black (depending of your device color) screen of death. It shouldn't have taken this long.

 

[Scyanide]

We still haven't figured out why 7.1 is needed for iTunes Festival. Everything seemed to work fine last September.

Did they have live streaming last year? Not 100% sure myself on what would be required seeing the changes listed with each of the betas. However, I wouldn't put it past Apple that they have a few undocumented changes that are internal to the OS. Possible H.265 support? (Not saying that is so but just throwing out random possible ideas).

 

[Curun]

6 months of operating system crashes.. White/black (depending of your device color) of death. It shouldn't have taken this long.

qft

 

[Nevaborn]

I hope GBA4iOS 2 works on 7.1

It does on beta 5 just slightly choppy audio which should be fixed with an update.

I just hope they revert the call screen and slider.

 

[Scott90]

We still haven't figured out why 7.1 is needed for iTunes Festival. Everything seemed to work fine last September.

Apple's made major changes to the MediaPlayer API, I bet this app uses at least some of the changes.

 

[The Doctor11]

Come on iOS 7.1 I have been waiting for you for very very very very very very long time. So HURRY!

 

[Apple NZ]

It does on beta 5 just slightly choppy audio which should be fixed with an update.

Thanks, but I'm hoping public release of 7.1 doesn't break it.

Would be amazing if the dark keyboard option came back

 

[umzyi]

I hope Apple brings full screen contact pics back in final release

 

[Solomani]

That anorexic 7 needs a cheeseburger.

 

[iMcLovin]

I dont see this as much to talk about, the updates now are so tiny, Im almost wondering if theres a full large team working on iOS 7 and if so what are everyone doing? I´m guessing apple spend 5 people for a month to decide of a slide to unlock should go left or right or if there should be a 1 or 2 pixel bevel on an icon. (oh wait now they don´t even have bevels anymore, I guess some teams have a long nice holiday )

How about Siri update for more languages ? That would many appreciate I´m sure. Siri aint done until they support the languages they have in the OS.

 

[ptb42]

Does 7.1 offer the ability to turn off iOS downloads?

I'd like to be able to disable iOS downloads when connected to WiFi.

We are going to Europe next summer, and are renting a MiFi device to support 2 iPhones, and iPad, and a laptop. A full iOS download would wipe out several days of our bandwidth allocation.

I know how to disable application updates. But, I currently can't disable the automatic iOS download.

 

[jonnyb098]

The reason so many are waiting for this update is hoping that it solves a lot of crashing issues. Other than the slightly faster animations there isnt much to see. Just hopefully less crashes to be had.

 

[fredf]

'm just seeing a lot of visual updates. What happened to functionality?
Instead of new icons how about smarter and more manageable multi-tasking?
How about a Siri that doesn't leave me hanging for so long that I start typing before it's ready?

Who cares about a silly icon.

 

[WilliamG]

I'm pretty sure iOS 7.1 won't be the same as beta 5, what do you think they've been working on non-stop for the past few weeks?

Thank you, Mr. Literal.