Post here when you've got it (if you can). ;D
The iPads downloading the update :thumb:
Well it was an error occurred, trying again :fingers:
This could be a long thread. :laugh:
I think you can choose to download but not install in iTunes, can't you? That might ensure that the download is complete before the installation proceeds, but I actually think it does that anyway, as if the download fails, the installation won't start and the previous OS is restored.
I'm late at work so not going to worry about it.
Tried both phone and iPad a few times, they start to download the update but after a minute or so comes up with an error message. I guess it is the server overloaded, I'll try later.
When connected to iTunes neither show an update is available.
Will this work on the iPad 1?
How are you starting the downloads, Loz?
I don't think the iPad 1 is supported.
I'm doing the updates from the device via settings-general-software update.
My iPhone 5 which I wasn't going to do is now nearly finished!
My daughters phone 4S is still downloading, after many errors.
The iPad which was the test device won't stop showing errors so will try later.
I didn't think you could do major updates like this over the air. You live and learn. :)
That said I still think I prefer to do it through iTunes, so you get the backup and the full clean installation.
My phones completed off for a play ;D
No iPad 1 that's stuck on iOS 5, no iOS 7 for the 3GS , butbas Zap said performance enhancements I suspect will be A6 processor and upwards.
No problem doing it over the air in fact it maybe advantageous as it stops iTunes sticking it's finger in.
I agree with Steve, as long as you do a backup first I'd update over the airwaves if you've got WiFi. For a start you'll probably get the update much earlier and iTunes won't be there to crash or cause problems.
Bearing in mind I don't use The Cloud, if it all went tits up, I'd be able to restore my last backup through iTunes, even though that was iOS6, yes?
Phone update seems fine and looks good.
Only problem I can see is the email now seems to list all new mail in a single inbox, I've a iCloud and a Gmail account which I would like listed separately.
Can't do it OTA anyway, as it needs more space than I have available, so will have to remove some music files first.
Your likely problem is a failed download , the download is checked before install for it's integrity, so it will not update unless the download is complete and correct.
Sorted out the email, I fully quit the app and then restarted it, it now lists the separate accounts :mad:
Over the air done dumped horible dynamic wallpapers, so far it seems pretty smooth ;D Oddly I had to do phone as I couldnt do iPad as servers were to buy I'm guessing :dunno: Parallax effect subtle but nice
Quote from: lozcart on Sep 18, 2013, 19:29:38
Phone update seems fine and looks good.
Only problem I can see is the email now seems to list all new mail in a single inbox, I've a iCloud and a Gmail account which I would like listed separately.
Emails were all in a single box before but you can list them individually if you want just don't choose all inboxes.
Thanks Gary it seems to have sorted itself out now, the 4S is now rebooting and the iPad is downloading.
OK, how do you cancel an OTA download? I removed my music and created enough space, but it's saying 22 hours remaining, and there seems to be no way to stop it!
If there isn't an onscreen software cancel button I'd leave well alone and let it go about its business.
Just carry on using the phone Simon as usual, I am with the iPad, it's just downloading a file, it will get there in the end, today, tomorrow etc. My phone may update sometime tomorrow at the current rate.
It's gone down to 20 minutes now. :laugh:
My ipad keeps timing out eventually at 33 hours. Id wait till tomorrow is you get that message.
I think it's pretty pointless worrying about it tonight, you may get the download but then fail to verify. I have the file for the iPad but the server is too busy to verify.
Quote from: Steve on Sep 18, 2013, 21:13:35
I think it's pretty pointless worrying about it tonight, you may get the download but then fail to verify.
That's happening on my iPad Steve, it's downloaded but won't verify. Think I will now leave it until tomorrow.
Must be alot of iOS people on IDnet updating.....
(http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share-thumb/73ad907058f8543b78a7cdfff55615eb-18-09-2013.png) (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/73ad907058f8543b78a7cdfff55615eb-18-09-2013.html)
:laugh:
You've only got to look here - http://www.lonap.net/mrtg/lonap-total.html the city's gone home but look at the level of Internet traffic. The Uk's links cannot cope as they failed to do 2 years ago.
Same problem here. Downloaded, but won't verify.
Looking on the bright side we're half way there! I'll modify my previous comment maybe it's Apple servers that can't cope as well, although would that show as packet loss on the TBBQM which I assume is the saturation of IDNets peering arrangements. I suppose it could if we were all in affect performing a DOS attack on Apple's servers.
The iPad is installing the update now!
I had no problem getting it installed which is a first as I usually end up doing it days later. The only problem is I'm currently too busy to look at it.
Still no luck here. I wanted an early night tonight as well! :bawl:
Quote from: Steve on Sep 18, 2013, 21:53:05
The iPad is installing the update now!
Same here, I hope it speeds up I want to get off to bed, early start in the morning :'(
The iPad has updated, initial impression can I go back to iOS 6 , help.
iPhone has updated as well, yuck!
For anyone that wants to downgrade back to iOS 6 : http://readwrite.com/2013/06/13/how-to-downgrade-from-ios-7-beta-back-to-ios-6
Both iPad and iPhone updated, after playing for a few hours I like it, its different but I like it better than iOS6 when you get it set up how you like and avoid dynamic backgrounds it gives more contrast. All working ok here and quite pleased.
Mine's done, and God, it's horrible. :ack: There's no contrast, everything is shades of white, and text is difficult to read (although, the bold setting is an improvement). The icons look sh*t. Folders have a horrid grey background, the clock on the Lock screen is too big, and while the new Control Centre is a good idea, there's no customisation as to what shortcuts you can have in there. I was hoping for a shortcut to Call Forwarding, as I use that, on and off, all the time, and you have to go through three or four screens to get to it. i was also hoping for a 3G on / off switch, as it's quite flaky in my area, and sometimes I need to turn it off to make a call. Unless there's a setting I haven't found yet. this feature is quite a let down. The only good thing I've found on it, as yet, is the ability to block phone numbers, so hopefully I can block those bloody automated PPI calls. All in all, on first impressions, give me iOS6 back! :bawl:
Oh, and the Siri voice now sounds like it's got a cold. I thought you could change the voices, but haven't found how to do so yet.
I guess not everyone likes it but give it a while and before long you start forgetting what iOS6 looked like, well I have I find it refreshing and its easy to read, then again I do use glasses as I'm blind as a bat when it comes to reading and using a phone these days. ;D Do not track in safari is a useful addition
Quote from: Simon on Sep 18, 2013, 23:10:45
Oh, and the Siri voice now sounds like it's got a cold. I thought you could change the voices, but haven't found how to do so yet.
Siri has to download info from servers the the voice gets better, new iPhones sound like that for a day then change And you can turn 3G off Simon. Settings Cellular enable/Disable 3G. Call forwarding is Settings >phone > call forwarding, that's quite easy. Swiping up to remove apps running in the backgroud is good too also great for zipping between apps.
Yes, the 3G and phone settings are where they were before, Gary, which is why I'd hoped they could be moved to the Control Centre, but yet again, Apple thinks it knows best and doesn't allow the user to customise anything. :mad:
It's a big change graphically and although I prefer the previous look I'll reserve judgement until I've properly checked out the functionality. It does appear though that the iPhone 4 doesn't benefit from some of the more graphically intensive stuff which does diminish the wow factor by quite a bit.
If I don't like the functionality I'll buy an HTC One otherwise I'll probably keep this phone for another year.
Quote from: Simon on Sep 18, 2013, 23:19:58
Yes, the 3G and phone settings are where they were before, Gary, which is why I'd hoped they could be moved to the Control Centre, but yet again, Apple thinks it knows best and doesn't allow the user to customise anything. :mad:
you can't put call forwarding on the main menu on Justinas Andoid either Simon. I'll double check that but I'm sure you can't. Android is very customisable but not down to such find grained levels as that I don't think. Settings are still tucked away a bit last time I looked. For me as I don't use those settings it's not a big deal. Tbh they are not that hard to get to but I see your point. Anyway bed time for me. Liking the new safari on the ipad I must admit. :) nighty night.
And now half of my music hasn't synced back onto the phone. :rant2: :rant2: :rant2: :rant2:
At the moment I'd say it's growing on me and I suspect iOS6 is going to look very dated very quickly. The compass is superb, a work of art. Not that I have a use for it but I might have to find one ;D The multitasking screen which I found by accident and assume is new is also really nice. I think it's going to be a lot better than many of the previews suggested.
I would agree the multi tasking feature is much better, it's obviously a radical change and takes you out of your comfort zone for awhile. I'm finding the keyboard on the iPad much more accurate for myself.
I updated my iPad 2 and it went very smoothly, but I had major problems with iTunes and had to uninstall and it kept trying to reinstall the version I had deleted. After about two hours I got that sorted and all is well now. First impression of IOS 7, it's Apples version of Vista >:D Time will tell but I like learning curves so will get on with it. ;D
Quote from: Den on Sep 19, 2013, 07:49:44
I updated my iPad 2 and it went very smoothly, but I had major problems with iTunes and had to uninstall and it kept trying to reinstall the version I had deleted. After about two hours I got that sorted and all is well now. First impression of IOS 7, it's Apples version of Vista >:D Time will tell but I like learning curves so will get on with it. ;D
Apples version of Vista...well at least its not Apples version of windows 8 :evil:
Quote from: Steve on Sep 19, 2013, 07:34:44
I would agree the multi tasking feature is much better, it's obviously a radical change and takes you out of your comfort zone for awhile. I'm finding the keyboard on the iPad much more accurate for myself.
I noticed on the iPhone as well the keyboard was more accurate, the features that know where you go and can build up a idea of where you will be going is a bit spooky, that can be turned off though. Also teaching Siri how to say names properly is a god send. You say (whatever name) is not said like that, and it asks you how to say it and remembers, very clever.
Quote from: zappaDPJ on Sep 19, 2013, 07:31:19
At the moment I'd say it's growing on me and I suspect iOS6 is going to look very dated very quickly. The compass is superb, a work of art. Not that I have a use for it but I might have to find one ;D The multitasking screen which I found by accident and assume is new is also really nice. I think it's going to be a lot better than many of the previews suggested.
You can also use the compass app as a spirit level ::) The torch function is useful.
Quote from: Simon on Sep 18, 2013, 23:58:19
And now half of my music hasn't synced back onto the phone. :rant2: :rant2: :rant2: :rant2:
Dis you update iTunes to 11.1 Simon?
Well have done 2 iPhone 4s's and 1 iPad 4 took a bit of time but got there in the with no probs, set them to update went to bed got up early this am to finish off updates.
No probs to report so far, I like the new sleek look, haven't got around to all the features yet but very pleased so far.
Now waiting for Maverick for Macbook Pro if this is anything to go by I can't wait.
Rogerp
What's happened to swipe to delete? I use that all the time to get rid of unwanted emails quickly. Now it seems I have to Edit then Select, which is a convoluted way to do it.
So far, I hate it, and would never buy an Apple device with this OS on it.
The Calendar app is also sh*t. It seems you can no longer have list view as your default, meaning more clicks to get where I want to be. Another backwards step. Also, how do you stop it displaying end times for appointments?
Oh, and I've used it for 10 minutes this morning and my battery is already down to 72%. :(
71%...
Quote from: Simon on Sep 19, 2013, 10:55:19It seems you can no longer have list view as your default, meaning more clicks to get where I want to be.
Maybe not default, but:
http://www.tuaw.com/2013/09/18/ios-7-video-tip-how-to-view-list-mode-in-calendar/
Quote from: Simon on Sep 19, 2013, 10:52:05
What's happened to swipe to delete?
Swipe from right to left ;D
Quote from: Simon on Sep 19, 2013, 10:56:19
Oh, and I've used it for 10 minutes this morning and my battery is already down to 72%. :(
Any use?
http://www.tuaw.com/2013/09/18/how-to-stop-ios-7-from-destroying-your-iphones-battery-life/
In messages, if you swipe from right to left and hold it on the left, you get timestamps for each message.
I've only got an iPhone 4, didn't find the 4's, 5 and don't find 5c or 5s worth a £600+ upgrade at the moment, still going to wait for v6.
But iOS 7 is faster on my iPhone 4, battery life is terrible though, just like any other iOS updates :(
Swipe to delete is still there, also go into location settings and turn off things you wont use, turn off parallax if its supported on your phone. Google iOS7 and all the changes it may help. You can have calendar as daily view list view (hit the search icon in calendar, hourly monthly or yearly. Also the thing has to recalibrate the battery too. iOS 7 is more CPU intensive, also your phone has less memory and processor power so it works a bit harder. Turn off background App refresh for apps you don't need. Just adjust it to how you want, same as any phone. People also seem to forget that you play with the thing more when new updates come out, I have 5 hours usage on mine since last night with 15 hours standby.
I wont update to the iPhone 6 but 6S its a better cycle I think as you get the bug fixes for hardware from the previous year. For me I may stick with the 5s ill order tomorrow due to size constraints.
Now that I've been using it for awhile I quite like it, certainly the iPad is a much slicker device with this OS than the last
The problem is, Gary, you can't adjust it to the way you want. The facility to have skins / themes would be a great improvement, in my opinion. That way I could get rid of all this blinding whiteness. I know i can turn the brightness down, but that's beside the point. So far, I have seen nothing but changes for changes sake, with no positive improvements. If I could find a way back to iOS6, I'd be there like a shot.
Where are these Google and parallax settings you mentioned, Gary? And what the hell is parallax anyway? Sounds like something to help with the bowels.
You can go back to iOS6 if you want. You may have 6.1.3 already on your machine, if not you can download it
ie http://readwrite.com/2013/06/13/how-to-downgrade-from-ios-7-beta-back-to-ios-6#awesm=~ohSO4bkOd8AKZD
Thanks Steve. I'll look into that tonight. As it happens, I have just noticed one redeeming feature, and that is the bold text option, which does make some things easier to read.
Quote from: Simon on Sep 19, 2013, 12:16:15
Where are these Google and parallax settings you mentioned, Gary? And what the hell is parallax anyway? Sounds like something to help with the bowels.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/09/18/how-to-turn-off-ios-7s-parallax-effect/
I fear it may be too late to roll back to iOS6 using the method Steve provided, as I have already backed up and synced with iTunes a number of times, in order to get my music transferred across. The reason that didn't work the first time was that I disconnected the phone from the computer, without realising tracks were still transferring. :red:
I don't think parallax works on the 4S.
Quote from: Simon on Sep 19, 2013, 12:32:54
Thanks Steve. I'll look into that tonight. As it happens, I have just noticed one redeeming feature, and that is the bold text option, which does make some things easier to read.
You can enhance contrast too, but I don't have an issue reading it as is I think thats my specs helping, maybe you need glasses too, Simon. :whistle: :nerd:
Joking aside, I do, Gary, and it's something I mean to get around to. What I would have preferred is an option to have white on black, as that would have added definition and contrast. The 'Invert Colours' option in Accessibly is good for text, but not for icons. It even inverted my home screen wallpaper!
Quote from: Simon on Sep 19, 2013, 12:45:35
I don't think parallax works on the 4S.
I think you may be right there Simon. I'm sure once you find you way round and get used to it you will be fine and it is an improvement on iOS6 I think. Last night I was unsure but now I really like it. in fact looking at my freinds phone with iOS 6 still on it makes the older OS look very dated already. Another reason to stick with the new OS is there are security patches and that silly crash with Unicode is now gone too.
Quote from: Simon on Sep 19, 2013, 12:51:15
Joking aside, I do, Gary, and it's something I mean to get around to. What I would have preferred is an option to have white on black, as that would have added definition and contrast. The 'Invert Colours' option in Accessibly is good for text, but not for icons. It even inverted my home screen wallpaper!
Contrast and bold text help some peeps, but glasses do help alot if your eyesight is not so good. I was amazed at how bad my eyes were when I got them, the screen never looked so clear and I was missing a ton of detail. The longer you leave it the worse they get too. :red:
I like the swipe to go back function in Safari. I do hate the icons, though, and that grey background to the folders and to the bottom row of icons is just horrible with my wallpaper. And I don't see why I should change my wallpaper!!
Hmm, My iPhone 4 is already on charge, it was 100% at 8:30am and I've hardly used it :eek4:
Turned of all the features like background app updates etc, basically mines back to iOS 6 features with an iOS 7 look.
Guess I will have to wait 3 months for Apple to release an update to "fix" battery drain.
I see Siri is that same useless piece of junk it always was, and will only work if you're within an inch of a mast. ::)
I had my first iOS7 disaster earlier on today. My alarm went off, I didn't recognise it, couldn't find snooze, mistakenly switched it off and overslept by some margin :(
I was pretty convinced that I wasn't going to like the upgrade to such an extent, I'd already researched my next phone, the HTC One. As it is I'm now very tempted to upgrade my ageing iPhone 4 to the new model :blush: Something very weird, since the update I've hammered my phone and it's sitting at 87% battery left. I'm a bit worried about that because everyone else seems to be having battery issues.
I like it, it's a huge change and there's a bit of a learning curve but I think in general it is an improvement and I really didn't think I'd be saying that.
I've just found something that could be rather useful. In the Compass app, on page 2, is a spirt level. :)
The bottle is half full. :cheers:
Not quite. For every silver lining there's a black cloud. If you close the Music app, it won't resume your playlist from where you left off. Which is a bloody nuisance.
What they seem to have done is, taken all the things that were easy on iOS6, and made them more difficult. You can't even resume your music playing from the Lock screen any more, not without going into the Control Centre. And the Call button has disappeared from the top of a list of text messages, so if you want to call on response to a message, you have to click Contacts then call. Everything that was one click away, is now two or three. :mad:
Generally I like what I've seen today, my mobile signal even appears stronger.
It did take me a little time to suss out how to delete a text message, its not as easy as before, now you have to press and hold the message and select "more", I guess its all a learning curve.
I don't know if this is a bug but when I swipe right to go back on web pages, the page I go back to seems to zoom up the text size. I've only noticed it on the wap site here, though.
Quote from: lozcart on Sep 19, 2013, 16:34:17
Generally I like what I've seen today, my mobile signal even appears stronger.
It did take me a little time to suss out how to delete a text message, its not as easy as before, now you have to press and hold the message and select "more", I guess its all a learning curve.
You can swipe left to delete a text message, go left shows all text chats left again will delete individual conversations :)
Quote from: Simon on Sep 19, 2013, 17:32:38
I don't know if this is a bug but when I swipe right to go back on web pages, the page I go back to seems to zoom up the text size. I've only noticed it on the wap site here, though.
I noticed that on the web, Simon. Bound to be bugs. I imagine 7.0.1 will not be far behind.
Quote from: Simon on Sep 19, 2013, 16:21:51
What they seem to have done is, taken all the things that were easy on iOS6, and made them more difficult. You can't even resume your music playing from the Lock screen any more, not without going into the Control Centre. And the Call button has disappeared from the top of a list of text messages, so if you want to call on response to a message, you have to click Contacts then call. Everything that was one click away, is now two or three. :mad:
How do you mean resume music playing, in the lock screen is play and pause as before :dunno: not sure what you mean. I can pause what I'm playing the lock screen comes on and I can still access it as i could in iOS6. Also you can call from within a text chat still its in the top corner click on contact and call or facetime etc.
I'll give you the call from within a text thing. ;D I didn't spot that, and indeed, it does save you scrolling up to the top of a long thread, so that's better. Also better is the incoming call screen, which gives options to reject, etc, even from sleep mode, which iOS6 didn't do. I don't have any Pause / Play buttons on my Lock screen though. I have to swipe up into Control Centre to access them.
Quote from: Simon on Sep 18, 2013, 23:58:19
And now half of my music hasn't synced back onto the phone. :rant2: :rant2: :rant2: :rant2:
Your doing well. I thought I'd upset someone at work. But then, when commenting on a "cool iPhone background" I got the reply, "Oh, that's not my phone, it's [the contractors], mine is dead after trying to update to iOS7!"
I'm just glad to know it was not me that put them in a foul mood. ;)
Apparently they lost everything. :o
I also like the notification centre listing all my Tapatalk alerts, did it do that before? I'll kick myself if it did because it's something I've always wanted to be able to do.
Perhaps notifications weren't turned on Zap or it could be a recent App update.
Our Uni student has downloaded iOS 7 and thinks it's absolutely fantastic.
I know I've been slagging it off, and I will give it a couple of days to see if I can tolerate it, but, seriously, is there anything that's genuinely improved with this, that couldn't have been done by updating the perfectly workable iOS6? I guess people would have moaned that it would have been the same old same old, but at least it looked like an iPhone then, and not like something from Fisher Price.
Quote from: Simon on Sep 19, 2013, 22:00:50
.......... not like something from Fisher Price.
And you liked Windows XP :laugh: :back: :out:
;)
I had a custom theme on Windows XP, so no comparison, Paul. :)
Quote from: Simon on Sep 19, 2013, 18:24:24
I'll give you the call from within a text thing. ;D I didn't spot that, and indeed, it does save you scrolling up to the top of a long thread, so that's better. Also better is the incoming call screen, which gives options to reject, etc, even from sleep mode, which iOS6 didn't do. I don't have any Pause / Play buttons on my Lock screen though. I have to swipe up into Control Centre to access them.
I do, maybe its because I have a bigger screen by a whole one row but I tried it twice, and it works every time Simon. :dunno: I think its a big improvement, its clean it does a whole bunch of new things hell Siri can now say Vitezslava Urbanova (friend) properly after I taught it. iOS 7 will plot (if you allow it) your journeys and give you estimated times based on traffic conditions because it knows you go to work every day at a certain time. Its a good update. Change is change and its always odd but I like it that's just me. I think you maybe don't like change so much, just guessing after the Windows 7 thread ;) Nothing wrong with that though, but iOS needed changing I think. Take a look at an iOS6 phone now and its so dark gloomy and looking, its quite a surprise I found. Anyway just ordered my iPhone 5s 64GB 7-10 days so lots of time to play. :)
Is anyone else finding it difficult to edit text messages, because the cursor won't go where you want it to?
Quote from: Simon on Sep 20, 2013, 10:00:12
Is anyone else finding it difficult to edit text messages, because the cursor won't go where you want it to?
Nope, I'm finding it better than iOS 6, it used to jump to areas I didn't want, now it goes to the area and stays there.
Quote from: Simon on Sep 19, 2013, 23:35:16
I had a custom theme on Windows XP, so no comparison, Paul. :)
Hehe, I hated the default look ;D
Indeed. :)
I've found another problem, with my Ipad if you use your home WiFi connection to back up to Icloud, it nearly kills your BB connection, download and upload speeds drop to dialup speeds, web pages on the Pc take ages to load, :( cancel the Ipad backup and everything goes back to normal. :dunno:
I've not succumbed to iCloud yet, so can't help with that one.
Quote from: Steve on Sep 19, 2013, 19:44:02
Perhaps notifications weren't turned on Zap or it could be a recent App update.
I'm not really sure. They were certainly on because they were pushed to the lock screen but once unlocked I could never retrieve them again. It could have been a user issue though. I'm finding quite a number of functions and wondering if I had them before or not.
Quote from: Ray on Sep 20, 2013, 13:44:54
I've found another problem, with my Ipad if you use your home WiFi connection to back up to Icloud, it nearly kills your BB connection, download and upload speeds drop to dialup speeds, web pages on the Pc take ages to load, :( cancel the Ipad backup and everything goes back to normal. :dunno:
I wonder if it was the iCloud servers that were busy and your connection was fully occupied going nowhere, I've not tried an iCloud manual backup yet but I guess it may have happened overnight automatically.
Edit - just tried a manual backup it took all of 10 secs but it has backed up automatically since the update.
Quote from: Steve on Sep 20, 2013, 14:38:17
I wonder if it was the iCloud servers that were busy and your connection was fully occupied going nowhere, I've not tried an iCloud manual backup yet but I guess it may have happened overnight automatically.
Edit - just tried a manual backup it took all of 10 secs but it has backed up automatically since the update.
You could be right, Steve, I did notice the time remaining kept increasing and was up to 50 minutes when I cancelled it. strange mine has never done a backup since the update, I'm just trying another manual one to see what happens.
Edit: well it has completed this time, took nearly 20 minutes though. :-\
I'm liking iOS7 so much I've decided to buy an iPad :blush: My daughter's laptop has stopped being useful so I've given her mine and I'll replace it with an iPad. The things we have to do for our children eh? ;D
The stupid thing is I tried really hard not to like iOS7 probably because of all the negative reviews and because I really like the look of the HTC One. As it is I think it's fantastic.
If you buy an iPad, if your like me your iPhone becomes a phone.
Zappa, if you can wait there are reports up updated iPads coming out very soon.
Gary, thanks for the tip about turning "Bold" on, it really makes a difference and makes the OS look much better :thumb:
Quote from: Steve on Sep 20, 2013, 17:18:26
If you buy an iPad, if your like me your iPhone becomes a phone.
Definitely. I've just spent the best part of an hour in Tesco looking at an updated top of the range model which was stuffed with apps and data. So impressed was I that I started thinking in terms of getting the 3G model :o
Quote from: lozcart on Sep 20, 2013, 17:23:15
Zappa, if you can wait there are reports up updated iPads coming out very soon.
I've heard that as well, thanks for the reminder, it may well be worth waiting a while.
I got the 3G model, thought it was a luxury I could do without but it's just so convenient.
TBh I think the extra £100 is to high a price to pay for the iPad with 3G. If you get the Three MiFi you can have up to five devices running off it as a mobile hoptspot, it fits in your pocket and is really useful, you can use it for both iPhone and iPad and not have a huge data plans on iPhone. Thats just my take. Better to spend more money on capacity than 3G I think.
I tried the MiFi, it is an option but I kept leaving it all over the place,in the end it was too much trouble for me, anther device, another charger. I use the same data plan on the iPhone just over a £10 a month.
Oh I found out if any one is missing the double text alert it's now moved to Notifications > Messages
Quote from: Steve on Sep 21, 2013, 09:33:58
I tried the MiFi, it is an option but I kept leaving it all over the place,in the end it was too much trouble for me, anther device, another charger. I use the same data plan on the iPhone just over a £10 a month.
I can see your point but for me its convenient to have a cheap iPhone plan spend more money on the iPad as the 64/128 with wifi is hugely expensive. Also if my connection goes down at home I have another way to connect to the net and at great speeds too with an all you can eat data bundle, horses for courses really. Also it depends how often you take your iPad out. The majority of iPads sold are actually just wifi ones, I guess people are using them at home now rather than a main PC. I would be lost without mine. I'll wait till the iPad 6 I don't trust the anodising that may end up on iPad it will scratch way to easily on the back. So many iPhone 5's ended up badly scratched.
Saying that if I was going to buy one now I would wait, no point in buying an iPad 4 when its so close. Hopefully the new ipads next year will have 802.11.ac like many of the new smartphones.
I have a special pouch under my wheelchair seat so the MiFi stays in there so I dont forget it ;)
The next iPad sounds like it'll be quite an upgrade assuming the speculation is correct so I'm definitely going to wait to hear something official before I buy.
I'm waiting for the next iPad mini before I buy my next iPad.
I also use Three MiFi.. very useful, buy a bigger battery online or an external USB battery and you can leave it on all day with good usage ;D
My 4S no longer works as it should with my Sony speaker docks, in that the device cannot be controlled by the docks. I used to be able to plug the device into the dock, press Play on the dock, and it would resume my 'shuffle' playlist from where it was last paused. Now, pressing Play on the dock does nothing, and I have to go into the phone Music app to start the music playing. More annoyingly, this means I can no longer use the dock with 'sleep' mode set to switch off, say after 30 mins, as the 4S will no longer stop the music player when Sony dock powers off. This seems to be the case on all three of my Sony docks.
Further, the Shuffle mode on the 4S no longer seems to be working as it did, in that most times (but not always), it won't resume the playlist from where it was last paused, but will start playing from several songs back, so I have to manually skip forward to the place I want to resume from. Also, the Play button from the new Control Centre often fails to operate, so I have to go into the Music app itself to start it playing, and closing the Music app now resets Shuffle on my Playlist completely, which I'm not best pleased about.
Has anyone else found these issues?
sounds like they've changed the API a bit then.
I can't really think of what the problem might be but it might be worth rebooting your phone if you haven't already done so. I've not read anything about device compatibility issues and I think we would have done by now if there was anything of that nature. I could be wrong though.
I've posted the same on the Apple forums and have had no responses there. I've hard reset the phone so will see what happens.
Depending on your dock could there be a firmware upgrade from Sony to address the issue?
I doubt that. There wouldn't be any way to apply it.
right
iOS 7.0.2 released. Fixes lock screen bypass bug.
What happened to 7.0.1? Did I miss it?
Quote from: Simon on Sep 26, 2013, 19:30:53
What happened to 7.0.1? Did I miss it?
7.0.1 was for the iPhone 5s and the 5c only.
Oh right. I feel deprived now. :bawl: ;D
;D
Isn't it a bit silly though, that there's no notification of iOS updates via the device? If it wasn't for you posting, Gary, I wouldn't have known.
Quote from: Simon on Sep 26, 2013, 20:26:21
Isn't it a bit silly though, that there's no notification of iOS updates via the device? If it wasn't for you posting, Gary, I wouldn't have known.
There will be, its just a case of it takes awhile to get out to all the phones due to the sheer numbers of iphones. You would probably have got the notification later tonight or tomorrow.
I don't think I've ever seen one before. :dunno:
Quote from: Simon on Sep 26, 2013, 22:47:56
I don't think I've ever seen one before. :dunno:
I think thats because we generally update so fast because of forum info, Simon.
I had the notification this morning for this.
Is it just me or at location beads reminders not working? I've two or three now, and the little location arrow doesn't appear, and the reminder fails. Reminders are definitely 'on' in location settings.
Quote from: Simon on Sep 27, 2013, 12:35:13
Is it just me or at location beads reminders not working? I've two or three now, and the little location arrow doesn't appear, and the reminder fails. Reminders are definitely 'on' in location settings.
At location beads?
Bloody phone! Are location based reminders... :bawl:
;D
I think there is a bug with the gps in iOS 7, I normally use the Strava app for cycling and it keeps dropping the GPS, never had that issue with iOS 6
I think I've found the issue. I'd turned off Background App Refresh to try to save the battery. Turning that back on for the Reminders app seems to have started it working. ::)
I suspect they stagger OTA distribution by blocks of serial numbers otherwise the mobile networks will be screaming that they've been swamped.
7.0.2 has been released to fix a 'bug' that allowed access to photos from a locked phone
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/27/apple-ios-7-0-2-lockscreen-fix
iOS 7.0.3 released 22/10/13
This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including:
Adds iCloud Keychain to keep track of your account names, passwords, and credit card numbers across all your approved devices
Adds Password Generator so Safari can suggest unique, hard-to-guess passwords for your online accounts
Updates lock screen to delay display of "slide to unlock" when Touch ID is in use
Adds back the ability to search the web and Wikipedia from Spotlight search
Fixes an issue where iMessage failed to send for some users
Fixes a bug that could prevent iMessage from activating
Improves system stability when using iWork apps
Fixes an accelerometer calibration issue
Addresses an issue that could cause Siri and VoiceOver to use a lower quality voice
Fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the Lock screen passcode
Enhances the Reduce Motion setting to minimize both motion and animation
Fixes an issue that could cause VoiceOver input to be too sensitive
Updates the Bold Text setting to also change dial pad text
Fixes an issue that could cause supervised devices to become un-supervised when updating software
Well, I hope it also fixes the music player issues, and makes Safari stop crashing on the 4S.
IOS 7.0.4 FaceTime fixes also 6.1.5 similar bug but not sure whether this is restricted to the iPod 4th generation.
Can't say I've ever used Facetime.
And why does a 17Mb update require 808Mb of storage? :rant2:
No idea why really , it may build the new and complete iOS file image in memory before overwriting the previous version. It probably means that if it fails it can revert back rather then adding the 17mb and then failing and leaving a corrupt OS.
FaceTime , my wife uses it to check the student is looking after himself.
I used facetime to chat with friends that have moved abroad who have iphones, quality leaves skype in the dust.
If it's the same as the 'front' view using the camera, I don't think I'd want to scare anyone that much! ;D
Quote from: Simon on Nov 14, 2013, 21:44:02
If it's the same as the 'front' view using the camera, I don't think I'd want to scare anyone that much! ;D
They improved the front camera in the 5C and 5s so that they have better sensors with bigger pixels and a back illuminated sensor, so where as the iPhone 4S does VGA. The 5s has better imaging processing than the 5C thanks to the A7 chip so even in low light images look good and at 720p you can scare people with more even clarity. :eek4:
I believe iOS 7.0.5 is now in the wild.
:eek4:
I'd heard that 7.1 would be the next one. :dunno:
I think it contains one minor bug fix which isn't relevant to the majority of users.
Quote from: Simon on Jan 29, 2014, 18:10:59
:eek4:
I'd heard that 7.1 would be the next one. :dunno:
Some time early March is the rumour. Lots of changes in that.
Great, just when I've got use to it as it is. ::)
iOS 7.0.6 is out, just downloading for the iPad . It's classed as a minor update including a fix for SSL connections.
Thanks. Mine is too full to upgrade until I remove something!
Cheers Steve, both updated.
7.1 surely can't be far away?
Mid March along with an announcement for the new Apple TV apparently. iNot worthy for 7.0.6 yet it seems ;D
I desperately need more storage! :bawl:
Quote from: Simon on Feb 21, 2014, 19:54:56
I desperately need more storage! :bawl:
Use drop box, you can upload content like pictures/videos etc and then delete them from your device. Gives you more room.
I don't have any photos or videos, it's all music, and I want that on the device to play it. I will definitely (probably) get the iPhone 6, and will make sure I get one with more storage this time, although, I still object to paying Apple £100 for 16Gb of memory! There's still nothing else around that takes my fancy at the moment.
Quote from: Simon on Feb 21, 2014, 20:13:54
I don't have any photos or videos, it's all music, and I want that on the device to play it. I will definitely (probably) get the iPhone 6, and will make sure I get one with more storage this time, although, I still object to paying Apple £100 for 16Gb of memory! There's still nothing else around that takes my fancy at the moment.
I'll avoid the 6 and get the next. If I stick to thst cycle bug fixes get sorted from the last revision but a lot depends on screen size. I don't want a big phone. I always get more memory just to make sure. Also the bigger memory phones have better resale value. Silly price for memory though as you say.
Seems a very expensive music player! >:D
It is, Steve, but it's nice not to have to carry a separate device for music.
I'll be buying an iPhone 6 with 64GB as well for exactly the same reason. I just hope my ageing iPhone 4 will last until it's released.
I guess it'll be around October time again. Until then, I'll just have to continue switching my playlist around so as to fit new stuff on.
I'm planning to do and hoping the same as you Zap.
If the storage space is full, hare are solutions to free up more space:
One way to maintain your privacy is to delete cache manually. But you might delete some important files by mistake.
Another way is using clean tools such as Mac go iPhone Cleaner:
You download it in your computer (it has mac version and pc version).
Second,start the cleaner Connect your iPhone to Mac and open this cleaner, just two simple clicks and you can start the clean now.
Then, deselect the files that you wanna keep and click on Clean your iPhone button to start cleaning.