iPhone OS 3.1 beta 2 released (update: disables tethering, enables AR?)
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Jul 14th 2009 8:01PM
posted Jul 14th 2009 8:01PM
Update: Looks like Apple has closed the door on hacks that enable tethering in this release -- at least for AT&T according to early reports.
Update 2: We've just been informed that beta 2 also introduces what appears to be a public API for manipulating live video. Devs are still testing the capabilities but it could open the door for augmented reality applications like Layar to come to the iPhone 3GS.
Nice commentary, engadget.
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, so I'm tentatively going to say "thank you."
+1 - I'm not being sarcastic.
+1. We aren't being sarcastic at all.....
ambiguity FTW!
I wasn't being sarcastic, I lol'd at the comments, and at the fact that they were anti-apple.
yeah. If anyone cries "bias!!" after that post, they are obviously trolling.
Unlikely, Levi - Engadget have said far more critical things of Apple in the past and it didn't stop the "bias" trolls then.
They don't yell "bias" because they have genuinely come to the opinion that Engadget is biased towards Apple; no, they yell "bias" in a sad attempt to cast doubt on any positive thing that Engadget have said about Apple or one of their products, despite Engadget saying those things because it was their honest opinion, and despite Engagdet never having feared saying anything negative or positive about ANY company.
You guys are all awesome -- but you, VanillaSpice, in particular have earned a special place in my heart with that comment.
Thanks, Chris! It's nice in here, very warm and red.
It looks like you can sync wirelessly ?
NVM it seems its just for developer Instruments
if only i can get mine to sync up regularly... stupid 3.1 ruining my iphone
At this point, I don't give a damn about GMail access or background apps or any of that. I would just like for my phone to last for more than 8 hours without having to turn off 3G, decreasing the screen brightness from default, and turning off push.
haha yea, agreed.
That sucks, the iPod touch battery lasts a lot longer.
How about they simply fix the lag that iPhone 3G gets using 3.0.
I wnted copy/paste, but, not at the loss of smoothness. Unless you have a 3GS, 3.0 runs like crap.
Unless you want a Palm Pre (or any other smartphone with a removable battery) and a upgraded battery (along with the added thickness that comes along with it), I don't think you're going to get that really from a modern smartphone.
@Brandon L
I don't see why battery decreased battery life is a product of its not being removable. In fact, I would hope that a manufacturer would aim to increase battery life especially because the battery is not removable.
Re: Quantumphysics
Quantumphysics @ Jul 14th 2009 8:14PM
How about they simply fix the lag that iPhone 3G gets using 3.0.
I wnted copy/paste, but, not at the loss of smoothness. Unless you have a 3GS, 3.0 runs like crap.
I totally agree with you its even worse on the 2G iPhone, apple really knows how to make its users upgrade to the new iPhone model. FYI if you haven't upgraded to 3.0 Please don't your phone will run much fast on 2.x
Couldn't agree with you guys more. Since 3.0 my email constantly gets stuck in an endless updating loop forcing me to either restart my phone or have a dead battery in no time. Copy/Paste is subpar. I mean the phone always needed it, but I find the way they implemented it to be hard to select the parts that you want to select.
I would like to see them give you the option to have landscape texting and the such for each individual app. I may be the only one in the world who hates landscape texting, but it really annoys me.
I've also found that in general apps launch slower and take longer to load. I know it's the first release of 3.0, and the problems they are experiencing with it are no where near what they were with 2.0, but they already had the backbone of the operating system working good - how'd they mess it up so much?
If their reasons for not having true multitasking is because of battery life, which I still don't buy that excuse, then they might as well implement it. I don't see how I could charge my phone more as it is now.
To the dudes having trouble with 3.0 - I am too, and I have heard that restoring the phone through iTunes fixes it. I haven't tried it because I'm lazy, but I have heard it works from multiple people. Today mine got hung up on Safari for almost 30 seconds, it was ridiculous.
derX, sry for hijacking your post.
Yeah,
3.0 is nothing but a big bag of hurt.
I cant wait until I get rid of this thing and go with a true smartphone (come on Tegra based WM7 devices)
@Jordan
What other way would you do copy/paste on the iphone? All you have to do is hold your finger down for a couple seconds then hit select and arrange the sliders. It it quick, easy and should be extremely intuitive for the average user. Its also nice being able to just copy a chunk of a webpage and pasting it into an email.
I'm not arguing with just holding down and the menu to copy/paste comes up, that's fine. My problem is with actually selecting the text I want to select. It seems like it has a mind of it's own. I'm not sure how else they would do it given the way they've modeled their phone, but I just don't find it very easy to use.
I was having the same problems. My 3gs would lose 20% of it's battery just sitting on my desk in about 1.5 hours. After reading tons of posts on the apple care forums I found a guy who claimed he could use his phone 8 hours w/ only about 10% loss. I swapped my phone out. It's way better now. Loses about 3% per 90 min sitting at my desk. Lasts more than a day in typical use.
"I cant wait until I get rid of this thing and go with a true smartphone" - WindowsFTW
Spare us the horse crap - we know you don't own an iPhone.
Astroturf Different.
Iphone is the best period.
gtfo.
little do you know
I know the iPhone can do a lot, but I'm pretty sure that a period is the best period.
I think the iPhone would win over more women than the Pre with its 'mirrored back', if you got one along with your period. Therefore...making it the best period.
Please, don't take the flame bait. It's obvious this is just an immature, annoying person trying to infect the internet.
Please show you're above it (kinda like Catherine Tate's Lauren Cooper).
Best for now :)
The majority of the people do think iphone is the best. Have you seen one online review who rates a blackberry or pre better than iphone? Most people rate the iphone the best, sorry its just a fact. its an opinion to think its the best but its most peoples opinion as well!
Yes, it is the best. I just tried installing this update on my Touch Gen 2 (I don't install beta on my iPhone) and it was so great, it decided to lock up with error 2005. Restored, copied from backup, tried again and got error 2005 again.
Wow this is great! And all I wanted to do is see if they fixed the Wi-Fi bug.
Changes can be seen here:
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/prerelease/library/releasenotes/General/iPhoneSeedAPIDiffs/index.html
And for those of us who DON'T have a developer login...
"To continue, you must be registered as a developer with Apple."
Would you mind maybe, copy and pasting it somewhere more accessible? Or just copy the stuff we care about and put it in a post?
That'd be nice :)
sorry..i'm with stupid
iPhone OS 3.1 beta 1 to beta 2 API Differences(copied from site)
AVFoundation
No changes
AddressBook
No changes
AddressBookUI
No changes
AudioToolbox
No changes
AudioUnit
No changes
CFNetwork
No changes
CoreAudio
No changes
CoreData
No changes
CoreFoundation
No changes
CoreGraphics
No changes
CoreLocation
No changes
ExternalAccessory
No changes
Foundation
No changes
GameKit
No changes
MapKit
No changes
MediaPlayer
No changes
MessageUI
No changes
MobileCoreServices
No changes
OpenAL
No changes
OpenGLES
No changes
QuartzCore
No changes
Security
No changes
StoreKit
No changes
SystemConfiguration
No changes
UIKit
UIImagePickerController.h
Added UIImagePickerController.cameraOverlayView
Added UIImagePickerController.cameraViewTransform
Added UIImagePickerController.showsCameraControls
Added -[UIImagePickerController takePicture]
UIVideoEditorController.h
Removed -[UIVideoEditorControllerDelegate videoEditorController:didFinishEditingAtPath:]
Added -[UIVideoEditorControllerDelegate videoEditorController:didFailWithError:]
Added -[UIVideoEditorControllerDelegate videoEditorController:didSaveEditedVideoToPath:]
For some reason I find it ironic to read Ryan ask for copy and paste from apples website.
hehe, copy paste. how ironic
Wow, looks like they went all out with those "No changes" Maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me, but it looks like maybe 2 or 3 things in that big long list got changed a few things got added, which only applies to the camera for pictures/video.
I'm actually very happy with my 3G S. I have not had any problems. I don't really miss the swappable batteries because I am always near a computer so I can always charge my phone through out the day. Since it came out, I don't think I have ever been below 35% on my 3G S. While my iPod Touch 2g definitely last hours and hours and hours on end, it's not an issue really with the 3G S. My only complaint is that my FM Transmitter / Charger does not work with the 3G S, nor does my projection clock / dock. I ditched the projection clock for a Sony alarm clock that sounds pretty good.
I find it ironic that my FM remote MADE BY APPLE does not work with the 3G S. That's almost as bad as my Microsoft Fingerprint Reader not working under Vista 64.
UIImagePickerController.h
UIVideoEditorController.h
only two things changed, for those who aren't developers.
As of iPhone OS SDK 3.1, it is now possible to connect to your developer devices from Instruments (on your Leopard or Snow Leopard OS X machine) using Wi-Fi rather than the USB tether. The Wi-Fi connection is 100% fully featured and supports all of the instrumentation you would normally get over the tether. It is intended for use by developers who need to attach other USB devices to their iPhone OS–based device while doing their performance analysis. The feature may also be used in situations where having the USB tether is simply impractical or inconvenient.
If you do not need to attach other USB devices, the USB connection is still preferred for general usage. The Wi-Fi connection is slower than the USB connection and requires more power from the device to accommodate the heavy Wi-Fi traffic that can come from Instruments. As a result, using the Wi-Fi connection will drain the device's battery more rapidly than other scenarios. In addition, you cannot install applications on your device from Xcode over Wi-Fi, nor can you debug them over Wi-Fi using Xcode. You must still use the USB tether to connect to the device using Xcode.
To use this Instruments feature, both your Macintosh computer and your iPhone OS device must have Wi-Fi enabled and must be connected to the same Wi-Fi access point. This access point must be enabled for Bonjour services. Once these conditions are met, you may establish a Wi-Fi connection using the steps described in the following sections.
The iphone 3GS is the best. Period. just jailbreak it Download insomnia for multitasking, buy yourself a battery case and it'll last you all day. Quit .whinning, eventually they'll improve the other areas, like flash, battery life and screen resolution.
I don't want to use a phone that needs to be hacked all to hell just to be slightly usable.
Orbital -your an idiot. slightly useable? stupid as dirt
wow Orbital... I've had to do some type of hack on my last 3 phones just to do things that they should already be doing.
while I have no desire to jailbreak my iPhone.. it is far more usable than my Samsung Instinct, my old Samsung A90 and my Motorola Q9C. Sprint did a lot of stupid shit and you had to do some hacks to do things like answer calls while in a data connection. Without hacks, phone calls went directly to voicemail, but simple little changes, you could answer calls while using the web browser. I left Sprint for the 3G S and it's been fracking fantastic. I know a lot of people hate AT&T but apparently they have never been on Sprint. I was with Sprint for 9 years and I am so glad to be done with them.
iPhone is an amazing little device. I am by no means an Apple fanboy, but I can see how easy it would be to fall that way. I'm writing this from my Ubuntu PC and my other 3 machines are running Vista and Win7. The only Apple products I have are my iPhone, iPod Touch which I need to make up for the failures of the Instinct and a 5g video iPod.
laggy ass 3.0.
A ploy to make us buy a 3GS? Screw that.
I hate 3.0. All I do it press buttons, turn away for several moments and do something else, and then see if the stupid thing has responded yet.
That's not normal. Something is wrong. Find a fix, call tech support if you don't know how to fix it.
Actually this beta is really fast, everything is fast now, even 3D games like Need for Speed, no lag at all.
In otherwords, it's nothing major. Just bug fixes from the previous beta.
There is a difference between backgrounding and multi-tasking and even an Iphone 3gs with insomnia is incapable of true multi-tasking. If you want a good idea of how multi-tasking should be on a mobile device check out webOS.
Opening an app. Quickly closing it and going back to the homescreen, finding the app, clicking on it to check whatever is not multi-tasking.
Before you say I hate Iphones I have one and I enjoy it but lets not kid ourselves: it is a brilliant feature phone but just an okay smartphone.
I don't think we are going to see true backgrounding or app manager for a long time... Apple has to figure out how to make the OS less taxing on the battery, CPU, and memory. THEN they may deign to let us do things OUR way on OUR phones.
Just get a Pre and be happy like me. : )
does the pre record video or have 32 gigs of built in space, or run games like real racing or have tomtom gps? pre is crap, sprints best phone but ugly like an egg and it has a shitty keyboard
Did the iPhone record video 2 weeks ago? Did the iPhone have 32GB two weeks ago? Does the iPhone even have a keyboard...some questions to think about.
My 3G has always recorded video with Cycorder.
When you create your device (pre) by reverse engineering the iPhone, of course you are going to improve upon it aka multi task- but when it came time for palm to create a novel concept of copy&paste they slaughtered it BECAUSE they didn't have Apple to mirror
Can they please improve the battery life by 30min?
Thank you.
no news in avrcp ff/rew bug? that's sad!
Based on what you're seeing when is 3.1 going to be released to the masses?
3.1 (not the one released today, the first beta) has been working WAY better on my 3GS. no its not the best phone in the world but its convenient, work, music and apps on one device. not bad, stop hating nobody has forced anybody to get one or not get one for that matter. its jsut a f#$@ing phone.
Sorry it's not just a phone, it's a lifestyle. I use it more than a computer. it's my best friend.
@Henry, that is just sad.
This is one reason I hate the iphone so much, it reminds me that people like henry exist. It's like football, and church, and the kkk only about a company. (Not to mention all of the iphone's intentional deficiencies)
Best.
Sounds like someone needs Jesus!
Sent from my iPhone
hahahahaha made me laugh.
The iPhone is still the best smartphone I've ever owned. I'll take it over the WinMo and BB phones I've had any second, any day.
So, what's not working about Gmail in 3.0? Works great for me over IMAP and HTTP, just like it did in 2.x.
@ jhonny Majority of the americans also thought Bush was the new god.
They also thought they landed on the moon. What morons. :)
Are you crazy? wow... I was in the vast majority who hated him.
It was either him or some guy who looked like a zombie pedophile.
Hmmm, idiot or zombie pedophile. Guess which one we chose.
I'm still waiting for custom Text/MMS/MAIL ringtones, and the ability to have the alarm be a playlist, not a ringtone. But...that's because my $300 iPhone is also an iPod...interesting eh?
David,
I agree with your post. No custom ring tones sucks! my old BB and my Moto phonesd both allow ringtones from MP3's why is this feature not on the iPhone? Does anyone know of an app that will allow me to use my MP3s already on the iPhone for ringtones? Notice I said MP3s not the AAC junk from the iTumes store. (FYI my phone is also jail broken).
Use audiko.net. There you can download existing ringtones for iPhone or upload and cut your own mp3 to be converted into an iphone-ringtone.
All for free!
Myxer.com. Easy as hell to convert your mp3's to ringtones. Its free also.
you can always convert the MP3's to ACC in iTunes and then change the extension from m3a to m4r, unless that's what you're talking about when you talk about ACC, that's what I do...it's not like they're going to sound good on the external speaker anyway. they just have to be under 30 seconds
its pretty simple, here do this
1. find song in itunes
2. find part where you want the ringtone to start
3. open get info, options tab, adjust the start/stop times to preference. use the miliseconds for precision. the ringtone will not work if it lasts more than 40 sec, change the stop time for that
4. right click convert to aac
5. find the new aac file (will be .m4a) change to .m4r, add to itunes. will come under ringtones in the left pane (may have to enable the ringtones section under options)
6. sync iphone with ringtone syncing enabled.
if oyu want custom for sms/email or whatever you need to jailbreak and open it up find the file and replace it with what you want
Dammit, just let me use Tethering already!
I just want my phone to work in my office again, like it was before 3.0
Does anybody know if this build fixes the bug with client certificates introduced by 3.0?
For anyone that does not know the bug: If you install a client cert on your phone (via email or config utility), the contents of the certificate on the phone are blank! If you try to use the certificate to access a web site (e.g., your Exchange OWA site) then it fails (due to the cert having no content).
This one really p's me off, as one of the reasons that I got the phone was to be able to access one of my secure work websites while on the move. It worked fine on 2.2 on a friends 3G, but not on my shiny new 3G S!
No posts from Paul.a.Chapel yet? Is it too much to hope he has been banned finally? Dare I dream the impossible dream?
My brand new 32gb 3g s was giving me problems anytime i would plug in my charger, the screen would flash and go crazy. I did not want to wait for a new phone from apple so i found the website i linked to my name above and got Apple developers account access and installed 3.1 beta and this fixed my problem. hope that helps someone else.
http://www.activateiphone.net
Advertising websites never made anyone happy here on Engadget...
Or on Twitter, those lame idiots are so annoying.
hmm i was at the apple store the other day...
and I said i think im going to by an power mac pro... but then and thought about it and I said to myself. "Self, why would I by this when I already have leopard running on my hackintosh at home...
you mean a macbook, not an... lol jk
i hate macs, i have no use for them, id rather build a dream ms machine for 1000$, sell it for 2700 if nescessary (too bad you cant build macs) than spend 5,328.00$ on a mac pro with exact same specs. no joke i actually just customized a mac pro right now
macs are good for some people, but i personally think photoshop runs better on windows 7
I am a long-time sprint customer where connections are better than that with ATT&T. Any ideas when the IPhone will be released by Apple so that it can be used on other networks? Will Apple every open it up? Thanks.
Good point
ToddDiroberto
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/05/19/4186011.htm
http://www.prwebphotowire.com/releases2/imid1448864.htm?id=1448864&prid=2437704
http://www.docstoc.com/search/Degrassi-The-Next-Generation-Episodes-Online/
"its pretty simple, here do this
1. find song in itunes
2. find part where you want the ringtone to start
3. open get info, options tab, adjust the start/stop times to preference. use the miliseconds for precision. the ringtone will not work if it lasts more than 40 sec, change the stop time for that
4. right click convert to aac
5. find the new aac file (will be .m4a) change to .m4r, add to itunes. will come under ringtones in the left pane (may have to enable the ringtones section under options)
6. sync iphone with ringtone syncing enabled."
Its not really simple when you compare it to almost every other phone on the market where you select the mp3 and choose "use as ringtone"!!
It's a crime that the iPhone makes you convert and modify your existing tracks for ringtones. Its done purely because they know a large majority can't be bothered to create their own with this backwards method, that they will go online and purchse them off the iTunes store. Its also worse when people defend every problem with the phone with some excuse of "why you dont really need it" or "you can download a hack" etc etc.
Its these same fan-boys that slag off EVERY other phone on the market e.g. "does the pre record video or have 32 gigs of built in space, or run games like real racing or have tomtom gps? pre is crap, sprints best phone but ugly like an egg and it has a shitty keyboard". Fair enough the iPhone is a decent phone but its not the best at everything, a lot of these other phones have a lot of good features and they are by no means crap. Before anyone unleashes a barrage of abuse I do actually own an iPhone and I like it a lot. But I have to say it took me a while to get one because I knew I would then be included with these "Apple Fan-Boys".
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