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  • iOS 6 Dropping September 19, Golden Master Released to Developers
    by
    Anthony Bouchard
    Published on 09-12-2012 04:20 PM
    37 Comments Comments


    With today’s exciting announcement of the iPhone 5, it’s hard not to make mention of the software that gets put into the devices prior to being shipped to the customer – iOS 6. iOS 6 is Apple’s latest operating system for iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches and it is coming to the public September 19th. It has been in beta since the Summer and it brings more than 200 new features to iOS devices including a new Maps application, Facebook integration, and FaceTime over cellular networks.

    While the public release is finally coming for everybody on September 19th, Apple has launched the golden master of iOS 6 to developers today. The golden master is the version of the iOS firmware that is released just before the public release, where Apple sends developers a test copy of what is expected to be as close to the public release as possible. It also gives the company a chance to squash any last-minute bugs.

    The golden master of iOS 6 is available from Apple’s developer portal and it brings today's announced Panorama feature to the iPhone 4S – this feature will be coming with the iPhone 5 too, but the iPhone 4 was left out of the fun being that it is now the low-end iPhone superseding the iPhone 3GS. Jailbreak tweaks have been able to enable this feature on the iPhone 4 in the past, so it’s likely this will happen again.

    When released, iOS 6 will be compatible with:
    • iPhone 3GS
    • iPhone 4
    • iPhone 4S
    • iPhone 5
    • iPad 2
    • The new iPad
    • iPod touch 4G
    • iPod touch 5G

    Sources: Apple
    This article was originally published in forum thread: iOS 6 Dropping September 19, Golden Master Released to Developers started by Anthony Bouchard View original post
    Categories:
    1. iPhone,
    2. iOS,
    3. Apple,
    4. iPad,
    5. Software
    Comments 37 Comments
    1. feidhlim1986's Avatar
      feidhlim1986 - 09-12-2012, 04:23 PM
      It's beyond obnoxious that the iPhone 3GS is supported but the original iPad is not.
      The iPod Touch gen 3 should be included also, if the 3GS will run it, then everything since should also.

      Anywho, I'll be waiting for Jailbreak before touching iOS 6
    1. Supreme NY's Avatar
      Supreme NY - 09-12-2012, 04:23 PM
      Bout to try out GM version.
    1. jwil736's Avatar
      jwil736 - 09-12-2012, 04:24 PM
      No OTA? Where do we get it?
    1. Simon's Avatar
      Simon - 09-12-2012, 04:28 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by jwil736 View Post
      No OTA? Where do we get it?
      dev center
    1. mydarkblueshirt's Avatar
      mydarkblueshirt - 09-12-2012, 04:46 PM
      Installs fine here on my 4S. No registration of any kind needed.

      Wait... iPad 1 can't run it, but the 3GS can? The f***?
    1. rcm's Avatar
      rcm - 09-12-2012, 04:50 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by feidhlim1986 View Post
      It's beyond obnoxious that the iPhone 3GS is supported but the original iPad is not.
      The iPod Touch gen 3 should be included also, if the 3GS will run it, then everything since should also.

      Anywho, I'll be waiting for Jailbreak before touching iOS 6
      actually the iPod Touch gen 3 has the same structure as the Iphone 3g, that is why it won't be supported.
    1. xyojimbox's Avatar
      xyojimbox - 09-12-2012, 05:18 PM
      We can put this on our phone now? Anyone have a link?
    1. Carvensno's Avatar
      Carvensno - 09-12-2012, 05:20 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by xyojimbox View Post
      We can put this on our phone now? Anyone have a link?
      Need to have a app dev account thru Apple to download the GM seed. Other than that you have to wait till the 19th next week to upgrade to IOS 6
    1. master_va's Avatar
      master_va - 09-12-2012, 06:39 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by mydarkblueshirt View Post
      Installs fine here on my 4S. No registration of any kind needed.

      Wait... iPad 1 can't run it, but the 3GS can? The f***?
      i can confirm the same. updated from iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak to iOS 6 GM from itunes 10.7.
      happy updating

      Quote Originally Posted by Carvensno View Post
      Need to have a app dev account thru Apple to download the GM seed. Other than that you have to wait till the 19th next week to upgrade to IOS 6
      use google for the link to ios 6 GM and NO you DONT need a developer account from apple to update to iOS 6 GM from iOS 5.1.1(jailbroken)
    1. Carvensno's Avatar
      Carvensno - 09-12-2012, 06:59 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by master_va View Post
      use google for the link to ios 6 GM and NO you DONT need a developer account from apple to update to iOS 6 GM from iOS 5.1.1(jailbroken)
      Well good for you then!
    1. Colin9001's Avatar
      Colin9001 - 09-12-2012, 07:02 PM
      Not even gonna upgrade on my IPT4 probably.
    1. jtsdad's Avatar
      jtsdad - 09-12-2012, 07:05 PM
      can you change the APN on the GM release??? I have a 3GS on straighttalk wireless...
    1. Cer0's Avatar
      Cer0 - 09-12-2012, 07:12 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by xyojimbox View Post
      We can put this on our phone now? Anyone have a link?
      Technically the link cannot be shared on the site because it still is a dev only account link.
    1. r17019's Avatar
      r17019 - 09-12-2012, 07:17 PM
      [QUOTE=jtsdad;6675782]can you change the APN on the GM release??? I have a 3GS on straighttalk wireless...[/QUOTE
      Unlockit - APN Changer for your iPhone
    1. jtsdad's Avatar
      jtsdad - 09-12-2012, 07:18 PM
      That didnt fully work on Beta 4, is it working now? Data and MMS?
    1. BoostedEvoIX's Avatar
      BoostedEvoIX - 09-12-2012, 07:34 PM
      using iOS 6 on my iPhone 4 and iPad 3, not really impressed with the updates. What a let down
    1. jwil736's Avatar
      jwil736 - 09-12-2012, 07:37 PM
      I'm not seeing photo sharing?

      Edit: You have to enable in settings.
    1. rcm's Avatar
      rcm - 09-12-2012, 07:37 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by BoostedEvoIX View Post
      using iOS 6 on my iPhone 4 and iPad 3, not really impressed with the updates. What a let down
      sadly ios updates have never been that great, since ios1 the biggest change has been the notification center and background wallpaper
    1. Simon's Avatar
      Simon - 09-12-2012, 07:39 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by rcm View Post
      sadly ios updates have never been that great, since ios1 the biggest change has been the notification center and background wallpaper
      I think 2.0 introducing the app store would easily be the biggest change in an iOS update.
    1. rcm's Avatar
      rcm - 09-12-2012, 07:41 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Simon View Post
      I think 2.0 introducing the app store would easily be the biggest change in an iOS update.
      true, but app store has only had 2 updates since, and mostly cosmetic
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