Thinking about paying the $99 for the ios 5

[s.hasan546]

Hey guys i had a few questions... Im interested in purchasing the iOS developer program so i can get iOS 5 on my ipad and iphone 4. However, i had a few questions:

1. Will this void my warranty? I know that i won't be able to downgrade back to the ios 4 baseband. I actually have a broken speaker right now and i don't want apple saying i voided my warranty with the beta os.

2. how many devices can you do a udid activation for?

thanks everyone

 

[The Californian]

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I don't recommend it. Every year people do this and then the forum is full of people complaining about how unstable their device is and how Apple won't fix it because it's on the beta OS.

 

[ace198]

Why would you do that when you can have someone register your device? You can pay a couple of dollar to have a developer register your iPhone on ebay for example.

 

[whtrbt7]

I think it's pretty clear that the betas are only for developers that are looking to test their applications on a live device. There are normally bugs, issues, and other anomalies when Apple or anyone releases betas. Warranty isn't voided on the device but you can't request support on a device with beta software. Again, BETA means it's an unfinished product that is meant for testing purposes only. If you have more than 1 device, and you're developing or reviewing changes made to iOS, it's normally fine to install. If you're using only 1 primary iOS device, you really shouldn't install the BETA.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I think it's pretty clear that the betas are only for developers that are looking to test their applications on a live device. There are normally bugs, issues, and other anomalies when Apple or anyone releases betas. Warranty isn't voided on the device but you can't request support on a device with beta software. Again, BETA means it's an unfinished product that is meant for testing purposes only. If you have more than 1 device, and you're developing or reviewing changes made to iOS, it's normally fine to install. If you're using only 1 primary iOS device, you really shouldn't install the BETA.

Agreed. Why pay $100 just to get a Beta program a few months early?

 

[Vertigo50]

Pay someone else a few bucks to activate you and try it out, but I warn you, it's not very stable, the battery life sucks, and you'll probably end up going back to previous versions.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1166487/

 

[Abyssgh0st]

Pay $3 on eBay- but know what you're getting into.

 

[maflynn]

If this is your only phone and you use that phone regularly. I'd wait, as others have posted. The instability of a beta phone os could cause you more headaches then its worth.

 

[Mr Slippy IV]

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Well, if you deperately need it now, just use one of those sites like activateiosbeta.com and pay much less.

Are there any places (like an online dev community or something) that do this for free?

 

[transam7816]

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Are there any places (like an online dev community or something) that do this for free?

Highly doubt it. If you find someone that does it for free..consider yourself extremely lucky

 

[VenusianSky]

If $99 dollars is nothing to you and you won't mind any bugs that may come along with a beta OS, go for it. I personally don't think it is worth $99 for someone that is not a developer to waste on. The thing will be free when the complete final version is released.

 

[Hype2k2]

Be patient no need to rush ios5 you will have plenty of time to play with it when it is polished in a few months

 

[nomik2]

Patience my child...

Good things come to those that wait.

 

[vincenz]

If anything, how to downgrade to 4.3.3:

http://www.techtosh.com/downgrade-ios-5-beta-to-ios-4-3-3-for-iphone-ipod-touch/