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General iOS 7 beta 1 thread

radiotowers said:
Finding it to be quite laggy on a 4S. Not so much while using apps, but rather when launching an app and exiting back to the homescreen, bringing up the task switcher, opening a folder, etc. Basically anything that involves a transition animation. Had to turn off the wobbling wallpaper just for it to be usable at all.

I suspect this will be refined in future releases, and expect some performance issues at this stage - especially on older hardware - but I personally wouldn't suggest installing iOS 7 on your primary device. (Well, I'd suggest never installing any beta OS on your primary device, and that holds here.)

Other things:

* Noted elsewhere, but dock is not translucent on the 4S (apparently).
* Tap targets seem smaller overall. Or maybe tappable items aren't responding as quickly - I've had to tap a few times on several occasions to get it to respond.
* How do you force quit an app in iOS 7? The normal tap-and-hold in the switcher doesn't seem to do anything.
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To quit an app, swipe up on the app preview.
 
I am not a developer and just went with the alt/update method. Works really well and no real lag considering it is a beta 1. I am running it on an old iphone 5, so I am just using it to play around with. I have my actual iP5 jailbroken on 6.1.something

I don't think I will update until ios 7 is jailbroken... i need it to be less colorful... I like everything, but the thing I change is icon size (make them a lot smaller) and I make the icons greyscale... all I want to do.

Overall: 8/10
 
Cgdoc519 said:
Same issue. Opening the downloaded Apple podcast app causes my phone to freeze. Podcast do not show up. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

EDIT: Fixed by deleting and reinstalling the podcast app.
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Where do the podcasts show up? In the Podcast app or in the Music app? Podcast app does not recognize manually created podcasts properly.
 
Had an Flickr update available in the App Store. Tapped update, the install process never went past "Waiting..."

But, in App Store, I can tap "Open" and bring up the Flickr app. But its icon on the homescreen is some kind of generic icon and does nothing when tapped.
 
UMRebel said:
Does a folder still hold the same number of app icons (16) or do folders work differently now?
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Completely different now,you swipe to the sides.

only lag on my iphone 5 is when opening the central app on the multitasking bar,if its centered its somewhat slow. otherwise its been pretty good.
 
Anyone can help me out? I'm stuck in limbo land with ios 7...can't go forward can't go backward.

Says not registered...help!
 
Just did a Sunspider 1.0 test using safari on my iPhone 5 running iOS 7.0 beta 1. The result was 900.3 m/s. About the same as before.
 
pleasee help when i press shift restore on windows in itunes it cant find the ios 7 file what do i do i know its on my computer
 
Major annoyance: Calendar doesn't have dots under the days (in month view) to show that you have an event... why?!
 
My thoughts so far:

Pros:
-It boots blazing fast.
-It plays well along with legacy apps. Meaning that for example twitbot doesn't feel like needing a redesing.
- The compass app is great.
- Now you can select what apps can use your mobile data.
- You can now select do not disturb to work even when the phone is unlocked.
- The unlock screen is not obvious at first. But once you get used to it is pretty obvious and handy to be able to unlock it with a swipe anywhere.


Cons:
-The facetime app is creepy with a ghostly image of yourself being pulled from the front cam.
- Greens and reds are extremely bright. Even with low brightness the green of the phone and messages app really is annoying.
- The learning curve is not as smooth as predicted, and at some point frustrating.


Fixable issues:
- The settings app tends to get stuck a lot.
- The phone gets extremely hot when using Facetime.
- The scrolling alphabet is too close clustered.
- Safari is painful slow.
 
Antoni Nygaard said:
Its opening the camera on mine, and has a little animated frame to centre the code in
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Yeah mine does too. I had meant that it wouldn't scan anything. I just learned that it's for scanning passbook barcodes. I had been trying with just regular barcodes.
 
I got my UDID ready and I'm good to go... But I have my reservations :/. Is the battery life really that bad? I'm running an iPhone 5 and I would love to try the beta, but only when it hits that point where it's useable for the most part.

I'm thinking now it might not get to that point for a month or two at least.
 
Is it just me or is iTunes Match not working? I enabled it but my library is still empty.
 
Things I've noticed:
  • Navigon crashes every time I open it
  • No dots under dates of Calendar in month-view. Hopefully just a bug.
  • Do Not Disturb doesn't show the moon icon in the top bar when enabled
  • Some of my music only shows if you go to Songs, but doesn't show under Artists. Won't play if you search for a song, but will if you choose it from the Songs menu.
  • Won't let me use my unlock pin as the iCloud Keychain pin, says its too easy to guess. Had to choose a complex password.
  • Can't delete songs that came from iCloud (or wherever this Jimi Hendrix song came from, not my synced music)
 
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