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Will There be an Beta 7?
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Perhaps for some (and perhaps related to something else in some way) since these don't seem to be widespread issues.
Beta 6 has been very solid for me. I hope the GM gets better battery life but other than that I have been extremely happy with this beta.
Edit: And Oh I did a fresh install of beta 2 and all other OTA. Just fyi..
Edit: And Oh I did a fresh install of beta 2 and all other OTA. Just fyi..
Well, we have a different opinion on what a stable beta is, obviously if you compare it to iOS 6.1.4, no, but if you compare it to previous iOS 7 betas and iOS 6 betas, it's very stable, I think Apple will seed one more beta (Beta 7) before the GM, but also, it wouldn't surprised me if beta 6 is the one previous the GM.
I have had zero crashing on my 4S. It's so good I'd swear it's the GM if it didn't say otherwise.
"Never perfect" and "extremely buggy" are two different things.
Beta 6 is the latter.
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And many people disagree with you.
Let me list for you the issues I'm having and please let me know if you consider this "stable".
My messages force close on certain threads requiring me to reboot my phone in order to access them. In addition to that, after running the phone for a period of time, my messages won't update requiring me to back out of whatever message I'm in, close the messages app, and reopen.
Safari force closes way too often. This site, actually, causes my safari to crash at least 50% of the time.
When editing pics, on certain ones that I've taken (havent found a pattern yet) rotating a picture causes my photo app to crash.
I'm not sure what you consider "stable", but this is not stable. Not even close.
If Developers are going to get the GM on Sept 10 then technically if we're looking at the 2 week schedule Beta 7 should drop on the 27th which is next Tuesday.
Let me list for you the issues I'm having and please let me know if you consider this "stable".
For me... None.
I'm not sure what you consider "stable", but this is stable. So close to GM.
Ah the ol "its not a problem for me, therefore it must not be a problem" mantra that I see so much on these forums.
In the 13 years I've worked as a software engineer, I consider a release "stable" when it can completely pass regression testing of all core functionality AND perform any new functionality without error aside from the minor bugs here and there. As you may have noticed above, I gave you 4 situations where core functionality is broken completely and it's not broken just for me. There are plenty on this forum who have the same problem, just read the threads.
The beta 6 in the iPad 3 it's very slow and many bugs.
Beta 7 it's necessary, or GM very optimized.
Beta 7 it's necessary, or GM very optimized.
As per the rumor, I have a strong suspicion the iPad version will come out in October along with the new iPads.
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