Beta 5

Apple releases iOS 6.1 beta 5 for iPhone and iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 a 8:07 pm

Apple has released iOS 6.1 beta 5 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. This comes just a day before beta 4 was set to expire, and represents one of the longest gaps between beta releases in iOS' history. Furthermore, beta 5 still hasn't shown up over-the-air (OTA), so rather than the faster, more convenient delta-update-in-place, if you want beta 5 now, now, now, you'll have to download it from developer.apple.com and do a complete update via iTunes or Xcode.

As always, this beta is intended for registered developers so they can try out new application program interfaces (API) and make sure their apps are compatible before iOS 6.1 goes into general availability (GA), presumably sometime in the next couple of months.

(If anyone gets the OTA, let us know. It's spoiled us and made us lazy!)

Sn0wbreeze 2.8b5 jailbreak for iOS 5 beta 5

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Aug 18, 2011 a 11:34 pm

Those of you on iOS 5 beta 5 that aren't able to take advantage of Redsn0w for Mac users are in luck. Sn0wbreeze 2.8 beta 5 has been updated to support beta 5 for Windows users by its creator, iH8sn0w.

Sn0wbreeze will work to jailbreak the following devices on iOS 5 beta 5:

iPhone 3GS (old & new boot roms)
iPhone 4 (GSM)
iPhone 4 (CDMA)
iPad original
iPod Touch 3rd generation
iPod Touch 4th generation

iPad 2 is not supported and it's also worth noting that this jailbreak is tethered.

Daily Tip: How to jailbreak iOS 5 beta 5 via RedSn0w 0.9.8b5

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Aug 11, 2011 a 12:06 am

If you're currently running iOS 5 beta 5 but just can't live without your jailbreak, the Dev Team has already released RedSn0w beta 5. The only catch is, it's tethered, just like the previous beta versions of RedSn0w for iOS 5.

Be advices that not all jailbreak apps and tweaks have been updated to support iOS 5. If you're alright with running tethered and don't mind a few bugs here and there, follow along for a quick walkthrough.

Apple Releases iPhone 3.2 SDK Beta 5 for iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 a 5:59 pm

Apple has released iPhone 3.2 SDK Beta 5 for iPad and developers can commence their downloads via developer.apple.com.

As always, it will take the deep code divers some time to figure out exactly what's different in beta 5, and let us know about any hidden goodies that might be inside.

iPhone 3.0 Walkthrough Updated to Beta 5

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, May 9, 2009 a 6:35 pm

Apple released a surprisingly early iPhone 3.0 Beta 5 last Wednesday, and we spent all night covering it. Now we've rolled that coverage up into our massive iPhone 3.0 Walkthrough, to make it all up to date, and even more massive.

Apple Now Accepting Submissions for iPhone 3.0 Apps

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 7, 2009 a 3:49 pm

Maybe this explains, at least in part, the new iPhone 3.0 Beta 5released yesterday? Looks like Apple is super-eager to get developers testing and submitting 3.0 compatible applications.

We're really eager to see what developers are coming up with to leverage all those great 3.0 features as well. Really, really eager. Ahem.

Full text of Apple's email to developers:

All apps must be compatible with iPhone OS 3.0

iPhone 3.0 Beta 5: AT&T Data Network Problems and Potential Fixes

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 7, 2009 a 1:13 pm

Apple made mention that some developers, when updating to iPhone 3.0 Beta 5, might experience problems connecting to AT&T's data network. Apple asked any devs so affected to contact them, and one dev who had the problem called in and let us know what Apple told him:

Apple just called me back, had me turn the phone off then back on. Then turn the wifi off and try it and it seems to be back to working. Thaaaank you apple.

Updated: iPhone 3.0 Beta 5: MMS Now Hidden on AT&T

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 6, 2009 a 10:45 pm

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UPDATE 3: Pretty much confirmed now. No more MMS for AT&T. Also, iTunes 8.2 Pre-Release 2 blocks editing of the carrier file. No more tethering.

iPhone 3.0 Beta 5 Now Available to Develpers

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 6, 2009 a 9:35 pm

Apple has just released iPhone 3.0 Beta 5 to developers, a scant week-and-a-day after Beta 4. Previously Beta 2 and Beta 3 had been arriving every second Tuesday like clockwork, so was is this a sign of acceleration pre-WWDC, important fixes that needed pushing out faster, or just an early surprise for developers anxious to keep up to date?

iPhone 2.0: .Mac "Push" Email?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 a 10:39 pm

Ask and ye shall receive, dig deep into the code and ye shall find fresh-baked Apple-y goodness.

No sooner did Apple drop iPhone 2.0 SDK Beta 5, than the developers began scouring it for any hint of what's to come, and as usually TUAW serves up what they found: