Benjamin Levicek Every year, do you look forward to June when Apple releases new operating systems, and are you one of those users who rush to install beta versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS right after WWDC? Until now, I was partly among these latecomers, and even though I know the risks associated with the above-mentioned actions, I did not hesitate and started to install. However, I had an experience that made me think twice about installing non-debugged systems. Everything did not go as smoothly as I expected.
The first system I started using was iPadOS 15. Here, everything went quite smoothly, and now I can state that both native and third-party applications work, except for minor flaws. I was even surprised by the stability, as I have an older iPad Pro model, specifically from 2017. However, I definitely do not want to recommend the installation, my positive experience may not be shared by other beta testers in any case.
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I then jumped on iOS 15, which I expected to be the same as the tablet system. I backed up the data safely, installed the profile and then the update. What happened next, however, really freaked me out.
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I did the update overnight, of course with the smartphone connected to a Wi-Fi network and a power source. After waking up in the morning, I took the phone off the charger and tried to unlock it, but I got no response. The machine overheated extremely, but did not respond to touch. To tell the truth, I did not hide my surprise. I currently own an iPhone 12 mini, one of Apple's latest family of phones. This is also why I was of the opinion that the beta version should run relatively smoothly on this machine.
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Adam Kos Of course I tried a hard restart, but unfortunately nothing worked. Due to my busy schedule, I didn't have the opportunity to come to my home for a computer to repair the phone through it, so I went to one of the authorized service centers. Here they first tried putting the device into recovery mode and reinstalling the software, when that didn't work either, they reset it and installed the latest public version, iOS 14.6.
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If you are not a developer or tester, please wait
Personally, I generally don't download betas to my primary devices just to try out new features. For the purpose of testing for our magazine, I did this for the second time in a row, but the vicissitudes described above discouraged me from such future fads. Therefore, I recommend installing the sharp version, or at least the first public beta version, which should be available already in July, and not the developer version.
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Vratislav Holub But if you still can't decide, or if you simply can't delay the installation due to application development or testing, it is more than appropriate to back up the product, and this applies to both the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. But even a backup often doesn't protect you from vicissitudes, and to tell the truth, even though I was honestly prepared for problems, it wasn't a pleasant affair. If you don't need to test, once again, I strongly recommend updating only when a sharp version is available.
Only update when a sharp version is available? What is this nonsense? Until then, it's not an update after all.
When you go from one release to a higher release release, isn't that an update? Can you elaborate on your idea?
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and what else should it be if not an update?
Sometimes the update is funny or wacky depending on the point of view, even if it's a sharp version :)
This is, of course, unpleasant news if the cause was really the beta itself (however, I have not come across a similar report anywhere else). I've always installed developer betas on all my devices (iPad, iPhone, Watch, TV) and haven't had a problem yet (except of course for having to unpair AW3, which Apple already states as a standard procedure). I have now installed 15 on the iPhone 12 and so far no problems.
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I also had no problems with beta versions before. Of course, when one calculates the possible risks, there is probably no reason to worry. But it is important to know the risks and try to prevent them.
I also have ios 15 installed on my iphone 12 mini and everything is working fine, the only app that can't be launched is mortal kombat.
I would rather say that it will be a rare mistake, but an understandable one. I always install the first public ones, but the truth is that with iOS 10 I have this feeling, I was very unhappy because there was a lot of broken image enlargement, which I need due to my eyesight and what was my surprise when they did not fix it even in sharp version and it took until iOS 10.2 before they bought it. For me personally, it was half a year, the most annoying half a year with iPhone :)
"How iOS 15 made my iPhone a paperweight or why not install bet"
What is the "bet"?
I have had an ipados 15 installed since June. I would never do that again either. A sharp version is due out tomorrow. That probably won't help me, will it?