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Revert to Watch OS 1.0?
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Considering you can not plug the watch into your computer I'm gonna say currently it's not at all possible. It also made me wonder how Watch OS betas will be handled. Is that when the diagnostic port will come into play?
Probably won't be able to downgrade the beta. So when they tell you not to use it on your day-to-day device and only on a device meant for development, you'll really want to listen. IMO.
Curious- what are the reasons why you so badly want to revert back to Watch OS 1.0? I'll admit that the whole HR reading bug had begun to tick me off a mere 24 hours after updating to 1.0.1, and it seems/feels like it has been getting worse over the past few days (tho I suspect this is because it has been increasingly on my mind, and I check the intervals in Health/time of the last reading in the Glances more frequently day to day).
But other than that, I haven't found any issues with 1.0.1 [that noticeably stick out and bother me, perhaps], and the benefits it has provided- Glances MUCH quicker, 3rd party apps throughout loading much quicker, etc- have far outweighed that setback.
So curious why someone would be dead-set on diverting back.
I admit the 3rd party apps have been faster but most still have limited functionality for me. The phone app is still superior, feature-wise, so I just pull out my phone for those.
Glances have also been faster, but honestly the loading times didn't bother me on 1.0. Screen activation, for me, was fine on 1.0 -- if anything, I find the watch screen too easy to turn on now haha.
I have two uses for the watch. To triage notifications/messages, and to serve as a fitness tracker. While on Watch 1.0, both uses worked quite well. However, Watch 1.01 has pretty much nullified the second use. I will go for an hour -- sometimes a couple of hours, even -- between readings while not in workout mode. Frankly, that's unacceptable for me.
Glances have also been faster, but honestly the loading times didn't bother me on 1.0. Screen activation, for me, was fine on 1.0 -- if anything, I find the watch screen too easy to turn on now haha.
I have two uses for the watch. To triage notifications/messages, and to serve as a fitness tracker. While on Watch 1.0, both uses worked quite well. However, Watch 1.01 has pretty much nullified the second use. I will go for an hour -- sometimes a couple of hours, even -- between readings while not in workout mode. Frankly, that's unacceptable for me.
I hope so, although next time I will wait to see about the consensus regarding the update before I download it myself.
To be fair, I did wait 1.01 out a bit too. Just not long enough haha.