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iOS beta 5 for iPad observations

(I posted about the following in another thread last night but nobody really replied to the issue I was raising.)

When you go to control centre to alter the brightness, it does that dimming overlay over everything else on the screen. So then when you alter brightness, you are using the dimmed contents of the display as a reference for the current brightness.

I tried altering brightness last nght when I was sitting in lounge with just a lamp on, so the room was quite dark and my iPad was at full brightness and was hurting my eyes. So I opened control centre, adjusted it to something that was comfortble on my eyes, swiped control centre away, and realised that when the dimming effect overlay went away, the screen was still far too bright.
 
MinEderPlayz said:
Do this at your hone screen and use CC Blur äs a reference ;)
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Oh. I have iPad 2. They've taken away the blur. So there's just a significant dimming effect everytime I open CC. But doesn't iPad 4 still have the dimming overlay, anyway?
 
Damn it, I had high hopes for beta 5 on the iPad and while Skype is finally fixed, Teamviewer and Splashtop still not playing nicely.

With Splashtop if the program needs to display an error message IE 'error connecting to network', an empty white message box appears and one cannot close the box so one cannot continue using the app.

I tried powering down/up and the pad got stuck on the Apple logo. A couple of 10 seconds home/power button hard resets and she booted up.

Then Teamviewer resizes windows on the host pc despite the 'Don't change resolution' option being selected.

Pity. Other than one or two app compatibility issues iOS 7 is starting to look very polished.
 
Markyyy said:
Oh. I have iPad 2. They've taken away the blur. So there's just a significant dimming effect everytime I open CC. But doesn't iPad 4 still have the dimming overlay, anyway?
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Oh well... I have an iPad 2 as well but why don't you downgrade to beta 4 where blur is still available? You can simply use a b4 IPSW ;)
 
sand_man said:
Teamviewer and Splashtop still not playing nicely.
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LogMeIn works fine in iOS 7 since beta 1 and there's a free version.

/Strange pricing story on that one. I bought it at about $10 or so when it first launched, now the full version (same app) is like $130!

LMI also changed policies. They used to allow unlimited clients if you had Ignition, now they limit it to ten. Not a cool company, going back on their terms like that after some folks spent lots of money.. #end rant/
 
I've been reading through this thread but can't find a clear answer. Is the keyboard on the ipad 4 supposed to be non-translucent with all other UI areas still showing the translucency? Or is this only a bug I'm experiencing?

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atlatnesiti said:
Yep, on iPad 4 I get both - blur and dimming effect, very cool...
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Is your keyboard on the ipad 4 still translucent/blurred on beta 5?
 
robertpetry said:
Well, at least for now that seems to have stopped it. I'll let you know if it crashes again but so far so good.

Transparency/Blur effect is still messed up. No Blur.
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Well, resetting all settings helped for about 15 hours then another wallpaper lock up after the five finger to home gesture. I had to turn gestures off again. It will probably be fixed in beta 6. 5 has not been good on my iPad 3. Great on my iPhone 5 though.
 
Everyones complaining about the iPad 3. Can anyone talk about how things are running on the iPad 4 please?
 
For me on my iPad 3, for five finger to home gesture to work, i must not close any app using the multitask bar. I can switch apps but no closing of any apps if not it will be stuck at the wallpaper.
Hope it is the same for the others.
 
jonnyb098 said:
Everyones complaining about the iPad 3. Can anyone talk about how things are running on the iPad 4 please?
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Beta 5 is running very smooth on my iPad 4. I have no issues at all. Previous betas were slow and there were a lot of issues, but the last beta is really good. I am really happy with the direction iOS 7 is taking.
 
Not happy with the fluidity of iOS 7 on my iPad 3. Hopefully it gets better for the final build. I'll go back to iOS 6 before I buy another iPad.
 
SakuraSuki said:
They take transparency from keyboard on both iPad 3 and iPad Mini, iPhone 4S... Looks like all those devices with A5 and variants have these transparency disabled. For iPad 3, Apple removed blur on notification centre.
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That is a lie. The iPhone 4S and my iPod touch 5th gen have full transparency. Obviously the iPads didn't deal well with it compared to the more portable devices.
 
I've found that turning on reduce motion/not using a dynamic wallpaper and turning off multi-touch gestures greatly increases the stability of this beta. Had hardly any problems with it since.

Also, its worth noting that iOS 7 is going to be buggier on the iPad because they're focussing mainly on completing the iPhone version over the iPad. This was mentioned several times, even before iOS 7 came out by 9to5mac:

"According to people familiar with iOS 7′s development, Apple’s designers and engineers are prioritizing an overhaul of the iPhone’s version of iOS over the iPad’s software." - 9to5mac

This would explain why it came out 2 weeks after the iPhone version, and is still way buggier than the iPhone version.

Link: http://9to5mac.com/2013/05/24/jony-ives-new-look-for-ios-7-black-white-and-flat-all-over/
 
Osullivan1 said:
I've found that turning on reduce motion/not using a dynamic wallpaper and turning off multi-touch gestures greatly increases the stability of this beta. Had hardly any problems with it since.

Also, its worth noting that iOS 7 is going to be buggier on the iPad because they're focussing mainly on completing the iPhone version over the iPad. This was mentioned several times, even before iOS 7 came out by 9to5mac:

"According to people familiar with iOS 7′s development, Apple’s designers and engineers are prioritizing an overhaul of the iPhone’s version of iOS over the iPad’s software." - 9to5mac

This would explain why it came out 2 weeks after the iPhone version, and is still way buggier than the iPhone version.

Link: http://9to5mac.com/2013/05/24/jony-ives-new-look-for-ios-7-black-white-and-flat-all-over/
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Yes, however hopefully they take the extra few weeks and just push out the iPad version later. The new iPads run VERY nicely under iOS6. Lots of polish and fluidity. It would be a shame to just push out the update and fix it later especially this big of a change. Apple really has to get a lot right with this release because of its magnitude.
 
Beta 4 was solid on my iPad 2, Beta 5 is noting but a train wreck. The biggest issue is every time I open the smart cover the ipad crashes and does a quick reboot. I've power cycled (Which took like 5 minutes for it to reboot) and I've reset all settings. Still every time I lift the cover it crashes. Next issue is Safari keeps loading cached versions of websites. I have to reload pretty much always to get the latest version of a site. On top of that there are a ton of issues when enter URLs and it not going to the ones in the history.

Beta 5 on my ipad has been a huge step backwards. On my iphone it's rock solid.
 
Mine is an iPad3. Beta 5 runs pretty well, with the exception of a few minor things. Try disabling Multitasking Gestures - this seems to help stop the springboard crashing and reboots. At least on the iPad3 it does.

It does run very solid on the iPhone5.
 
iMessage glitches when deleting messages, sometimes multiple taps on 'more' are needed to bring up the delete options. When the delete options appear the message you're trying to delete deselects. When you tap it, after a second it deselects. You have to tap the selection button and hit the trash can almost at the same time. 8/10 times it doesn't allow you to tap more again and bring up the delete options without restarting messages. Sometimes trying to delete a message crashes iMessages altogether.

iMessage frequently crashing with severe lag. Almost like I'm typing too fast for it.

Keyboard is laggy in safari also (writing this post).

I miss album grid view.

iPad mini beta 5.
 
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I know A5/A5X devices lost some of the translucency, but is this normal on the ipad 4 or am I just experiencing a glitch? (keyboard is completely solid)

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I just saw the images of the new iOS 7 Beta 5 which look quite promising yes Apple is doing a good job working with Beta testing this is a good way to make a solid foundation before the main launch of iOS

Here are some images from Beta 5
Code: 
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/apple/20884/ios-7-beta-5-rolls-out-including-new-lock-screen
 
same problem with my iPad 2. I can't pinch to home screen. Crashes my whole device...

:mad:
kendo88 said:
We'll either way, it's different to what I get. I can't pinch to home screen. Crashes my whole device. Seen somebody else say that they had the same issue
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