Apple releases iOS 4.2 beta for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad

We're getting reports from various sites that Apple has released the beta version of iOS 4.2 into the wild for developer testing. This is suppose to add a number of features, especially for the iPad, in the form of multi-tasking, AirPlay, folder organization, the ability to print from your iPad, and more. Developers can access the beta through the Dev Center now.

This update is scheduled to come to consumers' iPads sometime in November of this year, so devs will have a few months to tinker around with it before release.

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We're getting reports from various sites that Apple has released the beta version of iOS 4.2 into the wild for developer testing. This is...

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Johnexo

I hope 4.2 is a solid build, so that if I get an iPad, I will be able to download what I have, and be done with it for a while.
http://www.applereviewed.net/apple-ios-4-2.html

December 13 2010 at 7:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ziselcjoe

Nothing here at all to make me get the urge to 'upgrade'. And will it degrade battery life, like the last update did on my iPod touch and was irreversible since Apple do not provide older versions to revert back to.
Sometimes I jailbreak my devise. here, everything here, you may want to know about ipad, iphone, ipod, etc.(please visit iFunia source, surprising site)

November 23 2010 at 10:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

HRN1

you can get 4.2 by a torrent and update it NOT restore

September 30 2010 at 10:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

allan@king.co.uk

I have also lost the cellular data settings box after the 4.2 upgrade. Any fixes please?

September 27 2010 at 3:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ted

Anyone else notice that Wifi dies on the iPad Wifi only model. Was working when I first installed 4.2 beta. But when I got to work today, it won't enable any more. Keeps saying off all the time and won't scan and find Access Points..

September 16 2010 at 2:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Sven

Yip - also having this problem. Seems like a new bug with iOS 4.2 for the iPad wifi only model. Mine dies randomly just as you describe. Have to restart to reconnect wifi. It's like it just stops working for no reason.

September 23 2010 at 3:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

silas

Has anyone else found that after installing 4.2, the ipad thinks you don't have a cellular data account?

September 16 2010 at 4:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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George

Yes, I'm having the same issue. I can use the 3g connection but I no longer have a view accounts option in the cellular data tab. Any luck solving it?

September 16 2010 at 11:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Steve

Same issue here, after installing 4.2 beta on iPad the Cellular Settings tab in Settings is missing the account data.

September 19 2010 at 12:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Marco Kotrotsos

Strange, the link to the beta is grayed out- and when following the link from the email I got from Apple I get a 404.

Is the beta not available yet for people in Europe? I am a registered iOs dev.

September 16 2010 at 2:19 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Marcus

I haven't found any issues with iOS 4.2 beta so far. I installed it on my iPad and iPhone 4. Installing the beta without a dev account is not recommended, at least for the iPhone:
http://trick77.com/2010/09/16/iphone-4-ios-4-2-beta-installation-error-itunes/

September 16 2010 at 12:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

PWNKAKE

So can anyone sign up to be a developer and download this or

September 15 2010 at 4:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Norman

Will it WORK on a non-developer device? That would be my first question. It is no sim-locked device so is there a special protection?

September 15 2010 at 4:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply