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General iOS 7 beta 1 thread

Im thinking of spending 100$ because I cant find anyone that will add me on their list.

I have a question thought from people who used previous betas:

Will this, being a beta, work functionally enough to use as a day to day phone for a few months?

Or is a beta so buggy usually that its a bad experience.

Is iOS7 usable for day to day in its current for by those of you who already are playing with it???
 
hey guys anyone know if there is a way to change the icloud keychain phone number after its been setup? i didnt enter area code and I'm not able to get the text message to confirm my new device
 
Bobby Corwen said:
Im thinking of spending 100$ because I cant find anyone that will add me on their list.

I have a question thought from people who used previous betas:

Will this, being a beta, work functionally enough to use as a day to day phone for a few months?

Or is a beta so buggy usually that its a bad experience.

Is iOS7 usable for day to day in its current for by those of you who already are playing with it???
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it seems stable to me, I thought i was having wifi issues but that's cause my router is more than 10 years old lol
 
Bobby Corwen said:
Im thinking of spending 100$ because I cant find anyone that will add me on their list.

I have a question thought from people who used previous betas:

Will this, being a beta, work functionally enough to use as a day to day phone for a few months?

Or is a beta so buggy usually that its a bad experience.

Is iOS7 usable for day to day in its current for by those of you who already are playing with it???
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Annnnnd here comes the annoying whiny developer comments.
 
I'm playing around with it now. It looked great in the keynote today, but now that I have it in my hands I have a few reservations :( It just feels...weird, and not in a new, exciting, fresh way. It doesn't feel like Apple.

I'm hoping I just need to get used to it. But for now I'm a little surprised to be disappointed.
 
Bobby Corwen said:
Im thinking of spending 100$ because I cant find anyone that will add me on their list.

I have a question thought from people who used previous betas:

Will this, being a beta, work functionally enough to use as a day to day phone for a few months?

Or is a beta so buggy usually that its a bad experience.

Is iOS7 usable for day to day in its current for by those of you who already are playing with it???
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pay someone on ebay $5..
 
Warning: Resetting the phone in any way that gets to the set up screen will make you have to restore back to 6.1.4 and re-update.
 
ionjohn said:
it seems stable to me, I thought i was having wifi issues but that's cause my router is more than 10 years old lol
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So I can expect to survive through these few months with usability without much hassle? Esspecially as the new betas come out?

I really gotta see this new design up close and personally in hand...

But if iOS 6 beta for example was all messed up and unusable, id be afraid to try this one so early?
 
unobtainium said:
I'm playing around with it now. It looked great in the keynote today, but now that I have it in my hands I have a few reservations :( It just feels...weird, and not in a new, exciting, fresh way. It doesn't feel like Apple.

I'm hoping I just need to get used to it. But for now I'm a little surprised to be disappointed.
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Definitely agree about the "weird" part. Almost finished downloading here so I'll see. From the Keynote though, it seems "flatter" was taken to an incredible extreme. Also, does this look like a windows phone now or is it me? lol
 
Bobby Corwen said:
So I can expect to survive through these few months with usability without much hassle? Esspecially as the new betas come out?

I really gotta see this new design up close and personally in hand...

But if iOS 6 beta for example was all messed up and unusable, id be afraid to try this one so early?
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iOS 6 beta was one of the most stable betas out there.
 
Reelknead1 said:
I'm also still having activation issues. I have restored to iOS6.1.4 three times and tried iOS7 beta 3 times with no luck.
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Have you tried clicking update? I am going back to iOS 6 and going to click update rather then restore and manually picking the file.
 
Bobby Corwen said:
So I can expect to survive through these few months with usability without much hassle? Esspecially as the new betas come out?

I really gotta see this new design up close and personally in hand...

But if iOS 6 beta for example was all messed up and unusable, id be afraid to try this one so early?
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There is some lag and the first time I tried Siri the phone went to the boot screen and back to the home screen but its been fine since then. It's good for a first beta. Also you can install it without a dev account or having your udid registered.
 
Knockoutjosie said:
Op here, dont forget to post and bugs and glitches you guys encounter. thanks
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So far it seems fairly stable. At times when I've been playing music through the stock app and gone into multitasking mode and tried to quit, say the camera app, i've had a crash. Mainly any hangup or crash has been with the camera app so far.
 
jozeppy26 said:
Definitely agree about the "weird" part. Almost finished downloading here so I'll see. From the Keynote though, it seems "flatter" was taken to an incredible extreme. Also, does this look like a windows phone now or is it me? lol
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I don't know how to phrase it exactly, but it feels like a ...cheaper phone, maybe? The icons look so Fisher-Price. The "old" Apple look was so detailed...so much thought was put into textures and the UI seemed incredibly rich. Now it feels a bit cheap and actually matches the hardware less. Which is surprising, since Ive is behind both.

I'm surprised to feel this way. I've been a big supporter of Apple's design choices, and maybe with time I'll come around to this one.
 
LSUtigers03 said:
There is some lag and the first time I tried Siri the phone went to the boot screen and back to the home screen but its been fine since then. It's good for a first beta. Also you can install it without a dev account or having your udid registered.
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What do you mean you can install it without a dev account?

Then why is everyone getting a dev account?
 
My zynga games dont load correctly. They either run reaaaallly slow, or just sit there at the main screen. One good thing i have seen was that running with friends runs super slow. Which makes it easier for me to play when it does load :D
 
lsutigerfan1976 said:
My zynga games dont load correctly. They either run reaaaallly slow, or just sit there at the main screen. One good thing i have seen was that running with friends runs super slow. Which makes it easier for me to play when it does load :D
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Wow, see stuff like that sounds like too much too handle.

I guess its easy enough to go back to 6 after I try it for awhile?
 
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