I've seen at least 4 users today post saying they would just set their phones down to idle and they'd come back to it and the screen wouldn't turn on.
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What is up with Beta 3 and Phones becoming unresponsive?
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Sorry not buying that. Beta 1 and 2 did not have a lot of users reporting this. The big trend for beta 1 and 2 was the unresponsive touch screen due to the dialog box losing focus issue.
Something in Beta 3 has had at least 3-4 people reporting their phones going into DFU mode on it's own when idle.
Why are you not buying it? There's obviously something causing it which Apple has to fix before the beta period ends. Do you see devices running iOS 6.x having this issue?
this is something new that has come up in Beta 3. Sure, the springboard doesn't crash as much as it used to but at least in a previous beta your phone wouldnt silently go into DFU mode without you knowing and possibly missing phone calls or text messages.
Noone's buying it - it's free, and again - it's a Beta.
(Yes, I know what "I'm not buying that" means)
DFU = "Don't Flippin Use"
So your logic is that if it didn't happen in previous betas, it can't pop up or occur in a future beta? What do you think is causing it since you don't seem to think it's beta related?
I posted about this a few weeks ago, this is not an issue with iOS 7
My iPhone 5 on iOS 6.1.4, iPad mini and my mom's iPhone that she just bought 3 weeks ago have been doing this, usually around 1am and about 2-3 times per week.
I don't know what's happening,
My iPhone 5 has had the beta (though I reverted), but my mom's iPhone that shipped from AT&T has also been doing this.
The answer to every unexpected behavior cannot be "its a beta".
The phone is literally going into recovery mode on it's own. I'm sorry that is not a "dot" missing on a calendar or unfinished icon. That is the type of a behavior that is expected in a Alpha version not a 3rd Beta which is about 45% through the project.
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If it was 1 person reporting it we could dismiss it as a fluke but today alone 3-4 people have reported it. I'm going to try and follow this in coming days. There doesn't seem to be a workflow that initiates it. It seems to happen to people when their phones are idle with the screen off.
My first reaction (being an x-jailbreaker) was "omg dfu!" So I connected it to my Mac. iTunes did *not* treat it like a DFU mode.
So is my mom's iPhone 5 on iOS 6.1.4 and my iPad mini on iOS 6.1.3 still in beta?
it sure has been a while, where do I report this bug?
If they were a dev, they'd know that - if not, I'd be careful with the UDID...
True, but I don't feel it's my business to ask each person if they are a developer or not.