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There’s the part about common sense and reading the release notes. It is a beta software. Historically, iOS betas do expire.
It can always give a gentle warning before locking people out.
There are lots of comments here that rightly point out that you have no reasonable expectation of uninterrupted functionality using beta software. But to me, there's a bigger, more interesting picture here: There's clearly a demand for pre-release Apple software among people who don't really have any need for it. I'm sure I'm not alone in having seen people this summer running iOS 7 betas on their personal phones, ev…
I wonder if the large amount of regular users who jump at the chance to join a beta has anything to do with the severe dilution of the term. These days a product labeled as beta is very likely to be using that to imply a degree of exclusivity or simply to emphasize that it is the absolute latest, rather than it being unfinished. Beta access for video games is extremely desirable, Google has made the term completely m…
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I have Find My Phone turned on. Can I just upgrade / restore the iPhone?
If you have find my phone turned on: 0. Go to iCloud and disable find my phone for your device 1. Download the GM final OS7 build 2. Restart in recovery mode: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808#sthash.qByAjn0z.dpuf 3. Do NOT click ok when prompted to restore your phone 4. Click the secret command/alt combination with the restore button. 5. Select the downloaded OS7 file. your phone will fix itself Real asshole move o…
Also, in case anyone else is reading this, I was also getting mysterious "Unknown Errors" from iTunes when trying the restore, it was because I hadn't updated iTunes to the very very latestest.
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I agree - they should change the registration process so each developer account only install firmware on a single phone
That's a terrible idea that assumes each developer only needs one phone. But someone who is making a full-time living off iOS development probably has several devices: a 5/5x for the taller screen, a 4/4S, until recently maybe a non-retina model...
Got this on my iPad, thought "ohh shit, I should back up my phone right now, it's next..." I backed it up and within 20 minutes it had been disabled. Interestingly, it put it in a state in which it was unable to ring for incoming calls. I wish Apple would not report that your iOS version is "up to date" in iTunes if you are running a time-bombed beta build. Even if they don't want to support a direct upgrade path fro…
A quick jump onto developer.apple.com to download the latest IPSW and my iPad is working again.
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That's a terrible idea that assumes each developer only needs one phone. But someone who is making a full-time living off iOS development probably has several devices: a 5/5x for the taller screen, a 4/4S, until recently maybe a non-retina model...
As well as a number of beta testers (who when they offer useful feedback can be worth their weight in gold).