iOS 8.3 beta 1 Bug Fixes and Changes

[MikhailT]

Where did they talk about uploading whatever you are typing simply in relation to that option?

The most popular one is Swiftkey:

http://swiftkey.com/en/privacy/

For users that opt in to SwiftKey Cloud, we will collect your email address, basic demographic information and information concerning the words and phrases that you use (“Language Modeling Data”) to enable services such as personalization, prediction synchronization and backup. We may use data provided by you to develop and improve our Products.

Read the privacy policy of your keyboard if it need full access. If it doesn't, you might want to be extra careful with it.

Note, this is opt-in but do not presume the code is always perfect. That means if you give it full access but do not yet opt-in, you're relying on the developers to make sure not to upload the code. If there's a bug or they messed up something, they could upload your stuff without your opt-in permission.

That's why full access option is important, it prevents the keyboard from having any network access in the first place and does not rely on any code. Even Apple warns that if you enable full access, it will allow apps to transmit any data you type.

However, we're getting off topic here. If we want to talk about it, create a separate thread or find an existing one. I think I saw one here already, don't remember the name of the thread.

 

[C DM]

The most popular one is Swiftkey:

http://swiftkey.com/en/privacy/

For users that opt in to SwiftKey Cloud, we will collect your email address, basic demographic information and information concerning the words and phrases that you use (“Language Modeling Data”) to enable services such as personalization, prediction synchronization and backup. We may use data provided by you to develop and improve our Products.

Read the privacy policy of your keyboard if it need full access. If it doesn't, you might want to be extra careful with it.

Note, this is opt-in but do not presume the code is always perfect. That means if you give it full access but do not yet opt-in, you're relying on the developers to make sure not to upload the code. If there's a bug or they messed up something, they could upload your stuff without your opt-in permission.

That's why full access option is important, it prevents the keyboard from having any network access in the first place and does not rely on any code.

However, we're getting off topic here. If we want to talk about it, create a separate thread or find an existing one. I think I saw one here already, don't remember the name of the thread.

So it seems that it's not really about full access as much as it is about another option for use of certain other features that the keyboard might provide (like the cloud service). Seems like somewhat separate things.

 

[MikhailT]

So it seems that it's not really about full access as much as it is about another option for use of certain other features that the keyboard might provide (like the cloud service). Seems like somewhat separate things.

You might want to go back to the reason we're talking about this in the first place. Is there security risk when you enable full access? Yes, there is, period. You are giving these apps full access to your typing data and they can do whatever they want with it. The opt-in thing that Swiftkey does is a soft limit that they can remove anytime they want, they're the one in charge, not you.

On the desktops, you can use a firewall to block any outgoing connections to prevent this. You can't do this on iOS, which is why it is important to have the full access option for keyboard and hopefully more restrictions in the future from Apple.

 

[Jessica Lares]

This is related to the Android version, but it still applies here. If they allowed us to handle passwords/etc with these keyboard, they'd treat it the same way.

https://support.swiftkey.com/hc/en-...-data-like-credit-card-numbers-and-passwords-

SwiftKey does not learn anything from fields marked as password fields, nor does it remember long numbers such as credit card numbers.

Furthermore, we take privacy very seriously and no personal data that you type leaves your device unless you specifically opt-in to services that may access your data to provide benefits - such as backup & sync or personalization. All data is encrypted before it leaves your mobile device in such situations. There is more information available about data security here.

The warning message from Google that says SwiftKey may be able to collect ‘all the text you type, including personal data like passwords and credit card numbers’ (pictured below) is a part of the Android operating system that appears when any third party keyboard is enabled.

If you choose to personalize SwiftKey with popular services such as Facebook or Gmail, we never store your username or passwords. Instead, your credentials are handled completely by each third party service, and SwiftKey never has access to those credentials.

See our privacy policy for full details.

 

[ccard3dev]

I don't have this on my 5S.

or on my iPhone 6...

i think someone is trying to be cute

Great idea!

I do NOT have that switch!

Darn!

Is not on my iPhone 6 plus

That's weird. Are all of you running iOS 8.3b1? I was unable to locate the feature in 8.2 or previous versions.

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Might want to blot out your email address in the photo.

Thanks for pointing that out! I didn't notice it was there when I took the screenshot.

 

[AllergyDoc]

iPhone Cellular Calls does not work with my iPad Air on iOS 8.1.3 my iPhone 6 iOS 8.3 beta 1 and mac osx 10.10.2

the regular calls are not forwarded to my iPad and Macbook pro.

Me, too. I have 8.3 beta on my Air and 10.3 beta on my MBPr. It doesn't work at all on my Air and almost works on my MBP.

 

[utahman130]

Battery life still hasn't changed for me. Can only get 8-9 hours usage out of my 6 plus with location services off, background app refresh off, Notifications to a minimum, brightness low, Bluetooth off.

 

[tongefactor40]

Are third party keyboards disabled in spotlight or is it just a bug? It is a helpful bug if it is.....

 

[AllergyDoc]

This beta completely killed being able to make or answer calls on my iPhone 6 Plus and original iPad Air. As soon as I returned to 8.2 b5 on both devices calling returned. Other than that, I thought it was very smooth and would have stayed with it.

 

[pappy53]

I have an iPhone 6 on the 8.3 beta, and a Mac Mini on Yosemite. Today is the first day since installing the 8.3 beta that I have tried to make a call from my Mac. I keep getting "try again", and if I have an incoming call and try to answer it on the Mac, I get "call failed". Anyone else experience this, or have any suggestions? BTW, my settings are all set correctly.

 

[christian.terra]

I have an iPhone 6 on the 8.3 beta, and a Mac Mini on Yosemite. Today is the first day since installing the 8.3 beta that I have tried to make a call from my Mac. I keep getting "try again", and if I have an incoming call and try to answer it on the Mac, I get "call failed". Anyone else experience this, or have any suggestions? BTW, my settings are all set correctly.

I'm experiencing this as well. Definitely a problem with 8.3 beta. Downgraded to 8.2 beta 5 and it went back to working just fine. Just wait it out and see if they fix it in the next release. I find 8.3 to be much smoother than any other release.

 

[pappy53]

Anyone have a link to 8.2 beta 5?

 

[mrbrown]

Did 8.3 kill VoLTE for anybody? I'm on T-Mobile and now all of my calls end up being routed over the traditional phone network instead of their LTE network...

 

[RebornProphet]

This beta completely killed being able to make or answer calls on my iPhone 6 Plus and original iPad Air. As soon as I returned to 8.2 b5 on both devices calling returned. Other than that, I thought it was very smooth and would have stayed with it.

Strange. Call forwarding worked fine on my iPad Air from my iPhone 5s, although both devices are on 8.3b1. Is your iPhone 6 Plus on 8.3 or just your Air?

 

[kaiseryeahhh]

Battery life still hasn't changed for me. Can only get 8-9 hours usage out of my 6 plus with location services off, background app refresh off, Notifications to a minimum, brightness low, Bluetooth off.

 

[AllergyDoc]

Strange. Call forwarding worked fine on my iPad Air from my iPhone 5s, although both devices are on 8.3b1. Is your iPhone 6 Plus on 8.3 or just your Air?

Both were, now on 8.2b5. Moved the phone down a beta and calling on my Mac returned. Wouldn't return on my Air until I took it off 8.3

 

[utahman130]

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Exactly. I don't want to use my 6 Plus like that to get good battery.

 

[RebornProphet]

What's really pleasing me about iOS 8.3 is the fact the keyboard is more responsive in Safari and most of all the animation when the keyboard slides up from the bottom of the screen in Spotlight is super smooth again, like iOS 7 (this is on iPad Air).

The animation when you quit Spotlight and the blur fades out to reveal the home screen has a tiny bit of stutter near the end, but it's a vast improvement on iOS 8.1.x builds where the keyboard would judder as it slide up from the bottom of the screen. Although oddly, on 8.1.x if you kept your finger on the screen as you slowly slide your finger down, the keyboard came up smoothly.

Now on 8.3 when you just swipe down with one finger, the keyboard appears smoothly again. If they can fix the exit animation stutter it'll be perfect.

In fact I'm finding iOS 8.3 is as close to iOS 7.1.2 performance on iPad Air as iOS 8 has ever been. So smooth throughout the UI, with the exception of the usual Spotlight rotation animation which remains choppy on almost every device

 

[oldmacs]

What is it like on A5 devices?

 

[hulk2012]

iOS 8.3 beta 1 Bug Fixes and Changes

8.3 is quite choppy on my 6+ not sure why. Installed fresh and restored backup from the cloud later. Is it the build or the lack of ram beginning to scream?

 

[RebornProphet]

8.3 is quite choppy on my 6+ not sure why. Installed fresh and restored backup from the cloud later. Is it the build or the lack of ram beginning to scream?

My Air and 5s are smooth as can be on 8.3 ... and I'm incredibly sensitive to dropped UI animations frames in iOS.

 

[hulk2012]

My Air and 5s are smooth as can be on 8.3 ... and I'm incredibly sensitive to dropped UI animations frames in iOS.

So your animations are disable then?

 

[RebornProphet]

So your animations are disable then?

Nope, everything as it should be by default. Full animations and transparencies.

If you followed my debate with MaxIT on here regarding iOS 8 animations you'd know that I'm incredibly OCD when it comes to iOS animations and noticing dropped frames.

8.3 is by the far best I've seen iOS 8 perform on my Air and 5s, although my 5s was also fine on iOS 8.1.3 ... it was the iPad I needed to see some improvements in. And there is.

I've no idea what's happened to your 6 Plus.

 

[hulk2012]

Nope, everything as it should be by default. Full animations and transparencies.



If you followed my debate with MaxIT on here regarding iOS 8 animations you'd know that I'm incredibly OCD when it comes to iOS animations and noticing dropped frames.



8.3 is by the far best I've seen iOS 8 perform on my Air and 5s, although my 5s was also fine on iOS 8.1.3 ... it was the iPad I needed to see some improvements in. And there is.



I've no idea what's happened to your 6 Plus.

I see. Not sure either. Looks like a ram issue. It's very laggy and choppy most of the times tho. Bluetooth and GPS enable all the time. All the apps killed once used.

 

[dadiduekappa]

During a phone call, if you put down the phone the sensor take too much time to reveal the screen light. Like 4/5 seconds. I think ot's a bug, very annoying.