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iOS 10 |OT| Siri, you're free
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Yeah, that's exactly the problem. Kind of counter intuitive.
My wording was perhaps a little strong. I'm all for changing things for the better, but so much of tech culture revolves around changing things for no reason whatsoever. Slide-to-unlock wasn't particularly better or worse than double tapping the home button, but it didn't need to be changed and it's just an annoying adjustment to make on a device you look at 50+ times a day.
As others have said, your experience is the exception, not the norm. Touch ID has been fantastic for me.
SmackCrackleNPop
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TouchID has been good from the beginning.
On the 6S it was too fast.
I think they changed the unlocking system so there's always widgets on your left no matter the screen
On the 6S it was too fast.
I think they changed the unlocking system so there's always widgets on your left no matter the screen
That's weird, I have 6s+ and unlock my phone with touchID so I use it probably 50 times a day for 9 months now and it works pretty much every time and works instantly. Very very rare I have an issue and it's usually cuz my finger is wet or something
Garrett Hawke
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Add me to the Touch ID is inconsistent pile.
It's weird though, it's only inconsistent unlocking the phone. Using it in apps or even for Apple Pay never has any issues, but it works maybe 7 out of 10 times on the lock screen.
fwiw I have an iPhone 6.
It's weird though, it's only inconsistent unlocking the phone. Using it in apps or even for Apple Pay never has any issues, but it works maybe 7 out of 10 times on the lock screen.
fwiw I have an iPhone 6.
TouchID has been fantastic for me on both my iPhone 6 and my iPad Pro. As others have said, a wet finger or a dirty home button is usually the culprit if there ever is a failed read. Otherwise I'd consider it to be virtually a 100% success ratio. For those that it routinely fails, do you have a protective skin on top of the home button, or is the skin on your thumb callus-like or feature something like a scar?
SaiyanRaoh
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I have a jailbroken iPhone 5s that is currently used an iPod since I upgraded phones. Obviously, I'll lose the jailbreak and cydia after going to iOS 10 but I have a question. My by far used and most valuable app is Cercube 3. It completely blocks Youtube ads and allows me to download any video. It even allows me to import audio converted from video to the music playlist. It's the only thing preventing me from upgrading. Are there any non jailbroken apps out there that will allow me to do this?
eyeball_kid
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The 5s and my iPad Pro basically don't work for me. I exchanged two 5s and it was the same. These sensors just don't work well with certain fingerprints. The 6s got quite a bit better though, and the 7 has been fantastic so far. Not perfect, but more like 90%.
Here's my "weird" thing though... sometimes the screen will trigger a touch when my finger is above the screen, not touching it. I don't know if this is common or I just have a really lame mutant power.
weirdly enough the touch id on my ipad pro works pretty well. maybe i just use my ipad in less moist scenarios. that's a weird sentence
eyeball_kid
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Ha yeah it sounds like yours is just specific case kind of thing. With me, the 1st-gen Touch ID sensor just hates my fingerprints, period. All of them. I can't wait for the next iPad Pro update so I can actually use the Touch ID.
Yup. They updated the tech in the 6S line. I now have a 7 Plus and it's just as good as the 6S, if not even faster (hard to tell cause it was already really fast), also I have it paired to four different fingers and it matches them perfectly every time
gingerbeardman
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It's now at
Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Location-Based Suggestions
App suggestions based on usage history and location is now Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Location-Based Suggestions
Adam Scott Aukerman
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For those who suffer from somewhat excessively greasy skin, TouchID can be a total nightmare - requiring a quick wipe down of both the home button and your finger before it will register.
Daffy Duck
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God I hate the new keyboard, I liked on the old iOS how when you chose a punctuation mark it would return back to the ABC keyboard, now i have to press that myself.
The little things that ruin the experience the most.
The little things that ruin the experience the most.
It goes back to the ABC keyboard in messages, so I'm assuming it's a bug in Safari.
oh shit
My sister brought hers in today because the battery would sometimes switch off at 30%. Usually that's the battery degrading so she expected them to have the battery replaced.
Instead, the Genius Bar guy said they've found that often they replace batteries on iPhones to find the problem persists and they believe it could be a problem with the power management system. Which would require them to replace the entire phone.
I thought "Okaaaay, first I've heard of it, but you're the genius!" As long as you're replacing it under warranty!
"Well, it wouldn't be under Apple Warranty since that's only one year, but it would be covered under Australian Consumer Law." Goddamn Apple support is amazing sometimes. Usually you have to argue and fight with consumer electronics companies to get them comply with consumer warranty law.
breakfuss
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mmazurkiewicz
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Can someone explain this stupid new click to unlock thing?
With the old OS I could unlock from a black screen just by clicking be home button as the new Touch ID was so fast on my 6S.
Now that no longer works and I have to click it twice for it to unlock.
Not to mention the fact that I actually have to click the home button instead of just placing it on the home button.
Edit: Nvm. I guess this is a feature under accessibility that I need to enable and isn't on by default.
With the old OS I could unlock from a black screen just by clicking be home button as the new Touch ID was so fast on my 6S.
Now that no longer works and I have to click it twice for it to unlock.
Not to mention the fact that I actually have to click the home button instead of just placing it on the home button.
Edit: Nvm. I guess this is a feature under accessibility that I need to enable and isn't on by default.
thechristoph
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TouchID is working great for me. I don't know what this double tap to unlock jazz is about. It just seems like they offered a new way to interact with lock screen widgets.
Clicking the home button unlocks the phone just as fast as it did before this update. If you raise to wake or press Power to wake, it's still just one real press of the home button.
I'm on a 6SP so maybe it's different with the non-physical home button.
Clicking the home button unlocks the phone just as fast as it did before this update. If you raise to wake or press Power to wake, it's still just one real press of the home button.
I'm on a 6SP so maybe it's different with the non-physical home button.
it all makes sense when you have a 6s (lift to wake), and then later a 7 (no physical home button)
the sooner people adjust to it now, the less jaunting it will be when they upgrade to a 7. and I am guessing the iPhone 8, which will almost certainly have no home button.
SuperPac
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You can still unlock a 6S and 7 just from clicking the home button (unless I changed a setting and I'm not realizing it). If you wake the phone by clicking the home button just leave your finger on there, and it unlocks. I don't have Rest Finger on Home Button enabled in Accessibility.
Spoke to apple and they want me to make sure it's not software and want me to wipe my phone and don't install any apps and see if it happens again... not exactly the easiest thing to do as I use my phone for lots of things...
Shalashaska161
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Anyone tried iOS 10 on an iPad Mini 2? 9 is a bit laggy at times so I probably won't bother updating if its worse.
SuperEpicMan
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I just discovered you can set the Colour Blind filter to the home button shortcut, so you can triple click it to toggle it off and on without having to dig around the settings.
Man, I've been having this issue for a long ass time and was just about to take it into Apple. I better not have to pay up for some power management system. This was an issue in the 5 as well and they did a recall on certain batteries. That fixed the issue just fine. I just did a restore and am recalibrating the battery before I go and get the service.
Maybe I have oily skin, but I often have to wipe the sensor to get it to work.
Running fine here. No worse or better than 9.
Christoff Yurievich
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I keep getting this weird sign in bug with my email and even my iCloud accounts. At the strangest times the device will just start asking for the password, sometimes repeatedly. The iCloud one was weird because I was technically offline and I was listening to a personally owned audiobook, not one I bought, so I don't know what the system was trying to validate.
Lasthope106
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Mine too. Battery life has decreased quite a bit since the update. I don't know what is going on.
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