Updating from Beta release version.

IMO most developers have no need to run iOS betas. People who are "not as tech savvy to say the least" should not run iOS betas. Did you tell them that they might lose all their data on their devices?

iOS betas are for developers who know what they're doing and have the need to test their apps on these early previews of iOS, usually on devices that are test devices, not personal devices.

 

I had to restore an iPad last night that had the beta expire. If a device is locked and says it will not activate then you can't use the restore button in iTunes. If you do a google search you will find Apple's preferred method of recovery. It involves holding the home button down while you reboot but I don't remember the rest of the steps. Look it up. It might just save your friendships.

 

yea i use my old iphone 3GS as a test device and its just annoying to update.


i had the beta 6.0 version and everytime there was an update to the beta i had to download it from the developers site and than update it.


yesterday it wouldnt even work, but for some reason today it did.

yea NEVER use ur PERSONAL device with beta

 

One problem with having general testers using beta OSes is that they may not be upgrading as new betas come out, and thus may be reporting problems against your app that have been resolved by a newer beta.

Since you and your testers had expired betas, we know that you had not kept up with new builds. You should probably redo your testing against the released version.

 

i have no idea, when i try to update it said that my iOS is up to date, but i know it wasn't because i DL'd the beta version.


i dont think iTunes or my device can tell the difference when it checks, but it just gets stuck in activation mode.

and when i did try to just regularly restore it with itunes, it says software version "not compatible"

 

While I understand the desire to be on the bleeding most developers and certainly testers will be most productive working with released tools on a released OS.

I have little enough time to work on my own code and my own bugs. I certainly don't need to spend a lot of time working as an unpaid beta tester for Apple.

 

Yes, that's a good way to make sure you work with the new OS while limiting the the risks. Just remember that you may need to ride herd on people to make sure they do upgrades, and you might spend extra time to diagnose things that are glitches in the release rather than your code.

 

As long as they have dedicated iOS test devices in addition to their main iPhone that they depend on.