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Surprised there's been no talk of it in here tbh. Finally done the dirty deed and ordered one - my first iPhone! Anyone else pre-ordered?
Blighter
09-10-2011, 01:34
Yep :D Went for the white this time, getting bored of a black phone/pad
leowyatt
09-10-2011, 09:53
Thinking of getting one myself 32gb white
Yes! Though not sure if I should have chosen white (I did last time).
Blighter
09-10-2011, 12:09
Yes! Though not sure if I should have chosen white (I did last time).
Everything I have is black (current iPhone/iPad, as well as blackberry, tv, xbox..... etc) so I just really wanted a change - you can only take so much of a colour ;D
I'm excited about playing with the Siri voice recognition thingy! Hopefully have one in store soon to tinker with! :D
I'm looking forward to having a play with Leo's *fnar* but I'm happy with the S2. Was expecting to be horribly jealous when it came out but other than the Siri stuff (which I probably wouldn't use anyway), there was nothing *wow* in the new design for me.
Hope y'all have fun with it :D
I'm quietly relieved that it doesn't seem to be a big upgrade this time round.
As my work depends on it, I was worried that if the leap from the iPhone 4 to the new one was a big one, I'd have to upgrade. Reckon the speed difference will be rather nice though! Swapping between my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 really brings out the difference between the processors and I'm an impatient sod :p
Blighter
09-10-2011, 13:03
There is a huuuuge list of commands for it, and what I really love is how you don't have to say an exact phrase to do what you want. I just can't wait to tell my phone to "Text Dad saying I'm going to be late" ;D
People are arguing that it'll never get used, but for someone like me who walks everywhere this will be great - even better with the microphone headset :)
This is just an example list of commands you can use:
You can take a look at some example Siri phrases below:
Address Book
Querying Contacts
What’s Michael’s address?
What is Susan Park’s phone number?
When is my wife’s birthday?
Show Jennifer’s home email address
Finding Contacts
Show Jason Russell
Find people named Park
Who is Michael Manning?
Relationships
My mom is Susan Park
Michael Manning is my brother
Call my brother at work
Calendars
Adding Events
Set up a meeting at 9
Set up a meeting with Michael at 9
Meet with Lisa at noon
Set up a meeting about hiring tomorrow at 9am
New appointment with Susan Park Friday at 3
Schedule a planning meeting at 8:30 today in the boardroom
Changing events
Move my 3pm meeting to 4:30
Reschedule my appointment with Dr. Manning to next Monday at 9am
Add Lisa to my meeting with Jason
Cancel the budget review meeting
Asking about events
What does the rest of my day look like?
What’s on my calendar for Friday?
When is my next appointment?
When am I meeting with Michael?
Where is my next meeting?
Alarms
Setting Alarms
Wake me up tomorrow at 7am
Set an alarm for 6:30am
Wake me up in 8 hours
Change my 6:30 alarm to 6:45
Turn off my 6:30 alarm
Delete my 7:30 alarm
Checking the Clock
What time is it?
What time is it in Berlin?
What is today’s date?
What’s the date this Saturday?
Using a Timer
Set the timer for ten minutes
Show the timer
Pause the timer
Resume
Reset the timer
Stop it
Email
Sending Messages
Email Lisa about the trip
Email Jennifer about the change in plans
New email to Susan Park
Mail Dad about the rent check
Email Dr. Manning and say I got the forms, thanks
Mail Lisa and Jason about the party and say I had a great time
Checking Messages
Check email
Any new email from Michael today?
Show new mail about the lease
Show the email from Lisa yesterday
Responding to Messages
Reply Dear Susan sorry about the late payment
Call him at work
Friends
Checking Up on Friends
Where’s Jason?
Where is my sister?
Is my wife at home?
Where are all my friends?
Who is here?
Who is near me?
Maps
Directions
How do I get home?
Show 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino California
Directions to my dad’s work
Local Businesses
Find coffee near me
Where is Starbucks?
Find some burger joints in Baltimore
Find a gas station within walking distance
Good Mexican restaurants around here
Messages
Sending Texts
Tell Susan I’ll be right there
Send a message to Jason Russell
Send a message to Lisa saying how about tomorrow
Tell Jennifer the show was great
Send a message to Susan on her mobile saying I’ll be late
Send a message to 408 555 1212
Text Jason and Lisa where are you?
Reading Texts
Read my new messages
Read it again
Replying to Texts
Reply that’s great news
Tell him I’ll be there in 10 minutes
Call her
Music
Playback
Play The Light of the Sun
Play Trouble
Play Taking Back Sunday shuffled
Play Alicia Keys
Play some blues
Play my party mix
Shuffle my roadtrip playlist
Play
Pause
Skip
Notes
Creating and finding notes
Note that I spent $12 on lunch
Note: check out that new Alicia Keys album
Find my restaurant note
Create a reading list note
Add Tom Sawyer to my reading list note
Phone
Phone calls
Call Jason
Call Jennifer Wright mobile
Call Susan on her work phone
Call 408 555 1212
Call home
FaceTime Lisa
Reminders
Requesting reminders
Remind me to call mom
Remind me to call my mom when I get home
Remember to take an umbrella
Remind me take my medicine at 6am tomorrow
Remind me to pick up flowers when I leave here
Remind me when I leave to call Jason
Remind me to finish the report by 6
Stocks
Checking Stocks
What’s Apple’s stock price?
What is Apple’s PE ratio?
What did Yahoo close at today?
How is the Nikkei doing?
How are the markets doing?
What is the Dow at?
Weather
Checking the Forecast
What’s the weather for today?
What’s the weather for tomorrow?
Will it rain in Cupertino this week?
Check next week’s forecast for Burlington
What’s the forecast for this evening?
How’s the weather in Tampa right now?
How hot will it be in Palm Springs this weekend?
What’s the high for Anchorage on Thursday?
What’s the temperature outside?
How windy is it out there?
When is sunrise in Paris?
Websearch
Looking up information
Search the web for Bora Bora
Search for vegetarian pasta recipes
Search the web for best cable plans
Google the war of 1812
Search Wikipedia for Abraham Lincoln
Search for news about the World Cup
Bing Alicia Keys
Using Wolfram Alpha
How many calories in a bagel?
What is an 18% tip on $86.74 for four people?
Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb?
How long do dogs live?
What is the Gossamer Condor?
What’s the square root of 128?
How many dollars is €45?
What was the Best Picture of 1983?
How many days until Christmas?
How far away is the Sun?
When is the next solar eclipse?
Show me the Orion constellation
What’s the population of Jamaica?
How high is Mt. Everest?
How deep is the Atlantic ocean?
What’s the price of gasoline in Chicago?
(I especially like the "What is an 18% tip on $86.74 for four people?" o.O)
What are the main differences? Not bothered about upgrading though tempted to get a 32gb iPhone 4 as I'd like more capacity. Don't get it in White!!! Looks rubbish. :p
Blighter
09-10-2011, 13:13
It is mostly just faster, better camera, longer battery, better graphics rendering and Siri
leowyatt
09-10-2011, 13:41
What is wrong with white? :'(
Del Lardo
09-10-2011, 14:46
I'd be very interested to hear peoples thoughts who have upgraded from the 4 & 3Gs. Personally have no interest as I'm an Android whore but none of my friends who have a 4 are interested as the 4 does everything they want and even my friend with a 3Gs will be waiting and playing with the new iOS first as her 3Gs does everything she needs it to, there's simply not enough new stuff to tempt her.
Blighter
09-10-2011, 15:01
I'd be very interested to hear peoples thoughts who have upgraded from the 4 & 3Gs. Personally have no interest as I'm an Android whore but none of my friends who have a 4 are interested as the 4 does everything they want and even my friend with a 3Gs will be waiting and playing with the new iOS first as her 3Gs does everything she needs it to, there's simply not enough new stuff to tempt her.
There wasn't for me really, apart from my 4 can be sluggish at times when doing heavy stuff.
That, and I love new gadgets :p
Del Lardo
09-10-2011, 16:04
There wasn't for me really, apart from my 4 can be sluggish at times when doing heavy stuff.
That, and I love new gadgets :p
What kind of heavy stuff?
Blighter
09-10-2011, 16:14
I have >3,000 photos on mine so that always went slow, when browsing through my Spotify lists of >1,000 tracks, etc. I noticed the camera also has been taking longer and longer to start from the homescreen.
I've just upgraded to the iOS 5 GM release and it looks like a few features might only be on the 4s (like the share my location thing)
I just read that list of commands & can't see a single one I'd use except perhaps call, text, navigate & I can do those on my current phone with the voice activation sw. Be fun to see what ir can do next week though.
Davey_Pitch
09-10-2011, 16:52
I've got the iPhone 4, and as much as Siri looks very cool (and definitely something I'd use whenever I'm walking to/from work every day), I don't think it'll be worth upgrading to the 4s. Assuming the iPhone 5 is released next summer (as I suspect), I'll wait for that as my contract is up then anyway so I should be able to get it fairly cheap. Siri does look seriously cool though.
Don't think there's enough there to tempt iPhone 4 users to upgrade really, unless you can do it for minimal cost.
This will be my first iPhone. Had an HTC Desire for 18 months now and, whilst it's a good phone most of the time, there are far too many little problems which have annoyed me immensely. Add in the fact that the Android Market is markedly inferior to the App Store in quality and content and the fact that iOS is just "slicker" in operation and I've finally given in :)
Also taken the opportunity to switch networks as I'm sick of Orange's coverage.
Went with Vodafone on a 12-month contract. £319 up front but £59 rebate in November so £260 effectively, then £36 a month for 300 mins, unlimited texts and 500MB internet which is perfect for me. Works out at £692 total. If I deduct the £499 that buying the phone outright would have cost me then it works out at just over £16 a month for the service which is what I'd pay for a Vodafone or O2 sim-only contract anyway so pretty good deal I reckon.
I'm not going to get sucked into the endless cycle of replacement phones, planning to keep the 4S for quite a while so, after the 12 months I'll just switch to a cheap sim-only deal.
leowyatt
09-10-2011, 19:53
Looks cheap and gay! :p
You went to body pump the other day, you have absolutely no man points left for now to comment on people's choice of phone :p
I might still be tempted back to white, though my iPad2 is black so I'd be co-ordinated if I didn't. Either way it'll be going in a capsule case like my 3GS did, so it won't matter anyway.
Going to be a big bump for me, though it's been six months since I lost the 3GS so my memory of that has been wiped by the overwhelming crapness that is the WinMo phone I've been using since (backed up by an equally old Blackberry that is also equally crap, and dying).
Picking up the iPad2 is comparitive sheer bliss, but it doesn't have 3G so it's a bit limited when out and about (it'll be tethered once the iPhone turns up).
But I'm expecting it to be smoother switching between apps, less likely to have to reload pages when switching around in Safari (due to the extra RAM), less checkerboarding in Safari (faster CPU), and so on.
Siri can go do one. Unless I get over my innate distaste for speaking to computers anyway (hate doing it down the phone too).
You went to body pump the other day, you have absolutely no man points left for now to comment on people's choice of phone :p
What, stare at a lot of lithe women in lycra and work up a sweat? Sounds manly to me! :D :p
leowyatt
09-10-2011, 20:14
But I know you Will, you weren't staring, you were really getting into the body pump class ;)
Can anyone with an iPhone 4 recommend a decent slip-case? I want to keep it in a case when not in use but want to be able to easily remove it when I need to use it or stick it in the cradle in the car.
But I know you Will, you weren't staring, you were really getting into the body pump class ;)
We all know he'll be getting punished later for that comment anyway, so all's good ;)
Blighter
09-10-2011, 20:52
Can anyone with an iPhone 4 recommend a decent slip-case? I want to keep it in a case when not in use but want to be able to easily remove it when I need to use it or stick it in the cradle in the car.
Cases do more damage than good when it comes to the iPhone. Had mine in a bumper for 6 months and the metal around the edge has gone all scratched where bits of dirt have got between it and the case and rubbed :(
Screen is perfect after 15 months without any form of protection :)
But I know you Will, you weren't staring, you were really getting into the body pump class ;)
haha! You know me too well :o
We all know he'll be getting punished later for that comment anyway, so all's good ;)
The pain I'm already in is punishment enough! :'(
Don't tell Marie. I've seen one too many smashed and scratched screens to go without protection!
Knipples
09-10-2011, 21:10
Don't tell Marie. I've seen one too many smashed and scratched screens to go without protection!
Mine was only mutilated after Pheebs attacked it with a radiator ;D
I don't keep mine in a case as it's too much of a faff to keep taking it out when I want to clip it into the hands free. It has a screen protector but that's it. :)
Yeah, but it wasn't a big drop, even at the time you said you were shocked it had cracked from the short fall it had. Mine was cracked when it fell onto a carpeted floor.
I'll be getting a SwitchEasy case for mine, like I did with the 3GS. One version of those come with a dock adapter that fits anything with a universal dock (of which I have two). My portable speakers won't take a cased phone, but I have a cable to deal with that problem.
I don't care so much about scratches - they're just cosmetic. However, breaking the glass is a different matter and the insurance excess for that is now £100. I'd rather pay £20 for the case.
I've never really been that much of a fan of White as a colour for anything, cars, appliances etc. It shows up the dirt so easily, often discolours in nasty ways over time, usually heading towards yellowish off-white. Given how often it's ending up in peoples hands is it really a good idea to have a white phone? Not convinced... would rather go with black/grey.
I've always kept my 3Gs in a sock type case. Protects it well enough from keys and coins in my pocket and it's no trouble to whip it out when I need to. Only slight gripe is that I keep the bottom of the phone at the open end (so that the speakers aren't covered up and muffled) which has meant the the dock connector gets full of pocket fluff.
I've had a white 3gs case for 2.5 years and it looks like new. Doesnt seem to get dirty. There doesn't seem to be any discolouration or yellowing on it & it's had a lot of use :)
Blighter
10-10-2011, 20:57
I've never really been that much of a fan of White as a colour for anything, cars, appliances etc. It shows up the dirt so easily, often discolours in nasty ways over time, usually heading towards yellowish off-white. Given how often it's ending up in peoples hands is it really a good idea to have a white phone? Not convinced... would rather go with black/grey.
I thought that but then again the white is under the glass so I guess touching it with dirty hands probably won't matter
I could post a pic of mine if you like so you can see, it's exactly the same as it was. It's even been gardening with me, and it shows no evidence of it! It's not ..plasticy, it's a totally different feel.
In anticipation of the iPhone next week, I've started thinking about what apps I want/need and how best to organise them in terms of pages and groups. I'm using my iPod Touch to experiment :)
Can I ask any of you current users how you organise stuff on your phones? I'm being my usual indecisive self and can't quite decide how best to organise things :)
Blighter
10-10-2011, 21:54
http://f.cl.ly/items/2B1U420F3U0j0Q0W1x03/photo%20copy.PNG
SidewinderINC
10-10-2011, 21:58
I did not know that you could folder on the bottom menu.
TIME TO REORGANISE!!!!!!
Blighter
10-10-2011, 22:07
Tempted to move the camera now that iOS5 lets you take photos directly from the lock screen...
Interesting thanks! - also didn't realise you could put groups in the dock at the bottom!
Out of interest, how did you get the Apple logo on the Apps group?
Blighter
10-10-2011, 22:13
Enable Emoji :)
To enter Emoji picture characters for the first time, turn on the Emoji keyboard by tapping Settings > General > International > Keyboards > Japanese and setting Emoji to ON. When typing, tap the Globe icon to switch keyboards. For more information, see the iPhone User Guide and search on Emoji.
LeperousDust
10-10-2011, 22:47
Hmmm i always struggle with folder organisation with my apps, just cannot work out what i want, and which is most efficient... =/
Exactly my problem. Think I've come up with a system that works but that's on the iPod Touch so I'll obviously need to reorganise things a bit on the phone as there are quite a few apps which are missing on the iPod.
LeperousDust
10-10-2011, 23:12
I'd love to know, but i have applications that tend to split between two folders, and although i could have shortcuts in both that feels "wrong"...
Enable Emoji :)
I can't see the apple logo in Emoji!?! Where is it?
Not sure I've seen it either, but seen loads of other stuff so probably missed it.
Cases turned up today - both fakes. Well that's a new one on me - heard of plenty of other fake things but not phone cases. Amazon again too, though this time 'fulfilled by Amazon' so they've taken ownership of the problem thankfully.
Ordered the real thing direct from Deutschland. Which is also where my iPad case came from. Vorsprung durch Technik. :)
What is wrong with white? :'(
Looks cheap, plasticy and nasty.
iPads in White due to less reflection on bezel and less heat absorption in summer.
However that lack of reflection, makes it look like plastic. It really doesn't look nice at all, where the black iPhone looks sweet.
Blighter
13-10-2011, 07:05
I can't see the apple logo in Emoji!?! Where is it?
Oh it was actually ASCII for the Apple logo! :) Might not show on Windows but:
Have shipping notification from Vodafone \o/
So, my bus leaves at 06.12 in the morning! :eek:
There is an 05.25, but I'm not that desperate, given that I do have one on order should I miss the queue. ;D
leowyatt
13-10-2011, 22:27
Have shipping notification from Vodafone \o/
:D mine will be available for collection from tomorrow
http://media.gizmodo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/siri-big.jpg
So, no stock in stores... where is the best place to buy online sim free?
Flibster
14-10-2011, 14:00
Had to laugh today. Was wondering around the market a few minutes ago, as is my usual friday pleasure, and someone showing their new 4S off. Fair enough.
Really shouldn't drop it onto concrete steps though. :facepalm: *boing boing boing crunch*
Whoops. :D
How long do you think it'll be before Apple can stock their stores to an extent they beat the demand?
Can't decide if I should order online with the 2 week wait, or if in that time I'd be able to go in and pick one up from a shop.
leowyatt
14-10-2011, 15:41
Are the carriers offering sim-free phones yet?
Are the carriers offering sim-free phones yet?
In Tesco today they said only apple have sim free phones
leowyatt
14-10-2011, 18:44
Not looking good then :(
You might find stock of some models if you hunt for them, but only at Apple stores for now at least. 16GB white and 64GB black appear to be in short supply as they sold out first at my store. Possibly 64GB white too. There appeared to be a few dozen 16GB black and 32GB either colour left with the queue almost gone.
778 people in Regent Street. Crazy. Must have been about 150 at my store. They were letting us in in batches of five every few minutes, and cheering people on the way out. Naturally I found the staff member that'd been most vocal and high-fived her. Had to be done! ;D
Blighter
14-10-2011, 20:25
http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/11439307384/1/tumblr_lt2eavnltV1r4eoiu
http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/11428183277/1/tumblr_lt1kahpl6e1r4eoiu
;D
"Thank You.
Your recent order on the Apple Online Store has been received."
Done :eek:
I'll have to get my 3Gs on ebay now. Hopefully people will still be paying around £200 for them next week like they are at the moment!!
Blighter - try 'knock knock' :)
Or 'beam me up, Scotty' ;)
It was nice of the local council to organise a fireworks display for the launch... ;)
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All shot on the 4S, naturally. It's a difficult subject due to the rapid changes in light level and lack of things to focus on, but it seemed to only really lose the plot when I tried to intervene, so in future I'll try not to. I'll say this - it might not have the quality of my DSLR, but it sure is easier to carry! ;D
Blighter
15-10-2011, 12:43
"What's the best Sushi?"
"I've found a number of sushi restaurants. 18 are fairly close to you. I've sorted them by rating."
;D Amazing
SidewinderINC
15-10-2011, 13:08
Is that an actual answer from siri blighter?
How long does siri take to process stuff like that?
Blighter
15-10-2011, 13:21
Is that an actual answer from siri blighter?
How long does siri take to process stuff like that?
Yep it is :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oLwNm79H-wE#t=76s
(Official CNET video)
SidewinderINC
15-10-2011, 13:26
I've not kept up with what's going on with the 4S, I've got the 4 and I can't justify spending the money on the upgrade but that does look impressive.
Does it need any voice training? I remember voice recognition a few years ago took ages to train to understand you.
Blighter
15-10-2011, 13:33
Nope. It does it over the internet somehow.
I think our Siri is busted. "Sorry, I cant tell you the time right now", didn't understand "knock knock" then gave me this fistful of bizzare when I said 'boo' (no other sound)
http://yfrog.com/kgj07qqj
wtf?
Blighter
15-10-2011, 14:21
Are you online?
Alas the stuff that relies on business searching (restaurants etc) doesn't work outside the US atm.
A lot of people are quite aggrieved at this as most of the demos of Siri included a lot of this type of thing yet there wasn't any mention of it not working outside the US.
It's coming in 2012 for us. Sooner the better if you ask me.
I'm actually not minding talking to Siri as much as I thought I would be. I'd prefer a choice of Siri voices though (male voices don't work so well with small speakers).
iTunes is now beachballing a lot for me. I know that having 6,000 songs in the library will take some organising, but this is an early 2006 model Mac Mini with only 1GB RAM, so I suspect the hardware is showing its age now.
No, I shall not be buying a new Mac :eek:. Since all this one does now is manage my iTunes library and a bit of messing about, it'd be a waste, though I'll think about it once Snow Leopard becomes unsupported or the hardware dies. :)
Are you online?
I was at the time.
Beware wi-fi sync (and not just on the 4S). My 4S has been constantly trying to complete a wi-fi sync for several hours today, and it only stops trying when you stop it, or something else intervenes (like a flat battery).
I'm not sure whether iCloud would have the same issue, but it might, so keep an eye on that too.
It's coming in 2012 for us. Sooner the better if you ask me.
I'm actually not minding talking to Siri as much as I thought I would be. I'd prefer a choice of Siri voices though (male voices don't work so well with small speakers).
Same here.
The real test of whether it's a gimmick or a useful tool is whether it's actually easier to do things with Siri and it is. Saying something like "Remind me to call Dave at 3pm tomorrow" is a lot easier than creating the reminder manually.
I also love the way it can find music by artist or title, doing a very good job of recognising band names which aren't actually English words. I'm actually finding it a shame that I don't use the phone for music but it's a good trick for down the pub so I've put some on there anyway just so I can show it off :)
leowyatt
15-10-2011, 21:16
I had no trouble with wifi sync on the 3GS throughout the entire beta. If you go to settings->General->iTunes wifi sync. What does the status bar show?
Del Lardo
15-10-2011, 22:32
Beware wi-fi sync (and not just on the 4S). My 4S has been constantly trying to complete a wi-fi sync for several hours today, and it only stops trying when you stop it, or something else intervenes (like a flat battery).
I'm not sure whether iCloud would have the same issue, but it might, so keep an eye on that too.
I thought wi-fi sync only takes place if the phone is on mains power?
I thought wi-fi sync only takes place if the phone is on mains power?
It does say that but I've found it works even when unplugged - weird.
Del Lardo
15-10-2011, 23:33
It does say that but I've found it works even when unplugged - weird.
mmm, will be turning that off then. If Miss DL ends up with a flat battery I know whose fault it'll be ;D
leowyatt
15-10-2011, 23:46
mmm, will be turning that off then. If Miss DL ends up with a flat battery I know whose fault it'll be ;D
Hers? For not charging it ;) as Toby said you can sync without being on charge
Just discovered something interesting regards reminders which may be of interest.
I was unable to set location based reminders, either manually or via Siri. When using Siri it accepted the request but the created reminder had no trigger on it, location or otherwise.
Turned out that it was because my reminders were set to sync with my Exchange account. Disabling this and setting them to sync with iCloud instead enabled the location stuff and, the first time I set a reminder based on location, it prompted me whether to enable location services for the Reminders app.
Blighter
16-10-2011, 15:21
Just discovered something interesting regards reminders which may be of interest.
I was unable to set location based reminders, either manually or via Siri. When using Siri it accepted the request but the created reminder had no trigger on it, location or otherwise.
Turned out that it was because my reminders were set to sync with my Exchange account. Disabling this and setting them to sync with iCloud instead enabled the location stuff and, the first time I set a reminder based on location, it prompted me whether to enable location services for the Reminders app.
I had similar problems but with contacts & exchange as exchange doesn't support custom fields (e.g. Phonetic name, iPhone number, etc)
My contacts are already in iCloud because of the custom fields issue, but it still seems to get confused. No idea where it's trying to sync reminders - don't even know how to tell.
I suspect that it might not initiate sync while on batteries, but that doesn't stop you starting it manually. Same for iCloud too.
I'm still getting the 'sync forever' problem. Basically, it never stops syncing - it's always waiting for something to sync but it never happens. Lots of reports of this all over Google but the only way to clear it is to set up as a new iPhone, and I'm not doing that because there's no guarantee it won't come back.
PS - battery percentage reporting on the 4S is a bit broken. I deep-discharged mine to reset the battery performance because it was way off. After a full charge, the battery was reported as 2% full!
"Preparing for Shipment"
Finally ;D
*Shipment Notification ;D
Right, I've got it.
Are there any apps worth getting to take advantage of retina? I've put all the old games on that I got, then didn't use on my 3Gs... but wondered if theres some hidden gems out there.
Blighter
25-10-2011, 22:28
Real Racing HD :P
Having an Apple TV is awesome as I can AirPlay the race to the TV and use the phone as a controller :D
Had a major result on the battery life.
Prior to today, I was getting rather poor performance out of the battery, at least compared to some. In Settings -> General -> Usage, it reports two figures, Standby and Usage time. The Standby time appears to be the total time since the last full charge, irrespective of usage, whereas the Usage time should be the total amount of time you've actually been using the phone.
This wasn't the case. The Usage time was always far higher than it should be, showing far more time than I'd actually spent using the phone.
Many people have said they'd had success in doing a full restore via iTunes, re-downloading iOS5 to the phone and setting it up from scratch as a new phone. I did this last night, wasn't too much hassle, then put it on charge overnight and have been monitoring today.
My battery usage is much lower today than it has been previously and I've noticed that the Usage time is now far more representative of the time I've actually spent using the phone.
I can only surmise that there was some 'background' process left running which was not only contributing to the Usage time counter but also helping to drain the battery. The restore appears to have cured this, for now at least.
I deleted all email accounts and re-created them. That seems to have been enough as I'm only down to 50% after 36 hours despite using a fair whack of GPS.
Didn't want to lose all my App saves - otherwise I'd have also restored because that might be what it takes to fix iTunes sync issues (though I haven't synced since doing the email thing, so who knows).
Problem by doing that is I'll loose all my emails currently stored on my phone. :(
Real Racing HD :P
Having an Apple TV is awesome as I can AirPlay the race to the TV and use the phone as a controller :D
I've got RR and RR2! Love the quality of RR2.
Apple tv would be good, if it supported iplayer etc and LoveFilm!
leowyatt
26-10-2011, 09:29
Just install Plex on it and you'll have both :)
Plex is the most amazing thing EVER.
Plex will be on my list! :D
I've come to the conclusion my battery issues are something to do with syncing with Exchange, but I'm not sure if it's the actual syncing or the wi-fi. Suffice to say I disabled wi-fi before leaving home this morning and it's used hardly any battery at all all day. More experimenting required.
It's off to the Genius Bar tomorrow though. Vibration is almost as loud as the ringtone it's supposed to replace, so I think something might be up.
Yeah there are some bugs in some of the syncing and location features that lead to excessive battery usage.
Turn off sending to apple (bug: crash report loop), time zones & traffic.
Also, keep an eye on that location icon. Yesterday my reminders were constantly checking my location. I assume it was because of an old location based reminder I set. Looks like you need to tell it when you've completed the task!!
Blighter
29-10-2011, 11:08
I turned off sending reports to Apple and that has seemed to drastically improved battery life, along with turning off WiFi when you aren't using it
I tried turning off everything and it made no difference. In the end I restored the phone with a fresh download of iOS5 and reconfigured everything exactly as it was and it's now much much better. I can't explain why.
I have WiFi and Bluetooth enabled all the time, with WiFi usage accounting for 90% of my daily connectivity (both home and work) and Bluetooth used for probably 5% of the day. I'm connected to my home Exchange server for push emails too so that can't be it.
My iPhone was much better until I put my work email back on it.
Inevitably, personal hotspot severely drains the battery. My iPhone made a capable hand warmer after using that for an hour yesterday! ;D
Had my iPhone geniused by a man with a very odd hairdo yesterday. Upshot - rattle, normal and his does it too. Didn't know much about my sync issue (but probably a bug). Siri, definitely a bug there and will go up the chain (almost certainly the same issue I have with Virgin Media), and he's sorted my vibrate issues (by changing settings to what I wanted all along, though I've just undone them so will have to put them back again).
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