Apple to developers, but you should probably hold off on installing it. The update appears to bricking a lot of people’s iPhones during the installation process, with the only recourse being a complete erase and re-install of iOS. At least one of us here at 9to5Mac is facing this problem. When we attempted to install iOS 17.3 beta 2, the iPhone 15 Pro Max entered an infinite reboot loop with the Apple logo and SpringBoard spinner. We tried restoring the iPhone to iOS 17.3 beta 1 with no luck. The iPhone still entered a boot loop, confirming that the issue is not just a SpringBoard crash. The solution seems to be to enter DFU mode and complete an entire restore. There doesn’t appear to be any rhyme or reason as to which iPhone models are affected by this problem. We’ve seen reports from iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 users alike. On the other hand, some people have been able to update with no problem. Our friend also reports that his iPhone is effectively bricked after attempting to install the new iOS 17.3 beta. There are a handful of other reports popping up on and . You heard it here: don’t update to iOS 17.3 beta 2. I expect Apple will pull the update here shortly and re-release a new version. Such is life when you’re on the never-ending beta train. 🚨 It seems that iOS 17.3 Beta 2 is sending some iPhones into a bootloop and forcing a factory reset. I’ve received ~10 reports of this so far, all were on an iPhone 14 or 15 series. Avoid installing this update until a fix is issued! : , , , and .
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