Release appearance
iOS 6.1 Beta 4
Recorded context
About this appearance
iOS 6.1 Beta 4 is represented by 4 selected source-linked change records from the 2012-12-17 milestone; unsupported routes and build guesses remain excluded.
- Date
- Dec 17, 2012
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
Release notes
What changed
Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.
Release identity and boundary
MacRumors places the fourth seed on December 17 and prints build 10B5126b. The detailed notes used here survive in a user-posted transcript below a contemporaneous iPhone-Ticker article, not on an Apple host.[1][2]
Selected milestone record
Source ledger
References
Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.
- iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment)
iPhone-Ticker · Nicolas; transcript posted by MichiBoa · 2012-12-17T18:09:21.000Z · Community transcript — Hier die Release Notes
- Apple Seeds Fourth iOS 6.1 Beta to Developers
MacRumors · Jordan Golson · 2012-12-17T18:09:05.000Z · Release and build — release has a build number of 10B5126b
- iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment)
iPhone-Ticker · Nicolas; transcript posted by MichiBoa · 2012-12-17T18:09:21.000Z · Exchange — push email does not work consistently with Exchange clients
- iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment)
iPhone-Ticker · Nicolas; transcript posted by MichiBoa · 2012-12-17T18:09:21.000Z · Map coverage — including Russia and Japan
- iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment)
iPhone-Ticker · Nicolas; transcript posted by MichiBoa · 2012-12-17T18:09:21.000Z · Simulator — Fixed: This release does not support testing In-App Purchase
- iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment)
iPhone-Ticker · Nicolas; transcript posted by MichiBoa · 2012-12-17T18:09:21.000Z · UIKit — the default.png image is always displayed
- iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment)
iPhone-Ticker · Nicolas; transcript posted by MichiBoa · 2012-12-17T18:09:21.000Z · Mail FIXED — push email does not work consistently with Exchange clients
- iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment)
iPhone-Ticker · Nicolas; transcript posted by MichiBoa · 2012-12-17T18:09:21.000Z · MapKit coverage — Search results from these APIs may not be available in all areas or countries, including Russia and Japan
- Apple Seeds Fourth iOS 6.1 Beta to Developers
MacRumors · Jordan Golson · 2012-12-17T18:09:05.000Z · Release identity — Apple today released the fourth beta of iOS 6.1 to developers
- iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment)
iPhone-Ticker · Nicolas; transcript posted by MichiBoa · 2012-12-17T18:09:21.000Z · Simulator FIXED — Fixed: This release does not support testing In-App Purchase in iOS Simulator
The retained line carries a Fixed marker but repeats the prior restriction in present tense.
- iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment)
iPhone-Ticker · Nicolas; transcript posted by MichiBoa · 2012-12-17T18:09:21.000Z · UIKit launch behavior — the default.png image is always displayed
- iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment)
iPhone-Ticker · Nicolas; transcript posted by MichiBoa · 2012-12-17T18:09:21.000Z · UIKit launch behavior — the snapshot is not displayed in this situation
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
bugFix · fixed
Exchange push across network changes
The fourth seed marked an Exchange push failure tied to moving between cellular and Wi-Fi networks as repaired.
- [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
developerApi · fixed
Simulator in-app-purchase testing
The retained note labels the Simulator purchase-testing restriction as fixed, although its sentence still describes the old limitation.
- [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
Release changes
Cumulative context
Broader context included for understanding, not claimed as new in this release.
knownIssue · knownIssue
MapKit local-search regional coverage
The new local-search APIs still lacked results in some regions, with Russia and Japan called out explicitly.
- [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
behavior · changed
State-restoration launch image
A launch with saved restoration state displayed the normal launch image rather than the previously captured interface snapshot.
- [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] iOS 6.1 Apple veröffentlicht vierte Vorabversion (developer-note transcript in community comment) · UIKit launch behavior — the snapshot is not displayed in this situation