iPhone OS 3.0 beta 3 goes live
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Apr 14th 2009 6:42PM
posted Apr 14th 2009 6:42PM
No details on what's new just yet, but iPhone OS 3.0 beta 3 has just hit Apple's servers for registered, card-carrying members of the Dev Center -- a nice release cadence since the new platform was first announced. More as we flesh it out![Via Boy Genius Report]
Update: Alright, well, we've played with it -- as many of you have -- and the update seems cosmetically identical to beta 2. We'd argue that things generally feel smoother and snappier, but the difference is almost imperceptible; go ahead and upgrade if you're chilling on beta 2, but don't expect sunshine and moonbeams with this release.
9 bucks dude? I mean really? 9 dollars?
Between the threat of Apple suing you into the stone age and blatantly ripping people off what type meds do you take at night to help you get to sleep?
yay! keep us updated! was hoping this would come out today...can't wait to see whats new!
I'm wondering, did the iPhone 2.0 beta go like this? I don't remember hearing anything about it before it was released with the phone, but the 3.0 beta seems to be going a lot quicker and will no doubt be much smoother than the iPhone 3G debut. I think the crush of people buying the 3G really surprised Apple and they weren't really prepared.
2.0 beta wasn't for all devs, this is. Also, this one doesn't have a nondisclosure agreement attached to it.
Not to top post, but if you are considering updating right now, I'd hold off.
I think it just bricked my iphone. I got an unknown error when updating it, it loaded in restore mode, and got an unknown error attempting to restore to factory defaults. Could just be me, could be more widespread, but might want to delay the update until you know it isn't the latter
who?:
As a sample of part of the agreement:
5.1 Information Deemed Apple Confidential
You agree that all pre-release versions of the SDK (including pre-release Documentation) and any terms and
conditions contained herein that disclose pre-release features of the SDK will be deemed “Apple Confidential
Information”...
It definitely is covered under NDA that's accepted by your being in the program. It's just a wider public that has access, and thus, there will be more leaks. As with most technology software such as this, NDAs are all too commonly ignored.
Indeed, Andrew. You probably just broke the NDA by posting part of it above.
Haha, probably true.
I think that the bar at the top that displays the connection to wifi and your service provider is now silver when on the iPod, during beta 2 mine was black and it looked really out of place.
9 month later...a birth of push notifications?
I jizzed, that's why after 9 months the "PUSH PUSH, notification from the comp doc" was BORN
I am so freaking psyched for this, but I'm much more interested in what hardware the next version iPhone will have. We want all the goodies now, King Steve.
Now with more Zune Action!
Downloading now!!!
Installed now im going through the restore process.
Are you a DEV or is it on Bittorrent already?
dev
I heard word that the bittorrent version wasn't working because it pretty much locked down until it verified that you were a developer. Downloading it now! Beta 2 fixed most of the major bugs with beta 1 (i.e. it was actually usable without restarting the phone 2 or 3 times a day).. I'm guessing beta 3 is going to just polish things up even more..
Well, I'm one of the lucky few to be registered on Demonoid, so I shouldn't have to wait too long. Someone will have it up, probably late tonight.
Crap, I just released I missed House last night. Gotta download that too.
@Steve Ehrenberg, who said: "I heard word that the bittorrent version wasn't working because it pretty much locked down until it verified that you were a developer."
Well, that's a bummer. I was waiting until this release specifically because I thought it would be very stable by now. Look like I might want to sign up as a DEV. Does it cost $100.00 to sign up or is it free?
you know you don't have to restore your whole phone,,,
just press (option) while clicking (check for update) and select your .ipsw file
this way you don't have to take a long time and you don't have to resync everything you have on your phone,,, just a tip
@P.A.C Man
You have to pay the $100. If you don't pay and register your phone on the Apple Developer Connection the beta won't work and you'll have a very expensive and shiny paperweight.
Thanks for the warning. Guess I'll wait for June. Damn!
I'm not a dev, but I'm still psyched about tethering, A2DP (spelling?) and bluetooth multiplayer.
hurry up and get here june!
Can anyone add me to their Dev account?
Dude, it will be on Bit torrent soon enough. Just relax and wait.
Once again: if you don't have a developer account, it will brick your phone. Don't think you're smarter than that. You're not.
@Greg, actually, a majority of the users here use an iPod touch, which means it doesn't brick the main functions because they aren't locked down at all by AT&T.
Always forgetting the non-phone aspect. :(
Link Please : )
I hope we finally get to see video recording for the 3G. =)
Not happening. That'll be for the third coming only, to entice upgrades.
sorry, cant find Video record :(
Does anyone know what build number this is?
we needs a torrent.
iPhone 3.0 vs. Android 1.5... FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!
iPhone's version is twice as high!
I am a Dev with apple. i'm installing it as i write this post
Congratulation!
Build number: 7A280f
Does anybody know if 3.0 has support for garbage collection?
Excellent question; I am waiting for that more than any 'feature'. I tend to play more 2D than 3D games, and so I don't have to restart as often as many others, but it is still a darned nuisance.
its my understanding that apple is doing away with garbage collection due to the big memory and computing overhead. developers are forced to program more efficiently (not rely on garbage collection) we can have a faster operating system.
Mine is the opposite. I believe that they just added it to Leopard, which is one of the reasons some software written for 10.5 won't run on 10.4...
although it may be on a torrent, you still need to log in with a Dev account to activate it.
a CRACKED torrent would be nice though
:)
I have a cracked iPhone... does that count? :(
@ Andrew
That sucks, next time buy a case!!
Yeah, yeah, I know. I just don't like most of the cases. I think I'll finally get one next time though.
Do you have to have a Mac to install the beta's? I am thinking about registering just for beta access.
Well you kind of do because when you download the update it is in .dmg format and thats not openable on windows. i think
But I mean... if you really wanted access for the beta that bad, you could get access, add your UUID, then go download it from a torrent or something I suppose.