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Ios 7 for free and easy

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connorfitz
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So i saw a thread on "Thoughts About ios 7" and figured i would post a thread on how to get it for free. All of you know that IOS 7 has been reveled and that you can "only" get it of you are a developer welllllll not true i just got it and it literally took me 15 min (mainly just waited for stuff to download) Anyways its super easy and it beats paying 108$ just watch this - http://
Jun 11 2013 6:54PM
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Rafiki
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what bugs have you come across? i've only experienced minor lag and 1 restart
Jun 12 2013 6:28PM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
Failure to open apps on multiple occasions, ebay almost never opens.

Doesn't maintain timecode if you leave a song/video

Slow transitions to open apps

Sending a message often glitches and shows as having sent 3 temporarily, still having sent one.

Buttons often fail(ones outside of the keyboard(the new text ones))

Multitasking doesn't close apps always, even when they say they have been.

Wifi was pretty temperamental too which was annoying as fuck.

Bringing up the control centre happened too often when I was scrolling(probably about 60/70% of the way down the screen, must be a glitch)


Although there's a huge amount of improvements in every way, I just need something that works, can't wait till it's stable, so many timesaving things.
Jun 12 2013 6:34PM
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Poop_nugget
Posts: 534 - Karma: -15
any tips on how do download it using a pc?
Jun 12 2013 8:15PM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
Download the firmware.

Plug phone into computer.

Open Itunes

Go to Iphone summary

Shift + click update

Locate firmware

Open firmware

It'll do the rest for you
Jun 12 2013 8:19PM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
4s. How is it on the 5?
Jun 12 2013 8:32PM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
I'll see how it is once they release the next beta, if it's any better I'll probably keep it.
Jun 12 2013 8:50PM
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Poop_nugget
Posts: 534 - Karma: -15
update the beta just downloaded successfully onto my 5. So far no problems, no glitches from what ive experienced so far.
Jun 12 2013 9:55PM
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,846
Confirm this please
Jun 12 2013 10:51PM
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414.
Posts: 3819 - Karma: 136
it's extremely glitchy on my 4S, literally can't do anything with quickness, but still like a lot of the new features, although i'm not a big fan of some of the visual/design choices.
Jun 12 2013 11:26PM
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tripnip
Posts: 1882 - Karma: 482
it neat but ill take it off tomorrow, it is slow i am on the 5 and music just randomly stops working i have had the phone shut down twice, the new features are cool and all but i will wait for the next beta before i leave it on there for more than 24 hours
Jun 13 2013 2:03AM
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Rafiki
Posts: 3858 - Karma: 2,251
just fyi you'll lose your jailbreak.




also july 24th is the rumored expiration date, but it'll for sure expire a few days after beta 2 releases. since beta 2 has no set release date (yet), it's only guesses now
Jun 13 2013 2:08AM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
day 2 with it on my 4S, and pretty much all is well. battery is draining a little faster than usual, but that's to be expected with a beta. a little glitchy / laggy here, but no restarts or resprings so far.


things i dont like so far

1) not into the color scheme that much, but it'll probably grow on me

2) why don't they put weather in the notification drop down anymore?

3) keyboard is constantly showing caps, which is a minor thing but still annoying

4) the new app icons look so stupid

Jun 13 2013 2:11AM
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Rafiki
Posts: 3858 - Karma: 2,251
i think that may be how the new keyboard is. i write in all caps in daily life so i actually like it
Jun 13 2013 2:20AM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
2) The weather has been improved so much, auto updates itself and shows instantly when you drag down the notification thing. Tells it perfectly.

And ah never realised why my battery was so low yesterday haha, that'd be why.
Jun 13 2013 8:39AM
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Kretzschmar
Posts: 6707 - Karma: 98,278
its about time they added the switches for 4G and WIFI. i have mine jailbroken and thats one of my favorites things on it, so i dont have to go to settings everytime. really debating if i want to DL
Jun 13 2013 9:24AM
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PhaedeD
Posts: 11498 - Karma: 327
Word on the street is they are cracking down on people with iOS 7 right now... Any news?
Jun 13 2013 5:49PM
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GayWolf420
Posts: 37380 - Karma: 119,948
Fuck that shit. Bout ready to bust this POS over a rock.
Jun 13 2013 6:05PM
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Kretzschmar
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found this pretty interesting although this does not surprise me at all.

Jun 13 2013 6:11PM
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DeRizzo
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Just reposted this, so uh, fuck me for that.

But anyway I really like it. I just love changing it up after having the same program for a 1 1/2 years.
Jun 13 2013 10:15PM
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Rafiki
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beta 2 should be available as an OTA update for all iOS7 users today, just so y'all know
Jun 24 2013 6:04PM
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414.
Posts: 3819 - Karma: 136
to be clear, if you have iOS 7, you can just update to beta 2 from your phone? or can i go download the 2nd beta from somewhere?
Jun 24 2013 7:37PM
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Rafiki
Posts: 3858 - Karma: 2,251
if you have iOS7 it's an OTA (over the air) update, same as any other iOS update. just do the regular settings>general>software update

definitely a lot faster and less laggy than beta 1, but still could use improvement. lots of little things have been fixed and new voices (m & f) for siri added. there's a full changelog somewhere if anyone's really interested
Jun 24 2013 7:40PM
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,846
my iphone is soo glitchy these days. currently backing up all my sms messages just in case. and had to delete a ton of music to make room for the new update.
and whenever i plug it in to itunes it gets stuck doing 'updates' at step 3. it never finishes.

damn i need 5S to come out so i can just get a 5 cheap
Jun 24 2013 8:39PM
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414.
Posts: 3819 - Karma: 136
okay, i just went to the video in the OP and re-downloaded iOS 7 but the video was updated to beta 2, is it still considered 7.0 or is beta 2 like 7.0.2 or some shit?
Jun 24 2013 10:00PM
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Rafiki
Posts: 3858 - Karma: 2,251
still 7.0. once you update to 7.0, go to settings > general > software update and there should be the beta 2 update ready.

also gus BGR posted a "beta 2 changelog" but it was really the beta 1 known issues log. should be out within a few days
Jun 25 2013 3:15AM
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,846
beta 2 seems a lot smoother. hasnt crashed yet.

i also freed up about 2GB of room on my phone which i usually dont have, so that probably helped too
Jun 25 2013 1:04PM
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PhaedeD
Posts: 11498 - Karma: 327
so when I send iMessages they are showing up as my email address, I used to have it set to not do this so they came up as my phone number. If i remember in 6.1.4 or whatever you could go into your settings and change this... i dont see it on iOS 7, any ideas on what to do?
Jun 26 2013 2:45PM
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Rafiki
Posts: 3858 - Karma: 2,251
settings > messages > send & receive
Jun 26 2013 5:15PM
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mmallender.
Posts: 5805 - Karma: 936
hey so i installed beta 2 from a restore file rather than OTA, and my phone will not activate and i am being asked to register my device with my developer account, is there any way around this or do i need to go back to beta 1 and OTA update?
Jun 26 2013 5:25PM
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Rafiki
Posts: 3858 - Karma: 2,251
go back to beta 1 and OTA update. should take you all of 15 minutes
Jun 27 2013 2:07AM
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mmallender.
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just downloading beta 2 as we speak, my wifi is slow as shit though haha, est. 3 hours
Jun 27 2013 3:17PM
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Sophistication.
Posts: 665 - Karma: 352
I'm running this as a developer on a 32gb, 5th generation IPod touch. My question for you home-brewers is: How do I gain access to more dynamic wallpapers?
They're dope as fuck.

Gee thanks,
Sophisitcation.
Jun 28 2013 2:25PM
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,846
good cause beta 2 is crashing again. and some weird glitch with rewinding music.
and im guessing its related to the new thing where apps run even when theyre closed, but it seems like if i try to do something in multiple apps at the same time, the one im not using glitches. especially music/ tunin radio since i use them most.
Jun 28 2013 2:31PM
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414.
Posts: 3819 - Karma: 136
i hope so, cause beta 2 is still buggy as fuck for me (4S).
Jun 28 2013 2:31PM
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jblaski
Posts: 5566 - Karma: 1,078
This. Anyone know?
Jun 28 2013 11:37PM
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jblaski
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I had to restore from the first step, when downloading the 6.1.3 (or whatever it was). And then the "check for update" was for getting the ios7. I backed up my phone before doing all this, but for right now, I don't have any of my own stuff.
Jun 28 2013 11:49PM
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jblaski
Posts: 5566 - Karma: 1,078
Eh, I probably did. Ended up loosing some IMO in some apps (past workout info, etc). But got most of my stuff back.
Jun 30 2013 4:38PM
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PhaedeD
Posts: 11498 - Karma: 327
this shit is mad bugggiieee
Jul 2 2013 10:31AM
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Maruchan
Posts: 206 - Karma: 1,582
Yeah its really easy to do so props to this kid for helpin some other kids out but it got slow and was super buggy so i just went back to 6... If you just have an extra device laying around that you can theow it on go for it but i wouldnt put it on your primary phone that you use everyday.
Jul 2 2013 11:17AM
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JeremyB
Posts: 629 - Karma: 30
threads, i'll probably install beta 3, once it comes out, if it's less glitchy then beta 2!
Jul 3 2013 10:31AM
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JeremyB
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Oh you said august 8th in your last post..sounds good!
Jul 3 2013 3:16PM
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howlongcanausern
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>apple products
>paying for OS

lolwut
Jul 3 2013 7:50PM
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jblaski
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Who's paying for the OS?
Jul 3 2013 8:38PM
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