If I delete the iOS 12 beta profile form my phone, what will happen when the real iOS 12 comes out? Will it automatically update to the real one or will I keep the beta version?

Also, if I removed the iOS 12 beta, will I have the beta until the real iOS 12 comes out or will I keep the beta version

Posted on Jul 10, 2018 8:17 PM

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Posted on Jul 11, 2018 6:46 AM

Once you unenroll, you will no longer receive Beta updates. But it won't automatically revert to a non-beta version.


You would need to restore the iOS device to iOS 11.4 before you start getting non Beta updates.


If you keep the Beta until the official iOS 12 is released you will have the choice of updating to it as long as you have not updated to a post iOS 12 Beta before that. i.e iOS 12.1 Beta or something.


See here for how to completely remove the Beta: How to install or uninstall iOS beta software - Apple Support


And here for important information about the Beta: Apple Beta Software Program - FAQ

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Jul 11, 2018 6:46 AM in response to joshkim35

Once you unenroll, you will no longer receive Beta updates. But it won't automatically revert to a non-beta version.


You would need to restore the iOS device to iOS 11.4 before you start getting non Beta updates.


If you keep the Beta until the official iOS 12 is released you will have the choice of updating to it as long as you have not updated to a post iOS 12 Beta before that. i.e iOS 12.1 Beta or something.


See here for how to completely remove the Beta: How to install or uninstall iOS beta software - Apple Support


And here for important information about the Beta: Apple Beta Software Program - FAQ

Sep 17, 2018 1:50 PM in response to tward1969

If you removed the beta profile before you received the iOS 12 update, then you should have gotten the final version. iOS 12 (16A366). You can verify the exact version in Settings->General->About->Version


If you had the Beta Profile when you updated to iOS 12 then you probably just have the GM (Gold Master) iOS 12 which is essentially the last beta release before the public one, and for all intents and purposes is the same version as the final release.


tward1969 wrote:


"If you keep the Beta until the official iOS 12 is released you will have the choice of updating to it as long as you have not updated to a post iOS 12 Beta before that. i.e iOS 12.1 Beta or something.")


Beta testing never stops, there's always a new Beta version. If a 12.1 beta version had been released (it hasn't) before the final iOS 12 public release hit, then you would have been at a newer version technically. So would not have been able to update to the final iOS 12 release.


At this point, you are at the final release of iOS 12.

Sep 28, 2018 4:33 PM in response to tward1969

It won’t ask u to update to beta updates any more now that you deleted the beta profile. But, u will always have some beta software in your iPhone. The only way to get rid of it is a full reset. Not a partial reset. I tried a partial reset. I still got a red number one on my settings app. There was never any software to update. The only thing to get rid of the number one was to do a full reset. A partial resetting of only the settings got rid of most of the problems but not all of them. A full reset diesn’t Get rid of any of your telephone contacts.😊 iCloud I think restores the telephone contacts.😃

Sep 17, 2018 12:11 PM in response to joshkim35

I removed my beta profile on both my iPhone 10 and my iPad pro and I am running IOS 12 but I don't know is it still a beta version, will it update to the standard version, what do you mean about "post ios 12" It seems as if there is not another up date available for my phone or iPad and as for my watch there is no updates are showing up at all. Even when I was beta with my phone it never updated and it's still running 4.3.2 nothing new showing up?... (I am inquiring about this answer... "If you keep the Beta until the official iOS 12 is released you will have the choice of updating to it as long as you have not updated to a post iOS 12 Beta before that. i.e iOS 12.1 Beta or something.")

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