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iOS 10 Beta(s)
Jason
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Is anyone actually using it day to day ?
I want to give it a go, but I'm interested to see if anyone has already tried it. I fully understand it's the first beta and that there could be issues across the board, but i don't mind that as it stands.
I was just watching a video on YouTube that shows that "deleting" the stock apps doesn't actually delete them, it just "hides" them.
The guy deleted maps and went to the app store to re-download it and it grabbed it in literally less than a second when he'd disabled his internet access on the phone, so it proves it was just hidden rather than actually gone all together.
I want to give it a go, but I'm interested to see if anyone has already tried it. I fully understand it's the first beta and that there could be issues across the board, but i don't mind that as it stands.
I was just watching a video on YouTube that shows that "deleting" the stock apps doesn't actually delete them, it just "hides" them.
The guy deleted maps and went to the app store to re-download it and it grabbed it in literally less than a second when he'd disabled his internet access on the phone, so it proves it was just hidden rather than actually gone all together.
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But then this version might be the one that gets the updates first as well.
I'm probably still going to try it, but my backups and iCloud backups are taking forever at the moment
I won't be losing any data as i'm backing it up. I've got backups of all my pictures and videos already, but i'm being doubly careful by backing them up to iCloud as well which is taking ages otherwise i'd have done the beta by now.
As far as the other backups go, I'll do an offline backup and then copy it to another, seperate, folder to keep it safe and i'll be happy to continue.
I would hang fire until beta 3/4 or the public beta
Is IOS10 beta available yet? I cant get it. On my phone it shows just 9.3.3 up to date
Watch this - it should tell you how to install it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgoSZloCDH8
I've been reading the list of reported bugs and most of them won't actually cause me that many problems
http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ios-10-beta-1-bug-fixes-changes-and-performance-improvements.1977132/
But hey, I'm realistic enough to know it's a beta. I'm all backed up so i really don't mind just going back to 9.3.2 if need be. It appears you can flash back to 9.3.2 by just downloading the IPSW file and hitting Shift+Update in iTunes as well so it's very easy.
I'll probably leave it installed for the weekend and decide on monday if i want to keep it
The new music app is good as well, although rather bizarrely, they've once again left off the option to "Shuffle All" from the main library as they did the last time i tried an early beta release.
It does work well. Thanks for the link. Shame the raise to wake phone function doesn't work on the iPhone 6.
It worked on my 6s, but it did seem a little overly sensitive so i've disabled it for now.
It only works with the A9 chip and higher apparently.
Aha, ok.
I've only really had one problem so far when I accidentally did a double press on a song in the music app. It hung and when i killed it and re-loaded it, all the songs were coming back as static so i rebooted the phone and everything was fine.
At this rate, i can see me keeping it on the phone full time.
In the description follow one of the links next to iOS 10 profile download.
Once you touch the link you'll be taken to profiles in settings to install the profile, once you install the next time you select Software Update it will download the iOS 10 beta.
If you don't understand the risks then it's best not to install it...
Completely agree.
Try this link:
https://developer.apple.com/support/compare-memberships/
It's $99 a year to sign up as a developer which will give you access to the betas.
Yes, there is a risk with beta software.
http://beta.apple.com
if you're not a registered apple developer then i suppose technically it's not 'legal' but the most apple would likely do is unsign it so you'd have to restore your phone back to the last proper iOS version.
I'm using iOS 10 beta on my daily device, iPhone 6.
I've deleted Stocks, Tips, Videos, Compass to name a few and none seem hidden to me. If they are hidden then they're hidden well as I've not seen them since I installed the beta after WWDC and I have all my icons & folders on 1 page.
As they stated at WWDC any of the default Apple apps that are removed are available to reinstall via the app store.
https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/15/apple-remove-ios-10-apps/
Search for one of the stock apps you've removed in the app store and then turn on airplane mode. go back to the app store and tap the cloud symbol to "download" it. it'll be instantly restored to your phone even with no internet or any form of data connection because it's still there - it's just been "hidden"
anyway, i don't seem to be getting any vibration alerts for texts when i switch to vibration mode so i might have to reconsider things overall.