iOS 6.1

Advertising settings gained a control intended to rotate the device's advertising identifier for later requests.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] Apple seeds iOS 6.1 Beta to developers with Maps Kit improvements · Settings control — new Reset Advertising Identifier button has been added

The first seed exposed a local-search API for applications to retrieve addresses and places from Apple's map service.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] Apple Seeds First iOS 6.1 Beta to Developers · Developer integration — developers can integrate Apple's new mapping service in their apps
2. [2] Apple seeds iOS 6.1 Beta to developers with Maps Kit improvements · MapKit search — programmatically search for map-based addresses and points of interest

A later developer-note reproduction specifically records that Beta 1 could not change the user's iCloud storage plan.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] Apple posts iOS 6.1 Beta 2, new Apple TV beta · Beta 1 retrospective — will not be able to upgrade or downgrade your iCloud storage

Boarding-pass relevance began requiring the date to match, while a matching location extended the presentation window.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] Apple seeds iOS 6.1 Beta to developers with Maps Kit improvements · Pass relevance — The date must match for these passes to be relevant
2. [2] Apple Seeds First iOS 6.1 Beta to Developers · Passbook scope — improvement to how boarding passes are handled in Passbook

Developers found a United States workflow that handed Siri movie-ticket requests to Fandango for checkout.

Recorded at Beta 1

1. [1] Apple to bring movie ticket purchasing to Siri with upcoming iOS 6.1 update · Observed Siri capability — ability to get movie tickets
2. [2] iOS 6.1 to Add Siri-Based Movie Ticket Purchases via Fandango · Report mirror — purchase movie tickets through Siri

Legacy iOS 5.x Simulator targets on Mountain Lion could neither complete Twitter sign-in nor use the framework correctly.

Recorded at Beta 2

1. [1] Apple posts iOS 6.1 Beta 2, new Apple TV beta · Legacy Simulator limitation — will not be able to sign in to Twitter via the Settings pane

Panorama capture returned after being unavailable in the preceding 6.1 seed.

Recorded at Beta 2

1. [1] Apple releases iOS 6.1 beta 2 for iPhone, iPod, iPad, updated Apple TV software to developers · Observed camera repair — Panorama support is back
2. [2] Apple posts iOS 6.1 Beta 2, new Apple TV beta · Observed camera repair — The Panorama mode in the Camera app now works again

The second seed replaced Passbook's introductory presentation with a card explaining the application's purpose.

Recorded at Beta 2

1. [1] Apple releases iOS 6.1 beta 2 for iPhone, iPod, iPad, updated Apple TV software to developers · Observed Passbook change — new Passbook card to explain the feature
2. [2] Apple posts iOS 6.1 Beta 2, new Apple TV beta · Observed Passbook change — new Passbook information card which explains what the software is capable of

The Weibo settings entry was conditional on the device having a Chinese keyboard enabled.

Recorded at Beta 2

1. [1] Apple posts iOS 6.1 Beta 2, new Apple TV beta · Social settings — Weibo shows up in the Settings app only if a Chinese keyboard is enabled

Individual iTunes Match song downloads worked again instead of limiting retrieval to complete albums.

Recorded at Beta 2

1. [1] Apple posts iOS 6.1 Beta 2, new Apple TV beta · Observed iTunes Match repair — again able to download individual songs from iTunes Match
2. [2] Apple releases iOS 6.1 beta 2 for iPhone, iPod, iPad, updated Apple TV software to developers · Observed iTunes Match repair — Once again, you can download individual songs from iTunes Match

Developers needed physical hardware because this seed's Simulator could not exercise in-app purchases.

Recorded at Beta 2

1. [1] Apple posts iOS 6.1 Beta 2, new Apple TV beta · Simulator limitation — does not support testing In-App Purchase in iOS Simulator

The advertising-identifier reset control began prompting for confirmation and appeared to perform its intended action.

Recorded at Beta 3

1. [1] Here's What's New In Apple's Latest iOS 6.1 Beta · Observed Settings repair — Reset Advertising Identifier Now Works

Beta 3 marked the earlier inability to change iCloud storage plans as repaired.

Recorded at Beta 3

1. [1] iOS 6.1: Apple veröffentlicht dritte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment) · iCloud FIXED — FIXED: In iOS 6.1 beta 2, you will not be able to upgrade or downgrade your iCloud storage
2. [2] iOS 6.1 bêta 3 : Toutes les améliorations et corrections de bugs listées · iCloud FIXED — FIXED: In iOS 6.1 beta 2, you will not be able to upgrade or downgrade your iCloud storage

Cellular-data settings added an iTunes switch for permitting music downloads away from Wi-Fi.

Recorded at Beta 3

1. [1] Here's What's New In Apple's Latest iOS 6.1 Beta · Observed cellular setting — an iTunes option within the cellular data settings

First-run iCloud setup added confirmation for the account password and the contact addresses used by communication services.

Recorded at Beta 3

1. [1] Here's What's New In Apple's Latest iOS 6.1 Beta · Observed setup change — confirm your Apple ID password for FaceTime and iMessages

The seed repaired rapid-input, emoji, Zhuyin sequence and shortcut, and candidate-list failures across supported Chinese keyboards.

Recorded at Beta 3

1. [1] iOS 6.1: Apple veröffentlicht dritte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment) · Chinese input FIXED — FIXED: Typing quickly could result in incorrect input
2. [2] iOS 6.1 bêta 3 : Toutes les améliorations et corrections de bugs listées · Chinese input FIXED — FIXED: Typing quickly could result in incorrect input
3. [3] iOS 6.1 bêta 3 : Toutes les améliorations et corrections de bugs listées · Chinese input FIXED — Some Emoji cannot be entered using the Pinyin and Zhuyin keyboards
4. [4] iOS 6.1: Apple veröffentlicht dritte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment) · Traditional Chinese FIXED — the extended list often takes a long time to open

A new Voice Control setting restricted voice handling to telephone dialing.

Recorded at Beta 3

1. [1] Here's What's New In Apple's Latest iOS 6.1 Beta · Observed Voice Control option — activate a ‘Voice Dial Only’ option

The United Kingdom sample card switched its movie-ticket and venue wording to British English.

Recorded at Beta 3

1. [1] Here's What's New In Apple's Latest iOS 6.1 Beta · Observed localization change — changing “movie tickets” to “cinema tickets”

The fourth seed marked an Exchange push failure tied to moving between cellular and Wi-Fi networks as repaired.

Recorded at Beta 4

1. [1] iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment) · Mail FIXED — push email does not work consistently with Exchange clients

The retained note labels the Simulator purchase-testing restriction as fixed, although its sentence still describes the old limitation.

Recorded at Beta 4

1. [1] iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment) · Simulator FIXED — Fixed: This release does not support testing In-App Purchase in iOS Simulator

Researchers found a 128 GB capacity entry in the seed's partition-padding manifest without evidence that such hardware would ship.

Recorded at Beta 5

1. [1] iOS 6.1 Beta 5 Code Hints at Upcoming 128 GB Devices · Build-manifest observation — SystemPartitionPadding key in the build manifest associated with the release
2. [2] iOS 6.1 Beta 5 Code Hints at Upcoming 128 GB Devices · Report caveat — does not mean that a 128 GB iOS device is definitely coming

Apple announced LTE capability for 36 additional iPhone carriers and 23 additional iPad carriers, subject to compatible hardware and carrier networks.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 6 · iOS 6.1 — LTE
2. [2] Apple Updates iOS to 6.1 · LTE expansion

The release exposed a direct reset action for the identifier used by advertising systems.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 6 · iOS 6.1 — Advertising Identifier

Argument checks prevented a user-mode process from reaching the first page of kernel memory, while WebKit fixes addressed memory corruption and cross-site scripting involving pasted content and frames.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About the security content of iOS 6.1 Software Update · Kernel — CVE-2013-0964; WebKit entries

The update added song-level retrieval instead of requiring a broader album or playlist download workflow.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] Apple Updates iOS to 6.1 · Individual iTunes Match downloads
2. [2] About iOS 6 · iOS 6.1 — iTunes Match

The integration extended Siri’s movie information into a transaction flow for supported U.S. showings.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About iOS 6 · iOS 6.1 — Fandango with Siri
2. [2] Apple Updates iOS to 6.1 · Siri movie-ticket purchases

Identity Services returned a null result instead of an empty identity after certificate validation failed, and iOS stopped accepting the incorrect TURKTRUST intermediates documented by Apple.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About the security content of iOS 6.1 Software Update · Identity Services — CVE-2013-0963; Security — TURKTRUST certificates

The update preserved the user’s Safari JavaScript preference and blocked a same-network input path that could temporarily disable Wi-Fi on affected hardware.

Recorded at Public

1. [1] About the security content of iOS 6.1 Software Update · StoreKit — CVE-2013-0974; Wi-Fi — CVE-2012-2619

Beta 3's fixed note retrospectively confirms that Beta 2 still blocked storage-plan upgrades and downgrades.

Recorded at Beta 2

1. [1] iOS 6.1: Apple veröffentlicht dritte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment) · Beta 2 prior state — FIXED: In iOS 6.1 beta 2, you will not be able to upgrade or downgrade your iCloud storage
2. [2] iOS 6.1 bêta 3 : Toutes les améliorations et corrections de bugs listées · Beta 2 prior state — FIXED: In iOS 6.1 beta 2, you will not be able to upgrade or downgrade your iCloud storage

Thai users could select either the five-row layout introduced with iOS 6 or the earlier four-row design.

Recorded at Beta 3

1. [1] iOS 6.1: Apple veröffentlicht dritte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment) · Thai language support — both the five-row and the four-row Thai keyboards are available
2. [2] iOS 6.1 bêta 3 : Toutes les améliorations et corrections de bugs listées · Thai language support — both the five-row and the four-row Thai keyboards are available

Natural and justified alignment constants remained unsupported in the affected NSString and UILabel drawing paths.

Recorded at Beta 3

1. [1] iOS 6.1 bêta 3 : Toutes les améliorations et corrections de bugs listées · UIKit limitation — do not support NSTextAlignmentJustified or NSTextAlignmentNatural text alignments

The new local-search APIs still lacked results in some regions, with Russia and Japan called out explicitly.

Recorded at Beta 4

1. [1] iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment) · MapKit coverage — Search results from these APIs may not be available in all areas or countries, including Russia and Japan

A launch with saved restoration state displayed the normal launch image rather than the previously captured interface snapshot.

Recorded at Beta 4

1. [1] iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment) · UIKit launch behavior — the default.png image is always displayed
2. [2] iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment) · UIKit launch behavior — the snapshot is not displayed in this situation