iOS 7 GM/Public Release

DubDJ

So Apple officially announced that iOS 7 will be available on September 18th, and I was curious to the current state of the OS now that the Golden Master has been released.

I used it during beta 1 & 2 and I suffered a battery glitch that made me downgrade. At the time there was a lot of bugs on my iPhone as well as the iPad. Just wondering how are people who are currently running the GM doing with regards to the actual stability of it? Any major issues or problems that would make me consider holding off for a few bug fixes?

I'm hoping by now it should be stable enough. I've a feeling iOS 7 won't be as solid an update as they have been in the past due to the fact is the first major change since 2007. That aside I'm hoping its good enough to get by on for now.

Any feedback from Dev's using It?

drunkmonkey

Not a Dev but i've been using every beta full time as it came out, since the last update the phone hasn't skipped a beat.
I'd have no hesitation loading it on to your phone. A few apps crash, the browser occasionally crashes and restarts itself straight away, these are tiny little glitches nothing to be concerned about and I expect those same glitches in the full consumer version anyway.

DubDJ

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Not a Dev but i've been using every beta full time as it came out, since the last update the phone hasn't skipped a beat.
I'd have no hesitation loading it on to your phone. A few apps crash, the browser occasionally crashes and restarts itself straight away, these are tiny little glitches nothing to be concerned about and I expect those same glitches in the full consumer version anyway.

I had the occasional problem with the devices restarting randomly. Has that been happening at all since you've had the GM? I was having problems with the status bar disappearing too but that wasn't really widespread. I can work with apps crashing. Just want the actual OS working smoothly enough

drunkmonkey

The phone restarted once (well it didn't really just went blank and the apple symbol appeared and then it was back to normal) since the last beta, none of my important apps crashed think it could have been just adverts app.

The OS is as smooth as Rosanna Davidsons left cheek, no worries there..

DubDJ

drunkmonkey wrote: »

The phone restarted once (well it didn't really just went blank and the apple symbol appeared and then it was back to normal) since the last beta, none of my important apps crashed think it could have been just adverts app.

The OS is as smooth as Rosanna Davidsons left cheek, no worries there..

As long as its her bum cheek your talking about my mind is at ease

Zapp Brannigan

There's a new sound when you plug the phone in to charge. I like it.

120_Minutes

I'm on the final beta before the GM and i have noticed one bug

go to your contacts and edit your own ("me") contact and try to scroll down to the bottom, it crashes out everytime.

I'm on a 4s yet a workmate is running the same beta on a 5 and his doesnt crash.


hmmmm.....

WillyWonka

Only available to Developers still?

guil

WillyWonka wrote: »

Only available to Developers still?

No here's the link https://mega.co.nz/#!sJlUmK4Q!IPnV_lZYMpS2fvnw3rT2-zN7Up5ImppHv7uz5IzqRWo

You need something like 7zip, open the dmg file and then the hfs. The ipsw is in there. Extract it and shift restore in iTunes

dmcg90

120_Minutes wrote: »

I'm on the final beta before the GM and i have noticed one bug

go to your contacts and edit your own ("me") contact and try to scroll down to the bottom, it crashes out everytime.

I'm on a 4s yet a workmate is running the same beta on a 5 and his doesnt crash.


hmmmm.....

Not for me (iPad Mini)

DubDJ

120_Minutes wrote: »

I'm on the final beta before the GM and i have noticed one bug

go to your contacts and edit your own ("me") contact and try to scroll down to the bottom, it crashes out everytime.

I'm on a 4s yet a workmate is running the same beta on a 5 and his doesnt crash.


hmmmm.....

Only for your own personal contact or does the same thing happen for all?

jarvis

I'm using the ios7 gm since yesterday and every call I make gets put on hold by my face!!! Really annoying.

guil

jarvis wrote: »

I'm using the ios7 gm since yesterday and every call I make gets put on hold by my face!!! Really annoying.

Have you tried a restart? I'm using the gm as well and no problems so far.

NetNinja

Anybody tried it on an Iphone 4? Wondering if it will be crippled.

Raedwald

guil wrote: »

No here's the link https://mega.co.nz/#!sJlUmK4Q!IPnV_lZYMpS2fvnw3rT2-zN7Up5ImppHv7uz5IzqRWo

You need something like 7zip, open the dmg file and then the hfs. The ipsw is in there. Extract it and shift restore in iTunes

Hi Gull,

I've extracted the ipsw file for ios7 I'm just not sure on the next step. How do I restore my phone from following the extraction?

Mr Velo

I've been using iOS 7 since Beta 4 - updated to GM yesterday and absolutely no issues so far.

The only issue is that it's obviously not compatible with iTunes 11.0.5 so you'll need to make sure you're backing up to iCloud for the next few days and not need to sync with iTunes on your Windows PC.

Mr Velo

Raedwald wrote: »

Hi Gull,

I've extracted the ipsw file for ios7 I'm just not sure on the next step. How do I restore my phone from following the extraction?

Press SHIFT, click Check For Update in iTunes, point it at the IPSW file.

Raedwald

Mr Velo wrote: »

Press SHIFT, click Check For Update in iTunes, point it at the IPSW file.

Got it! Cheers!

120_Minutes

DubDJ wrote: »

Only for your own personal contact or does the same thing happen for all?

I thought it was my own, but it is actually doing it on others too. not them all though.

guil

Mr Velo wrote: »

Press SHIFT, click Check For Update in iTunes, point it at the IPSW file.

Surprised that worked cos a lot of places are saying you have to restore. I held shift and clicked restore from backup

FourFourRED

Not a fan of the slightly slow animations of the home screen on the iPhone 5 but other than that it's a welcome refreshing update, looking forward to updated third party apps next week.

JustAddWater

Aodhagan wrote: »

Not a fan of the slightly slow animations of the home screen on the iPhone 5 but other than that it's a welcome refreshing update, looking forward to updated third party apps next week.

good luck... Still some that haven't updated for iPhone 5 screen and that was last year!! :mad:

Dublin bus, yes I am looking at you!!!

Overheal

Im not going to rush into iOS 7 thanks.

I mean I was fine with iOS 6 but remember the Apple Maps boondoggle?

maximoose

NetNinja wrote: »

Anybody tried it on an Iphone 4? Wondering if it will be crippled.

Curious to know this also. My 4 feels sluggish as it is at the minute, wondering is iOS7 gonna make it worse. Might give it a bash tonight

Dades

Overheal wrote: »

Im not going to rush into iOS 7 thanks.

I mean I was fine with iOS 6 but remember the Apple Maps boondoggle?

That was only an issue because the superior Google Maps app was pulled.

There's no such probs with iOS7.

NetNinja

Has anybody tried the GM on an iphone 4?

Zapp Brannigan

Anyone on GM notice that iCloud Keychain has disappeared?

Fol20

Mr Velo wrote: »

Press SHIFT, click Check For Update in iTunes, point it at the IPSW file.

For anyone using a mac its alt

Sad Professor

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Anyone on GM notice that iCloud Keychain has disappeared?

They seem to be holding it back until Mavericks is released.

The Ayatolla

Just installed on iphone 5. No difference to last beta. Awaiting itunes update so i can sync again.

FourFourRED

JustAddWater wrote: »

good luck... Still some that haven't updated for iPhone 5 screen and that was last year!! :mad:

Dublin bus, yes I am looking at you!!!

I mean the big apps like Facebook, Twitter etc. They should bring major redesigns and take advantage of the new API's particularly Background App Refresh if they can do it without killing battery life.

The domestic "small time" apps I rarely use much anyway as they are just a carbon copy of their website most of the time anyway.

Sad Professor

I view iOS 7 as another good opportunity to weed out the good developers from the bad. The good ones will update their apps to take advantage of the new OS, the bad ones will continue to use the same crappy cross-platform UI that they use in their Android apps. In meantime new developers can jump in and steel their users, who (in the absence of upgrade pricing) have nothing tying them to the previous apps.

BrookieD

have been running the GM for a day or so now. smooth and no crashing in any app only for TuneIn. some times it crases a fair few times on version 4.1

cannot find playback for rte2fm no harm there but the stream is dead.

Overall a good improvement to the look and feel from my part and as I am in the middle of app dev i can not look to take advantage of some new API's and dev the app according to this.

thumbs up from me.

SweetCaliber

BrookieD wrote: »

have been running the GM for a day or so now. smooth and no crashing in any app only for TuneIn. some times it crases a fair few times on version 4.1

cannot find playback for rte2fm no harm there but the stream is dead.

Overall a good improvement to the look and feel from my part and as I am in the middle of app dev i can not look to take advantage of some new API's and dev the app according to this.

thumbs up from me.

Yeah TuneIn keeps crashing for me too.

I used to have a scrolling issue in Facebook where when I tried to scroll it either wouldn't or bring up some random image! All seems to be good now!

DubDJ

Are the Adverts and eBay apps still crashing?

culabula

The last beta was very buggy on iPhone 4. Haven't noticed any issues with the GM.

However, on iPad, I've noticed today (and had it confirmed by others) that I cannot switch from photo to video within camera.app.

culabula

Further to my previous post, I note the exact same bug in Camera.app on an iPhone 4 as on iPad.

SweetCaliber

culabula wrote: »

Further to my previous post, I note the exact same bug in Camera.app on an iPhone 4 as on iPad.

On the IOS 7 GM?

Works for me on iPhone 4 :S

culabula

SweetCaliber wrote: »

On the IOS 7 GM?

Works for me on iPhone 4 :S

Yep, can't get it to toggle on either device.

SweetCaliber

culabula wrote: »

Yep, can't get it to toggle on either device.

That's odd alright.

culabula

I notice in Camera.app that "burst mode" is working on my iPhone 4 despite information to the contrary on other sites.

Also, the rocker volume switch on my iPad is taking photos when pressed in either direction -was this always the case?

mar1us

I had on iPhone 4 iOS7 beta 1 and 2 but didn't like it i use alot the tomtom app but didn't worked and now still that android looking ...

DubDJ

Apple are already testing iOS 7.0.1, 7.0.2 & 7.1 updates. The two first updates will probably be bugfixes but i'm hoping for new functionality with the 7.1 updates.

Mellor

culabula wrote: »

I notice in Camera.app that "burst mode" is working on my iPhone 4 despite information to the contrary on other sites.

Also, the rocker volume switch on my iPad is taking photos when pressed in either direction -was this always the case?

That's been the case since about iOS 4 or 5

maximoose

Restored to the GM lastnight on my 4. Liking it a lot - it's very slick and much cleaner looking. Running pretty well with no crashes as of yet, apps stable and performing as good (or better) than before.

I just wish I knew beforehand that I needed a version of iTunes that doesn't exist yet for windows to sync music

Bazsutto

Anyone know what time ios goes live tru iTunes on the 18 Sep?

dmcg90

Bazsutto wrote: »

Anyone know what time ios goes live tru iTunes on the 18 Sep?

Its usually around 5/6pm our time.

culabula

Mellor wrote: »

That's been the case since about iOS 4 or 5

Thanks for that. Funny, I never noticed before on iPad.

JustAddWater

dmcg90 wrote: »

Its usually around 5/6pm our time.

Does anyone know if the update from GM to final will be OTA since the upgrade from beta 6 wasn't OTA, it has me wondering now

Thanks

Sad Professor

JustAddWater wrote: »

Does anyone know if the update from GM to final will be OTA since the upgrade from beta 6 wasn't OTA, it has me wondering now

Thanks

Unless they release another GM (extremely unlikely at this late stage), the current GM is final and you won't need to update.

Herrick

How's it performing on the iPhone 4/4s for anyone here? Any lag or sluggishness?