Reject the iOS 16 developer beta offer.

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Waltroft
Member

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06-06-2017, 03:01 PM

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Seriously, don't get it. If you want to daily drive iOS 16 developer beta, I strongly suggest you not to. I installed the beta on an iPhone X, and that thing is like a toaster. Even on standby, it's warm to the touch all the time. And when you use it, it's too hot to hold it that even your flashlight and other things are disabled. Some apps just disappeared temporarily (In my case the settings and other 2 apps but a restart fixed it). And there's so much lag that it can't be usable. Now I get it, " it's a beta, what did you expect? ", but I think that this is the least stable iOS version ever. I daily drived betas for 3 years and they were usable, they would just have 1 or 2 bugs but that's all, nothing major. I heard that I'm not the only one, on iPhone Xr it's the same thing but your experience may vary. I suggest that you should avoid it for now and wait for the public beta or even better, the full release. I would like to know if this behavior is present for you guys.

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Max846
Senior Member

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06-06-2017, 04:12 PM

#2

It's an iPhone X, so iOS 16 was designed to work smoothly with devices from the iPhone 12 onward, offering improved performance and new features.

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warregb
Junior Member

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06-07-2017, 06:20 AM

#3

They also advise against using development test builds on your regular driving device. During setup, they clearly specify this restriction applies only to dev devices.

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cookiegal1410
Member

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06-07-2017, 08:25 AM

#4

Never test iOS or Android developer/beta versions on your primary device. Switch back to version 15.5 for your main phone, and keep the betas reserved for your trial devices.

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iberius13
Member

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06-15-2017, 03:47 PM

#5

iOS frequently functions well on certain older devices, especially after the latest updates. The developer beta offers a significantly different experience compared to what most users encounter later on.