Apple Seeds iOS 5.0.1 Beta to Developers, Addresses Battery Life

15 years ago

Apple has just seeded iOS 5.0.1 beta to developers. The improvements and fixes include the following:

Fixes bugs affecting battery life
Adds Multitasking Gestures for original iPad
Resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud
Improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation
Contains security improvements
iOS 5.0.1 beta introduces a new way for developers to specify files that should remain on device, even in low storage situations

The iPhone 4S has been plagued by faster than normal battery drain, in which many have linked to Location services used by the Reminders app, Find my Friends, and more. As tips come in we’ll keep you updated. The iPhone 4S download comes in at 811MB.

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Darrsjunk

14 years ago

how about Siri improvments for those in Canada

Anonymous

Reply to Darrsjunk

14 years ago

2012.

Senators24

Reply to Anonymous

14 years ago

2012 Q4

Jon Doh

14 years ago

iPad 1 multitask gestures coming back… sweet.

I wouldn’t be surprised if leaving the gestures out of iOS5 was just an accident… leaving them out for a few weeks doesn’t make much sense.

Anonymous

14 years ago

811mb?! What happen to OTA updates?

Gary

Reply to Anonymous

14 years ago

The standalone download for the beta is 811MB.

Wuju

14 years ago

Are they any fixes on the music playlist? I have the newest song sort to the top in iTunes but it’s reversed in the playlist in the iPhone 4S. What gives. Is there something I’m missing???