Apple Pulls iOS 12 Beta 7 Update Due To Performance Issues (macrumors.com)

Apple has quietly pulled iOS 12 Beta 7 software, aimed at developers and enthusiasts, less than a day after rolling it out. Even as the company has not offered an explanation -- or an acknowledgement -- according to users, performance issues might be the reason. MacRumors: On the MacRumors forums, there are multiple reports of problems when tapping on an icon, which can result in a very noticeable pause before the app launches. As MacRumors reader OldSchoolMacGuy explains: "I'm seeing apps take 10 seconds or more to launch on my X. Restarted and still seeing the same issue." Some users have said that the pausing issue disappeared for them after five or 10 minutes of using the iPhone, while others appear to be having continual problems. Prior to when Apple pulled the update, several MacRumors readers had warned other users against installing the update on their iPhones.

Comments

Doesn't look good.

[hcs_$reboot]

Since a couple iOS back, the UI deteriorates each time a little more. Unlocking the phone (fingerprint) while looking at the timer makes the iPhone go to several states before showing a stable screen. Sometimes, the icons get redrawn (like some older Windows). The other day, after using Music a while, playing a song and switching quickly to another one made the interface stay on the previous title. Not mentioning the various bugs that are never fixed, every year the UI is losing something.

This doesn't look good, because those are not bugs that seem easy to fix. That sounds more like deep bugs, maybe some race conditions also, that show the Apple team has lost it, either because they're not motivated, or because the most competent ones abandoned the ship.

Re:Pretty sad at beta 7

[Dixie_Flatline]

It's a beta. Bugs happen in beta. The whole reason why they have a beta is to find bugs. You should be glad that they were willing to pull a late-stage beta for bugfixing because it means their system works. It found a bug that they presumably couldn't catch with their more limited internal tests. How? I don't know. But it doesn't matter.

I'm running PB5 and most things are good. I'm still filing bugs because software is never perfect, but this is barely news. Let me know when they pull an official release of iOS 12 (or worse, DON'T pull an official release of iOS 12) because a major bug like this is found.

Re: Pretty sad at beta 7

[UnknowingFool]

The fact that they pulled a beta for performance issues seems to counter your argument that Apple doesn't care. If they didn't care, they would have kept the beta out there.