IOS 11 As Daily Driver

[megatomic]

Hmm, maybe I'll give it a shot. I am definitely interested in seeing the new stuff in person asap.

 

[213ninja]

I’m not going to try to educate anyone on what a beta is or what the risks are.

Instead I’ll simply answer the question as asked.

As a daily driver for me, it works. I have a hundred apps or so and they all work fine.

The only issues I have had are a few apps randomly closed and the battery drain is kinda brutal. This is also causing the phone to heat up. I notice it particularly when Facebook is running.

I consider myself a power user and use my [only] phone professionally and personally. But, I have a charger at home, at the office, and in my car. And if I really need it, a battery pack...so the more frequent charging is a small price to pay for me to enjoy iOS11.

YMMV.

 

[blueeyes2die4]

You’re very welcome...

I did a fresh install and OMG the difference is like night and day. Doesn’t even feel like a beta honestly. I really appreciate your help.

 

[Truman82]

I have installed always the public beta "dirty" and haven't had any problems. So I came to think that is the dev beta different somehow?

 

[badelhas]

I did a fresh install and OMG the difference is like night and day. Doesn’t even feel like a beta honestly. I really appreciate your help.

Very tempted to try it also now that I´ve read your words...

 

[mumfoau]

Fresh install made a huge difference for me after doing it on Monday. Hadn’t done a fresh install since getting the phone in October.

 

[robertk328]

Oh man..my Spark mail stopped responding for a few days now. It receives new emails and even notifies me but when I go to read the email it just hangs. This is my main email client for all my accounts so this is a bummer. Back to Outlook until that bug gets squashed

Not having any issues with Spark here

 

[Just_Me_D]

I did a fresh install and OMG the difference is like night and day. Doesn’t even feel like a beta honestly. I really appreciate your help.

You’re very welcome, and now you understand why I’m such a big fan of restoring as new....

 

[Just_Me_D]

Fresh install made a huge difference for me after doing it on Monday. Hadn’t done a fresh install since getting the phone in October.

It can be an inconvenience, but it’s almost always worth it.....

 

[mumfoau]

It can be an inconvenience, but it’s almost always worth it.....

Because i have no more than 50 downloaded apps it’s a little less inconvenient than it would be for some. Still took some time to get back up and running and signed into everything. Probably would be easier if I used iTunes more to keep all my apps updated.

 

[blueeyes2die4]

Very tempted to try it also now that I´ve read your words...

It is definitely worth it if you have the time to do it.

 

[badelhas]

It is definitely worth it if you have the time to do it.

"the time"? What do you mean? It takes hours to do it?

Cheers

 

[blueeyes2die4]

"the time"? What do you mean? It takes hours to do it?

Cheers

To redownload all my apps and get everything setup the way I had it took about two hours

 

[John Yester]

Same, wipe and setup as new and getting apps and screens setup takes a little over an hour. Apps, login's and everything downloaded, photos etc, normally take around 2 + hours.

 

[Just_Me_D]

"the time"? What do you mean? It takes hours to do it?

Cheers

In addition to what’s already been stated, it may not take you that long to get things set up. I mean, if you just go through the setup prompts, have only an iCloud email account, and just reinstall your purchased apps, it may not take you long at all. Having said that, if you’re like many of us who are viewed as techies, and you go through each and every settings, install/reinstall your apps, put the home screens in a certain way, have multiple email accounts, etc., then yeah, it may take you a couple of hours. Still, it’s worth it, in my opinion. I’ve been doing this for so long that it’s not a big deal to me at all.

 

[calebt]

In addition a to what’s already been stated, it may not take you that long to get things set up. I mean, if you just go through the setup prompts, have only an iCloud email account, and just reinstall your purchased apps, it may not take you long at all. Having said that, if you’re like many of us who are viewed as techies, and you go through each and every settings, install/reinstall your apps, put the home screens in a certain way, have multiple email accounts, etc., then yeah, it may take you a couple of hours. Still, it’s worth it, in my opinion. I’ve been doing this for so long that it’s not a big deal to me at all.

I tried being lazy with this iOS 11 beta and instead of a few hours, I had a few days of aggravation.

 

[craigrn16]

I had it installed from day 1 and the Beta ran well for me. Other than being slow which is to be expected I had no issues with the OS itself. Battery life was slightly less for me but nothing crazy. The only reason I reverted back to 10.x today is because Tunein Radio one of my favorite apps force closes on my phone. I doubt the developer is going to update anytime soon so I went back in the mean time. I'll probably hop back on board with the release of Beta 2. By the way I hate the new notification system in IOS 11. I mean why would you turn the lock screen into a notification shade. Not feeling that Apple.

 

[blueeyes2die4]

Quick update. This is my battery today after doing a clean install last night. My phone is just as fast as 10.3.2 now also.

 

[Quis89]

It's still in beta. I've always felt that if something was good enough for a daily driver, Apple would release it officially. Everyone's mileage will vary.

 

[vanko987]

It works great on newer devices like the iPhone 7, but the older the device, the slower it will be. It can be very laggy on the iPhone 6