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Apple Releases iOS 8.3 With Redesigned Emoji Keyboard, More [Download]

Apple Releases iOS 8.3 With Redesigned Emoji Keyboard, More [Download]

Posted April 8, 2015 at 5:01pm by iClarified
Apple has just released iOS 8.3 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The new firmware brings a redesigned Emoji keyboard and other improvements.

This release includes improved performance, bug fixes, and a redesigned Emoji keyboard.

What's New:
Improved performance for:
● App launch
● App responsiveness
● Messages
● Wi-Fi
● Control Center
● Safari tabs
● 3rd-party keyboards
● Keyboard shortcuts
● Simplified Chinese keyboard


Wi-Fi and Bluetooth fixes:
● Fixes an issue where you could be continuously prompted for login credentials
● Addresses an issue where some devices disconnect intermittently from Wi-Fi networks
● Fixes an issue where hands-free phone calls could become disconnected
● Fixes an issue where audio playback could stop working with some bluetooth speakers

Orientation and rotation fixes:
● Addresses an issue that sometimes prevented rotating back to portrait after having rotated to landscape
● Improves performance and stability issues that occurred when rotating the device between portrait and landscape
● Fixes an issue where device orientation appeared upside down after pulling the iPhone 6 Plus from your pocket
● Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented apps from rotating to correct orientation after switching apps in multitasking

Messages fixes
● Addresses issues that caused group messages to sometimes split
● Fixes an issue that sometimes removed the ability to forward or delete individual messages
● Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented a preview from appearing when taking a photo in Messages
● Adds the ability to report junk messages directly from the Messages app
● Adds the ability to filter out iMessages that are not sent by your contacts

Family Sharing fixes
● Fixes a bug where certain apps would not launch or update on family members’ devices
● Fixes a bug that prevented family members from downloading certain free apps
● Increased reliability for Ask to Buy notifications


CarPlay fixes
● Fixes an issue where Maps could come up as a black screen
● Fixes an issue where the UI could be incorrectly rotated
● Fixes an issue where the keyboard could appear on the CarPlay screen when it shouldn't

Enterprise fixes
● Improves reliability of installing and updating enterprise apps
● Corrects the time zone of Calendar events created in IBM Notes
● Fixes a problem that could cause web clip icons to become generic after restarting
● Improves reliability of saving the password for a web proxy
● Exchange out-of-office message can now be edited separately for external replies
● Improves recovery of Exchange accounts from temporary connection problems
● Improves compatibility of VPN and web proxy solutions
● Allows use of physical keyboards to log into Safari web sheets, such as for joining a public Wi-Fi ● network
● Fixes an issue that caused Exchange meetings with long notes to be truncated

Accessibility fixes
● Fixes an issue where using the back button in Safari causes VoiceOver gestures to not respond
● Fixes an issue where VoiceOver focus becomes unreliable in draft Mail messages
● Fixes an issue where Braille Screen Input cannot be used to type text in forms on webpages
● Fixes an issue where toggling Quick Nav on a Braille Display announces that Quick Nav is off
● Fixes an issue keeping app icons from being moveable on home screen when VoiceOver is enabled
● Fixes an issue in Speak Screen where speech will not start again after pausing

Other improvements and bug fixes
● Introduces a redesigned Emoji keyboard with over 300 new characters
● iCloud Photo Library has been optimized to work with the new Photos app on OS X 10.10.3 and is now out of beta
● Improves the pronunciation of street names during turn-by-turn navigation in Maps
● Includes support for Baum VarioUltra 20 and VarioUltra 40 braille displays
● Improves the display of Spotlight results when Reduce Transparency is turned on
● Adds Italic and Underline format options for iPhone 6 Plus landscape keyboard
● Adds the ability to remove shipping and billing addresses used with Apple Pay
● Additional language and country support for Siri: English (India, New Zealand), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Netherlands), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey)
● Additional dictation languages: Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) and Hebrew (Israel)
● Improves stability for Phone, Mail, Bluetooth connectivity, Photos, Safari tabs, Settings, Weather and Genius Playlists in Music
● Addresses an issue where Slide to Unlock could fail to work on certain devices
● Addresses an issue that sometimes prevented swiping to answer a phone call on the Lock screen
● Addresses an issue that prevented opening links in Safari PDFs
● Fixes an issue where selecting Clear History and Website Data in Safari Settings did not clear all data
● Fixes an issue that prevented autocorrecting "FYI"
● Addresses an issue where contextual predictions did not appear in Quick Reply
● Fixes an issue where Maps did not enter night mode from hybrid mode
● Resolves an issue that prevented initiating FaceTime calls from a browser or 3rd-party app using FaceTime URLs
● Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented photos from properly exporting to Digital Camera Image folders on Windows
● Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented an iPad backup from completing with iTunes
● Fixes an issue that could cause Podcast downloads to stall when switching from Wi-Fi to cellular networks
● Fixes an issue where remaining time on timer would sometimes incorrectly display as 00:00 on Lock screen
● Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented adjusting call volume
● Fixes an issue that caused the status bar to sometimes appear when it shouldn’t

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

We will be posted direct firmware download links shortly. Stay tuned!

iOS 8.3 Download Links:
iPhone Firmware Download Links
iPod Touch Firmware Download Links
iPad Firmware Download Links

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angry af
angry af - April 14, 2015 at 12:29am
i updated my phone and now it won't work so thanks for that! all my photos deleted, my music will not play, it crashes every two minutes, it keeps disconnecting from the wifi and it keeps saying my storage is full when its not
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - April 14, 2015 at 12:51am
Have you ever heard about backing up to iCloud then resetting after update? I still have all my stuff before and after, battery life functions properly, no crashes after being on it a while, buttons are fine, playback before resetting didn't happen until I did reset. I reset every time after an update and that never fails.
Roger Melly
Roger Melly - April 9, 2015 at 9:19pm
New keyboard is crap...
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - April 9, 2015 at 9:22pm
you can't be serious! More emojis fit without taking up all the space and it works as good as it still should.
Filip
Filip - April 9, 2015 at 12:31pm
I've updated my iphone 4s and it take a big improvement in performance relatively to iOS 8.2. Still not glorious but much faster.
holt
holt - April 9, 2015 at 6:03am
can now switch between 4g, 3g and even 2g on the iphone 5 and iphone 6!!!
i hate iOS 8.3
i hate iOS 8.3 - April 9, 2015 at 3:19am
This new iOS F****d up me and my iPhone 4S. I had a backup on iTunes before updating. When I update, my Photos were all messed up.. deleted photos showed up again, the chronological order were all messed up. So, I restored my phone using Itunes and tried to restore from the backup. iTunes gave me an error, saying that my backup was corrupted and that I COULD NOT restore it. So, what I'm doing right now is downloading iOS 8.2, hopping that Apple is still signing it, and that the restore from the backup will work.
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - April 9, 2015 at 3:25am
You can't be serious. iOS 3 is beyond the limits of 8.2 and major revamped! I never had a thing wrong with 8.2 but mother of god, 8.3 just made my day! Not even a photo out of my place. I have the emojis I wanted to use now!
Update - I still hate iOS 8.3 though
Update - I still hate iOS 8.3 though - April 9, 2015 at 3:53am
I have properly restored my iPhone to iOS 8.2. And guess what.. I am restoring it from my backup!!! Which means that my backup was NOT CORRUPTED, the problem was just that iOS 8.3 wouldn't accept it. (Just to inform.. I was on iOS 8.1.3 before updating to iOS 8.3)
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Last update - Hating iOS 8.3 a little bit
Last update - Hating iOS 8.3 a little bit - April 9, 2015 at 4:31am
My photos are still messed up, but they are there. None is missing. Which proves that the fault for that is with Apple and not iOS 8.3 . One of the reasons is that after photo number 9999, apple start naming photos from 0000 again. But, that does not change the fact that iOS 8.3 did not accepted my backup for restoring!! Just waiting for iOS 8.3.1 - I believe that it won't take long.
64-bittersweet
64-bittersweet - April 9, 2015 at 5:04am
You need to buy a new iPhone. That will solve most of your issues. Maybe not having over 9999 pics and having numerical value issues, but wait...who in the f*** has 10,000 pics on their devices? Are you a professional photographer or something? Anyways, 32-bit devices suck on iOS now. The iPhone 4(s) was GREAT on iOS 5&6, but is complete garbage on 8. I just moved from the 4(s) to the 5(s), and the difference is night and day.
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I don't have 10000 pics
I don't have 10000 pics - April 9, 2015 at 5:26am
I don't have 10000 pics, I usually back them up and delete from the device most of them.. I have about 1500 pics right now. BUT, the name of each picture go on a progressive scale, so, after I took the picture 9999, my iPhone named the next picture as 0001, and with this new iOS it messed up with the order. A bigger problem, from what I am concerned, is that a lot of "deleted long ago" pictures came back to my device, most of them to the folder "recently deleted", witch makes me realize they were never truly erased, and they were occupying valuable disk space, because I had only 500mb left when I updated the iOS. And I know 4S is shit running iOS 8, but I still don't need a new phone, and I updated it knowing that it would perform slower. New apps doesn't come to iOS 6, that's why I will continue updating my phone as long as I can.
BoldLowe
BoldLowe - October 25, 2015 at 1:34pm
Did you ever find a solution? Is there an app that will add a number so the photos can be 10001, and up to 100,000? This is very annoying to have to rename everything to avoid losing valuable photos. But please share if you have found a solution. Thanks.
BoldLowe
BoldLowe - October 25, 2015 at 1:36pm
LOL, buying a new iPhone won't start the count at 10001, it will do the same thing and start at 1.
Ryon Mcgarrell
Ryon Mcgarrell - April 9, 2015 at 2:09am
Please fix iTunes Radio glitch . Artist album won't play.
zetaprime
zetaprime - April 8, 2015 at 11:56pm
Today they really went crazy with updates. I had one for every Apple device I own all at once.
Avi
Avi - April 8, 2015 at 6:32pm
Hebrew dictation, sweet!
4yS
4yS - April 8, 2015 at 6:02pm
What about 4s improvement?? Anything on that?
AppleGuy299
AppleGuy299 - April 8, 2015 at 6:35pm
No the 4s is way to old to even be running iOS 8
Appl
Appl - April 8, 2015 at 5:45pm
Wow apple has been listening. Love iOS 8.3 and its bug fixes. More detailed change logs like this please
Jailbreak
Jailbreak - April 8, 2015 at 5:34pm
What about jailbreak?????
Umair
Umair - April 8, 2015 at 5:28pm
Can we send grp messages in iphone. I am unable to do so. If anybody knows. Kindly apprise
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - April 8, 2015 at 5:20pm
Here's a way to fix it, get an ampy, the battery charger without the need of outlets ever.
slybacon
slybacon - April 8, 2015 at 5:32pm
"Swiping up" is the equivalent of force-quitting your apps. You shouldn't be swiping up at all, ever. Apps become inactive after 10 seconds to save power. If you are force-quitting your apps, you will run into or create software problems.
AppleGuy299
AppleGuy299 - April 8, 2015 at 6:37pm
No it attempts to quit the app normally first but if it fails that's when it's force quit. If you have too many apps open it will slow down your phone. This issue is a UI issue.
slybacon
slybacon - April 8, 2015 at 10:01pm
Either way, retail employees told me not to do it... and my phone still runs the same and battery is unchanged. So, I personally have no reason to swipe up.
ywhat
ywhat - April 8, 2015 at 5:11pm
Wow big update. Hopefully battery life is better too over 8.1.2 and 8.2.x
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