i downloaded 9.1pb. i installed the profile on my watch. i dont see the option to update to watchos2...what did i do wrong
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WatchOS 2.0 GM
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watchOS 2 beta and GM are not available in the public beta program. You need to be a developer to have access. There are ways of getting the watch profile without being a dev but seriously at this point watchOS 2 will be available to all in like 35 hours from now. Just wait.
Wait... The WatchOS2 betas ARE available via public beta. When you register the phone it asks you if you want to download the profile for the phone or watch. The GM (which I believe is technically not a beta) is NOT public, this is where people are finding a way to download the profile to get it early. I know it asked me, and I never registered my 6+ as a developer, but tried out the public beta to see how it worked (my other phones are in my developers account).
Am I wrong?
(I checked again, it worked for me as long as you have a watch registered with the device)
wOS has never had a public beta - in large part because there's no way to downgrade, and if there's a problem you actually have to send your watch to Apple for flashing.
You get asked which device you'd like to install the iOS beta profile to... true. That is NOT the wOS beta, and is why you can't then download the beta to your watch in this manner. The actual wOS beta profile is - and always has been - developer program only.
Ok, I'm not sure if the bolded part makes any sense. If the public has the option to install the profile, which then allows them to download a beta (not GM, but beta), then how is it not a public beta? It asked me if I wanted to download the initial beta, with my public account.
And you CAN download a beta to your watch in this manner, you just cant download the GM in this manner. GM is NOT a beta... The same goes with the public beta of the phone, you get betas, but not the GM...
Not being advisable, and not being public beta, are two different things...
Downloading the iOS beta profile to your Watch does not give you access to any of the OS2 betas... GM or not. There were zero watchOS betas.
Check your Watch OS version... you're saying that it installed wOS 2 on your non-developer account? Or, like everyone else, did it ask you where you wanted to install the iOS 9 beta profile...
Anyone noticed big changes with calorie calculation in the workout app with OS2 GM? On OS1 i would do (for example) 20 minutes fairly high intensity on the cross trainer and get active calories of about 150-200, on OS2 i get 90-100 at best. This is quite annoying, but maybe is more accurate - i don't really know. I also noticed on OS2 just walking about during the day seems to count a lot towards my exercise goal, whereas on OS1 it rarely registered more than 1 or 2 minutes. Now its more like 10-15 minutes.
As a side note, anyone upgrading to GM please learn from my mistake. I did not realise all health data is only backed up if you use encrypted backup in iTunes. After restoring to iOS9 and the most recent backup i lost all my health data & achievements, including filling all rings every single day since launch
I restored from iCloud backup and got my health data back fine - it just took longer than I expected. I checked when the watch was functional, and the health data was missing. But about an hour later it was all there.
so i have the ios 9.1pb. will i be able to get the full 2.0 version tonight? or do i ahve to downgrade to 9.0 final build?
You'll get watchOS 2 when its out. The only requirement of watchOS 2 is to not be on anything below 9.0. So 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.999999999.9. It won't matter as long as it begins with 9.x.
No it's not measuring your heart rate unless you're actually using the Fitness app to track your walking. It's just measuring footfalls and motion to track walks under normal circumstances. In fact Apple changed how the heart rate sensor activates in 1.0.1, "Apple Watch attempts to measure your heart rate every 10 minutes, but won't record it when you're in motion or your arm is moving."
Any GM 2.0 testers got a clue what the showstopper bug today might be? I was looking forward to the final release...
Wondering the same. I'm so excited for watchOS 2 and now I have to wait longer
. First world problems ik but I just can't wait lol
I have the GM and have no clue. There is one notification center bug that I've noticed, that no notifications show up. It's just blank.
It's probably that watchOS 2 apps don't open.
https://twitter.com/jamesthomson/status/644070912988454912
I've been running the GM since it was released, no clue what the bug might be. It's been stable and responsive for me. Candidly, you're not really missing out on much -- until there are apps in the app store that exploit the new features of 2.0 it's not really that much different of an experience than 1.0 was.
I mean, I don't have any third party complications running or anything cool like that. None of my apps (well, except for the one I'm developing) are running locally on my watch. 2.0 is mostly just a ton of cool potential until the apps are there.
I mean, I don't have any third party complications running or anything cool like that. None of my apps (well, except for the one I'm developing) are running locally on my watch. 2.0 is mostly just a ton of cool potential until the apps are there.
Probably something small like broadcasting all of your personal data to any Android device it is in range of!
I'll say that today was the very first time that I've experienced severe battery drain - I mean from 100-35% in just over 4 hours of minimal use. I'm thinking (hoping) it had something to do with that. Whatever it is, I'm glad they had the decency to pull it - whiners be damned.
This has been the only bug I've experienced so far. Went to bed with the watch charged to 100% and woke up in the morning with only 30% left. Rebooted the watch and it hasn't happened since.
I also am having terrible battery drain on the watchOS 2 GM. I went from 100% at 6:30 am to 22% at 10am with minimal usage. Unpairing and repairing did not resolve. I bet this is the showstopper.