Do folks do a full erase and iCloud restore when leaving the beta?

[Dave_O]

Or is a settings reset enough?

 

[Apple_Robert]

When I ran beta, I would do a full erase if I wanted or needed to go back to public release.

 

[P_Watt]

Or is a settings reset enough?

you need to do a Recovery Mode / DFU using a computer to get back to ipados17

 

[P_Watt]

BTW you need to restore an iCloud backup you took in ipadOS17 and protected by renaming the ipad, or archived an ipadOS17 backup to the computer.

 

[marmiteturkey]

To downgrade, you need to do a full restore. To move from beta to public release, you don’t - but I personally tend to anyway, just for the clean machine feeling.

 

[winxmac]

Erase All Content and Settings - yes
Restore from Backup - no

Ever since Apple allowed free developer beta access, I just switch between non-beta and Developer beta but continue using the device without performing a full data erase...

 

[mjcharlton71]

you need to do a Recovery Mode / DFU using a computer to get back to ipados17

Found that out last week when prepping my M2 iPad Pro for trade-in... ended up having to wrestle with 3uTools as well, as the MacBook wasn't on Sequoia!