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Safe to install iOS 7 on primary iPhone?

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icing

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Nov 24, 2009
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Hi everyone,

Just wanted your opinions on whether it's safe to install iOS 7 on my primary iPhone?

I've been running beta 1-4 on my iPad mini, and it's been running great since beta 2.

Deal breakers would be iCloud restore not working properly and things like phone calls hanging up. An occasional reboot is okay, but loss of data and missed calls/messages would not be.

Now, some of you may be tempted to say "It's a beta, man! Wait for the GM". That's a fair point to make. But I'm more interested to know, whether it runs fine for everyday use, so that I can start playing around with it.

I'm on an iPhone 5, by the way.

On the app failure list Plants vs Zombies 2 is a big thumbs down! :D
 
icing said:
Hi everyone,

Just wanted your opinions on whether it's safe to install iOS 7 on my primary iPhone?

I've been running beta 1-4 on my iPad mini, and it's been running great since beta 2.

Deal breakers would be iCloud restore not working properly and things like phone calls hanging up. An occasional reboot is okay, but loss of data and missed calls/messages would not be.

Now, some of you may be tempted to say "It's a beta, man! Wait for the GM". That's a fair point to make. But I'm more interested to know, whether it runs fine for everyday use, so that I can start playing around with it.

I'm on an iPhone 5, by the way.

On the app failure list Plants vs Zombies 2 is a big thumbs down! :D
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yes it runs fine. I have been running it on my daily phone since b1 and have been more than happy with this last update
 
I've been using iOS 7 since beta 1 so I may not be the best person to answer BUT beta 4 runs incredibly well. It's not perfect yet but it's definitely usable day-to-day. There are minor bugs at this point. Nothing show stopping on the iPhone 5 at least.

I can't speak to Plants vs. Zombies 2 working though as I don't have it.
 
So far Beta 4 is running great. Sure it has its blips here and there, but its a beta what do you expect? I'd say if you really want to use it daily, I say go for it.
 
I've been using iOS 7 on my iPhone 5 since the day it was released. Besides during Beta 2, it's been very stable for me. So I'd say yes.
 
What all these go ahead install replies?

Yes, iOS 7 is stable enough to run in your primary iPhone. BUT no body motioning there are LOTS of app simply don't run well on iOS 7.

At least, Google Plus, Skype, PvZ simple crash on me. Lots of App has glitches or some functionalities don't work.

So, it is safe to install iOS 7 on your primary iPhone? Depends on your need. If you just going for whatever iOS 7 stock offers you, then go ahead. If you are going to use some other apps, make sure they work on iOS 7. Otherwise, it will be terrible experience.
 
Nanasaki said:
At least, Google Plus, Skype, PvZ simple crash on me. Lots of App has glitches or some functionalities don't work.
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Agreed. There are some apps that dont work, but depends if you dont use them a lot. For example Skype (chat) doesnt work on iOS 7. Doesnt bother me since I rarely chat on Skype...or even video chat.

If you have no problem with a few of your apps being unusable, go ahead and install iOS 7. And have the satisfaction of saying this when you install hit the ok to install:

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Nanasaki said:
Yes, iOS 7 is stable enough to run in your primary iPhone. BUT no body motioning there are LOTS of app simply don't run well on iOS 7.

At least, Google Plus, Skype, PvZ simple crash on me. Lots of App has glitches or some functionalities don't work.

So, it is safe to install iOS 7 on your primary iPhone? Depends on your need. If you just going for whatever iOS 7 stock offers you, then go ahead. If you are going to use some other apps, make sure they work on iOS 7. Otherwise, it will be terrible experience.
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Take your logic somewhere else... this is a reason free zone! :p
 
ajay96 said:
Have any of you tried it on the 4S yet?
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Yes, I'm running it on a 4S. It's fine... great, even. There are a few glitches but if you're willing to deal with those, you should be safe.

(Insert standard developer beta, non-critical devices only disclaimer here.)
 
It depends. Had it on my iPhone since it came out. If you can deal with crashes, some apps not working and hit and miss notifications you should be fine.
 
johnseattle said:
It depends.
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Bingo. OP you are the only one that can make the determination based on your deal-breakers. Someone who says it's OK may tolerate a bug that you can't.

With the parental advice out of the way. :D Make an iTunes or iCloud backup (or both) before you put the beta on. If iTunes make sure that a later backup on the beta does not overwrite it. As long as you have a good backup, try the beta and if you don't like it restore your backup. If you restore, unless something has changed with beta 4, you will lose everything from iOS 7 when you go back to iOS 6.
 
CopyChief said:
Yes, I'm running it on a 4S. It's fine... great, even. There are a few glitches but if you're willing to deal with those, you should be safe.

(Insert standard developer beta, non-critical devices only disclaimer here.)
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Well I'm on it now, I don't really mind any small bugs because it's still a beta. Running pretty nice as of now.
 
Running fine

I started with Beta 3 which wasn't stable for my needs and so reverted back to iOS 6, am on Beta 4 which is more stable except for few bugs here and there, battery life appears to be improved over Beta 3. And yes it is on my primary phone :)
 
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