iOS 5.0.1 Beta Addresses iPhone 4S Battery Woes

Apple has released a new beta version of iOS 5 to developers that promises to fix the battery drain issues rumored by iPhone 4S owners and may also append more features for first-generation iPad users. "We have found a couple of bugs that are touching barrage fire life and we will release a software update to address those in a hardly a weeks," an Orchard apple tree spokesperson told Macworld. Beyond battery issues, iOS 5.0.1 could also add more multi-finger gestures to the original iPad, patch a certificate flaw for iPad 2 as well as a variety of other bug fixes.

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Here's a look at the improvements, retention in head that, since this is a beta release, everything is subject change when iOS 5.0.1 officially launches.

More multitouch for the original iPad

Four- and cinque-finger gestures that facilitate you switch 'tween apps, reveal the multitasking tray and quickly return to the place screen appear to be headed to the original iPad. These gestures first made an appearance connected the iPad 1 during the beta testing historical period of iOS 4.3, but were never released to original iPad users. Apple added multi-finger gestures to the iPad 2 as part of the iOS 5 debut in October.

The gestures let in a four- or cinquefoil speck to return to the base screen from a running app instead of hitting the national button. A quatern- OR five-finger snarf up from the home riddle lets you see the multitasking tray, and multi-finger swipe to the side lets you switching between running apps.

Smart cover version issue

Apple has also enclosed a unadjustable for an iPad 2 security flaw that first surfaced in mid-Oct, according to 9-to-5 Mac. The exploit allowed someone with physical access code to your device to employ your iPad 2's smart cover to bypass your passcode and access the sunset app you had running earlier the device went to sleep.

IOS 5.0.1 also fixes a variety of other issues such as some bugs in iCloud and Siri voice recognition improvements for users with Continent accents.

Jailbreak fans should also take note that Musclenerd from the iPhone Dev Team says iOS 5.0.1 does non break the team's new, and currently tethered, jailbreak creature Redsn0w.

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