Very good post Sieghard. You convinced me to wait. I hate to be picky, but since you hardly ever make a mistake, I will point out that you meant iOS 8.4.1 not 8.1.4 as the current release. Richard
> On Sep 15, 2015, at 9:54 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi List, > > I want to respect Cara’s recent post about not disclosing information about > beta software and until some time around 10 AM Pacific Time tomorrow iOS 9 is > still in Beta. > However, I do feel I should put out a message of warning and caution, so I > will do so without mentioning any specific problems with iOS 9. > > I can, however, definitely say that problems exist just as they have with > other new iOS releases and while some seem to be more serious for some > testers than for others, they may very well effect a major function or > functions of your iPhone. I therefore want to suggest that especially people > who don’t like surprises or who hate to put up with bugs to wait a few days > before jumping onto this update. In any case, upgrading on launch day can > often be frustrating and slow due to the huge number of people who can’t wait > to get the new OS and if you wait a few days you can be more confident > nothing bad will happen. There will of course also be a detailed explanation > on Applevis what bugs exist and how they may or may not effect you. There > may, for example, be serious issues with braille displays, but if you are not > a braille user like me, you probably couldn’t care less. Maybe there is a > major problem with Voiceover freezing when making phone calls, but if you > mostly text and rarely call it may not be such a big deal to you whereas for > others it could be a total deal-breaker. > > We all know how it is not exactly easy to go back to a previous version of > the OS and at best it is only possible for a fairly short time. Most of us > have heard about what new features iOS 9 brings and some of them are nice, > but believe me that there is nothing you can’t live without for a few days so > do yourself a favour and let those who don’t listen to what I have to say > upgrade first and then report all that is wrong. Of course there will also be > messages from people like Jonathan and other beta testers who have battled > the bugs for the last 3 months and who have reported them and tried to tell > Apple what needs fixing. But of course just as with iOS 8, Apple has not > acted on all of these reports and significant problems have survived until > launch day and will probably continuew to survive for several more updates. > > If you do feel that you just can’t wait, at least do prepare for the upgrade > and maybe take a step or two you have not taken before and which you may > think is unnecessary. Here are the ones I recommend: > > 1. Go to the App Store on your phone, select the updates tab and make > sure all apps are updated. > 2. If you absolutely refuse to use iTunes, make sure you have an > up-to-date iCloud backup. If you don’t mind using iTunes, connect your phone, > go to File > Devices and select to “Transfer Purchases” in order to make sure > any updated apps or other items are transferred to your iTunes library. > 3. Once this has finished, again go to File > Devices and select to > “Sync” > 4. Once syncing has finished, go back to File > Devices one last time > and select to backup your phone. I highly recommend that you first go to your > device section, tab to the appropriate checkbox on the Summary tab and check > to make an encrypted backup. Enter a password you remember, tab once and > reenter it, then tab to OK. You only have to do this once, any backup you > make after this will be encrypted using the same password you set. > 5. Once all this is done, bring up the app switcher and remove/quit all > apps. > 6. I highly recommend to next go to Settings > General > Reset and to > select “Reset Network Settings”. This will ask for a confirmation and then > reboot your phone. Reset Network Settings often fixes many issues and doing > this before an update may very well prevent you from having issues to begin > with. Remember that after your phone reboots, you have to go to Settings > > WiFi and reconnect to your WiFi and of course if your WiFi is protected by a > password which is most likely the case, make sure you know said password. > Also, if you have changed your iPhone’s name in Settings > General > About, > doing a Reset Network Settings will erase this name and replace it with the > default which simply is “iPhone”. You can just go ahead and change it back to > whatever you want it to be. > 7. Now you are well prepared for the upgrade, once again I recommend > for a major update to a new version of the OS to use iTunes. If your phone is > still connected, all you have to do is go to the device section, tab to > “Check for Updates” and activate it. If iOS 9 has been released, you should > be told that it is available and a few more tabs and presses of the enter key > or spacebar will start the process. You get much more feedback as to what is > currently happening if you upgrade via iTunes. If you don’t wish to do so, > you can of course go to Settings > General > Software Updates and do the over > the air upgrade. Make sure, however, that your phone is plugged in or at > least is fully charged. > If everything goes well you will be upgraded to iOS 9, all your apps, > folders, settings and data will be as before and you can enjoy the newest iOS > features and the newest set of bugs. > > What will I do? Well, I ran iOS 9 Beta back in June and early July for a bit > until I was sick and tired of the problems. I then downgraded back to > whatever the current iOS 8.1 release was at the time (I think it was 8.1.3. A > few days I upgraded again to the new iOS 9.1 beta, yes, Apple has already > released iOS 9.1 Beta which won’t come out until November when the iPad Pro > is released even before iOS 9 is publically released. I found 9.1 Beta also > lacking since I currently only have one iPhone and I do need it to work so > this morning I once again downgraded to 8.1.4 because I wanted this so far > most stabil version back since I have decided that I will most likely not > upgrade to iOS 9 at this time. I have ordered an iPhone 6S 64 Gb and my > carrier tells me that I may not get it until a week or so after the official > launch day on September 25, so until the beginning of October when I am > forced to use iOS 9 since it will be preinstalled on my new phone, I will > probably stick with 8.1.4. zHopefull the newest hardware may have a few less > problems, but that of course remains to be seen. > > > Good luck, > Sieghard > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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