After several users whose iPhone was left on the block, Apple has decided to temporarily remove iOS 17.3 beta 2.
Apple launched the second beta of iOS 17.3 just a few hours ago, a beta that we have been waiting for for many weeks since the first one launched on December 12. However, the update contains a serious problem that blocks some iPhones on Apple’s Apple when it’s time to start again.
Apple has made the decision to delete update until you find the fault. According to some users, as this bug does not affect everyone, it seems that Only iPhones with Touch Back enabled are affected.
This means that if you haven’t already quickly updated to the second beta of iOS 17.3 You won’t be able to do this until Apple finds the bug and releases again an update.
What to do if you are affected by the bug
If your iPhone gets stuck while rebooting, there’s not much we can do, most likely we will be forced to factory reset our iPhone. This seems to be the solution in this case. Here are the steps to follow:
- Download iOS 17.3 beta 1 IPSW, you can do it from ipswbeta.dev by choosing your iPhone model.
- Open Finder on your Mac or iTunes on a Windows PC.
- Connect the iPhone to the computer with the cable.
- If it asks you to enter the device passcode or trust this computer, follow the on-screen steps.
- Select your device in the Finder sidebar or iTunes window.
- Hold the Option key or the Alt key if you are using Windows and click the Refresh button.
- Select the IPSW beta file you downloaded.
- After installing the beta, the iPhone will restart.
- You will be able to activate it again and download your most recent save.
These are the only steps you can follow in this case. You will probably lose some information, but This is what installing beta versions of software is for, which may contain serious bugs like that.