Available at developer.apple.com. We’ll keep you posted about it in this post.
UPDATING
The download comes as a 355MB .dmg. From what we’ve been told, it seems like there are a lot of fixes and some cool changes. Regarding multitasking, the time for task completion has been changed from 5 to 10 minutes; I guess Flickr apps will take advantage of this.
- iTunes still doesn’t support folders synchronization. Too bad.
- Various visualization fixes in Game Center.
- New way to choose a custom wallpaper
- The music controls (with double press on the Home button) are back
UPDATE #2
There’s a really major bug in this beta: screenshots and photos don’t get saved in the Camera Roll. If you need these features, don’t upgrade. As TUAW suggests, the only solution is to take screenshots using Xcode. For bloggers who take screenshots everyday, this is a major bug.
Also, if you take a photo using the Camera app, it freezes. What have you done, Apple?
Another one: iPhoto import doesn’t work. If you had pictures in a previous backup, you can’t transfer them.
UPDATE #3
Mail accounts have small icons next to them now. Image courtesy of iSpazio.
All, except Gmail. Weird, isn’t it?
UPDATE #4
Thanks to iSpazio, we can now see the new animation for multitasking. Beautiful:
- The App Store search bar now is persistent, it stays on screen even if you’ve decided to download an application. Very useful to download an app after another one.
- You can’t use Find My iPhone in this beta.
#1
That's what Zererico said 4 months ago:
I was just thinking about that. Wow.
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#2
That's what Jrdnkasparek said 4 months ago:
is it for all operating systems this time
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Kevin Reply:
April 21st, 2010
@Jrdnkasparek,
iPhone OS 4 *is* an operating system.
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#5
That's what Kyle Rose said 4 months ago:
Any word on 3G users and homescreen wallpapers?
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redwall_hp Reply:
April 21st, 2010
@Kyle Rose, From what I learned from the keynote, the only feature that won’t work across all devices is multitasking.
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Brady Valentino Reply:
April 21st, 2010
@Kyle Rose, I have already confirmed with a reliable source at Apple that the iPhone 3G doesn’t get homescreen wallpaper.
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Kyle Rose Reply:
April 22nd, 2010
@Brady Valentino,
Great, that was one thing I was looking forward too. Hm, thank you for that. Who knows, maybe they’re wrong? I hope they are
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#6
That's what Eugene said 4 months ago:
About that major bug, I have it in beta 1. So probably still just not fixed in beta 2.
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Vince Reply:
April 21st, 2010
I didn’t have this issue in b1, but have restored b2 twice and have had it both times. Lame.
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#7
That's what MethodicJon said 4 months ago:
Likely a folder permissions issue. I’ve seen this in some situations. Try an Erase Install again.
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#8
That's what Tom said 4 months ago:
Im I the only one thinking this might not be a bug, but might be deliberate to stop devs violating NDA (which is rather easy to do if you are one of 10s of thousands who have access)?
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#9
That's what Peter said 4 months ago:
Can anyone send me the file of Iphone 3G 4.0 beta2 to pradix@me.com?
Thnx
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Andy Reply:
May 1st, 2010
@Peter,
You don’t need anyone to send it to you. Just log-in to your Apple Developer account and you can download it. Remember to download the SDK at the same time, as it has updated iTunes components which are required.
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#10
That's what James said 4 months ago:
It’s called beta for a reason? drr.
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#11
That's what Tom Arnfeld said 4 months ago:
I won’t upgrade until hopefully beta 3
Im still on beta 1 and when it crashes a lot I just thing "Well it’s a beta"
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redwall_hp Reply:
April 21st, 2010
@Tom Arnfeld, It’s a beta in the real sense. It’s meant for developers, not consumers. Since I don’t have any apps to update before the release, I’m not going to touch it until it’s finalized.
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#12
That's what CBeloch said 4 months ago:
getting 3002 error on update :-/ don’t want to restore for now…
any help? or is the apple activation server just under heavy load?
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Federico Viticci Reply:
April 20th, 2010
@CBeloch, I had to try 3 times. Keep trying.
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CBeloch Reply:
April 21st, 2010
@Federico Viticci, Still nothing
getting 3002 again and again…
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#18
That's what Rasty said 4 months ago:
Steve, oh Steve, think twice about my old but faithful iPhone2G. The same as iPhone3G inside. Please, OS4 for me, please !
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#20
That's what Tim said 4 months ago:
suprise the haven’t been hit with a take down letter yet.
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#21
That's what ZachCole said 4 months ago:
Does this work with windows now???
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#22
That's what Jason Cook said 4 months ago:
Yes anyone know whether this works on windows now ? Cheers
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#23
That's what tommyspears said 4 months ago:
works fine…
jesus christ everyone is in love with iappledev.com – it is actually instant, nice! im download their 3gs download link now!
cant wait
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Zach Cole Reply:
April 21st, 2010
@tommyspears, So you can install with windows?
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Brent carter Reply:
April 21st, 2010
@Zach Cole, i just tested on vista ultimate 32bit…does not work..error 13 in itunes
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#24
That's what Adam said 4 months ago:
I can’t wait for OS 4.0 on the iPad.
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Andy Reply:
May 1st, 2010
@Adam,
Why’s that? Are you hoping that 4.0 will turn the iPad into something useful? I seriously doubt it! lol. A large two-handed iPod Touch will always be a large two-handed iPod touch
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#26
That's what Gad said 4 months ago:
Anyone know if the Find my Iphone feature (mobileme) is working in this second beta? It was not working for me on the first one with a iphone 3GS. Thanks
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#27
That's what Tony said 4 months ago:
oooh. Pretty!
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#31
That's what Dan said 4 months ago:
Is true that Apple has a kill switch that remotly bricks your Iphone when you don’t update from 4.0 beta to 4.0 beta 2?
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Nando Reply:
April 21st, 2010
@Dan, Yes… once you have the dev 4.0 beta 1 you get like a month after or sometime after beta 2 comes out to upgrade and U MUST else u have a brick iphone until you either upgrade to the next beta release or it becomes GM
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Dan Reply:
April 21st, 2010
@Nando, Thanks!
I am only stuck in Europe because of ash. My laptop got stolen….
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Nando Reply:
April 21st, 2010
backups now work on itunes good!
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#36
That's what Hrimthurs said 4 months ago:
It would appear that in the update section of the app store, the ‘update description’ for an updatable app is displaying the ‘app description’ instead.
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#37
That's what Cami said 4 months ago:
Hey! What about bluetooth? Did they finally add AVRCP with actually working controls?
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#38
That's what enostrum said 4 months ago:
I have the fist BETA.
Do I have to restore to the 2nd BETA or can I update????
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