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person123

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So i was anxious, so i got ios 7 beta ever since the 1st. problem is, I'm not a registered developer.

Now i have beta 6 and am wondering: will the public release of ios 7 on september 18th go to phones who are on beta? Do i have to downgrade to iOS 6.1.4 then wait for the public release? ive never done this before so please excuse my amateur ios skills.
 
So i was anxious, so i got ios 7 beta ever since the 1st. problem is, I'm not a registered developer.

Now i have beta 6 and am wondering: will the public release of ios 7 on september 18th go to phones who are on beta? Do i have to downgrade to iOS 6.1.4 then wait for the public release? ive never done this before so please excuse my amateur ios skills.

After iOS 7 is released Sept 18, restore your phone in iTunes (back up your phone first). It should download iOS 7 for you and install it. Then you can either start fresh or restore your backup.

For this to work, you have to make sure iOS 7 is out officially...so it may be best to wait until after Sept 18. Otherwise it will download iOS 6.1.4 (the last public version) and install that.
 
So i was anxious, so i got ios 7 beta ever since the 1st. problem is, I'm not a registered developer.

Now i have beta 6 and am wondering: will the public release of ios 7 on september 18th go to phones who are on beta? Do i have to downgrade to iOS 6.1.4 then wait for the public release? ive never done this before so please excuse my amateur ios skills.

You can either download the iOS 7 GM (google it) and shift-update in iTunes, or wait for the public release and just restore your device and it will download iOS 7.

Remember to back-up.
 
You can either download the iOS 7 GM (google it) and shift-update in iTunes, or wait for the public release and just restore your device and it will download iOS 7.

Remember to back-up.

So what you're saying is that I can shift update from B6 to the GM (I'm on Windows therefore do not have 11.1 iTunes). But I will not be able to sync any of my data over from the backup because I don't have 11.1?
 
So what you're saying is that I can shift update from B6 to the GM (I'm on Windows therefore do not have 11.1 iTunes). But I will not be able to sync any of my data over from the backup because I don't have 11.1?

Yes. Shift-update will work and you will keep your data. If you restore you will not be able to restore from a backup until iTunes 11.1 is available for Windows.
 
Yes. Shift-update will work and you will keep your data. If you restore you will not be able to restore from a backup until iTunes 11.1 is available for Windows.

Okay, but once I'm on the GM I won't be able to sync or back up my phone to iTunes until 11.1 is released for Windows?
 
Okay just to confirm things, I'll probably just wait till the public release but I just want to know...
I am allow to update to gm from beta 6 doing the shift update if I'm a non developer right?
 
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