Mine too. It looks like it loads the video, but pressing play just ends up giving you a black screen within the box, however I found pressing play again at the point actually starts playback.
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iOS 6 |OT| New Maps? googy pls
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Mine too. It looks like it loads the video, but pressing play just ends up giving you a black screen within the box, however I found pressing play again at the point actually starts playback.
You've been able to update without restores directly since 5.0 at least, including the betas. Ever since the OTA backend was implemented. Just FYI
iCloud restores philosophy is to do it in the background as you continue to use your device without interrupting you, with nigh any prompts informing you of the progress. Can be confusing as you say at first.
Wrestlemania
Banned
It always was for me. Press on a song, it'd start playing.
The difference then was that it also downloaded it so the next time it would't need to stream - that now doesn't appear to happen and it also won't let me select single songs to download.
I hate it.
You mean you can go to YouTube.com (not the app or m.youtube.com) and get videos to play? I used to be able to, now it gives a red banner when I start a video telling me to get Adobe Flash.
I figured they changed something to make the site incompatible with iPad. If that's not the case, does anyone have a fix?
The other ways to browse YouTube are horrible for subscriptions...
ah I don't know about youtube.com. I assumed you meant m.youtube.com wasn't working.
Ahhh yeah that's been working fine. Thanks for trying to help. Did a little digging around and found a good way to go through subscription videos on the mobile site.
http://m.youtube.com/my_subscriptions
Dunno how I missed it. So yeah, goodbye horrible native YouTube app!
criesofthepast
Member
For those that have had iOS6 since the first beta release: has it improved substantially? I remember the maps app being a piece of poo for example. Needed lots of work and don't recall it having public transportation routes in Toronto at least.
They were adding map/street data progressively as the betas went along. Now it's up to full high-res satellite coverage, the street data seems as detailed as Google's ever was. Has been a massive increase in detail between Beta 4 and GM for Ireland. Dublin is even in 3D now (the rest not yet). Performance is very fluid overall as well now.
Public transit data is still no there, it's hooked in via the various transit apps (as they update to iOS6).
criesofthepast
Member
That's good to hear about the improvements. I don't understand how the transit thing will work though. Do you need to download a seperate transit app for your city from the app store and it will hook into the maps app? What if your city doesn't have a transit app? Maybe I'm not understanding this properly.
killertofu
Member
Just downloaded iOS6 for my iPhone 4S
I'm liking it so far. Facebook integration and Maps were much needed...
I'm liking it so far. Facebook integration and Maps were much needed...
I still don't see any live traffic. I can see some accidents in the SF Bay Area, some roadwork warnings, and a couple of random streets w/ data being collected. But, where are the freeways and such? Seems like maybe they're still working on getting that going. Maybe it's purely crowdsourced from iOS6 users on GM?
The Dutch Slayer
Member
INTERNATIONAL iOS6 feature availability.
https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability
FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK ME
STILL NO siri local search for Netherlands so siri is still useless
https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability
FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK ME
STILL NO siri local search for Netherlands so siri is still useless
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
INTERNATIONAL iOS6 feature availability.
https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability
FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK ME
STILL NO siri local search for Netherlands so siri is still useless
That list looks old... it says only USA has 3D buildings, but I know for certain London is in 3D.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
really?
because I got it from:
https://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new
Down at the bottom
Looks new to me but ok I really hope it will be updated soon than!
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
It's out there if you know how to use Google. I'd rather wait though.
There is no reason not to.
You don't have to jailbreak, OTA upgrade to the public release and a first row seat to try the new features?
It's running great on my iPhone 4 and iPad 3.
killertofu
Member
Wow that's kinda bullshit that there's no Turn by Turn for iPhone 4.
infiniteloop
Member
I can't get iMessage to activate for my Apple ID, keeps coming back to the password prompt. Anyone else have this?
I gotta agree. considering that turn by turn and siri enhancements are two big features, it makes iOS6 a very meager update for the iphone 4. heck, if someone used google street view a lot, it could be a downgrade.
But I don't use facebook all that much so maybe that's a big plus for others. I dunno.
I installed iOS 6 last night on a 4S and it's a small update compared to the massive overhaul iOS 5 provided. the built in turn by turn is nice but I'm not feeling like there's a lot of enhancements.
Are there any mobile OSes that have live 3rd party app updates from the lock screen?
I was thinking what they could do to iOS and since I don't want widgets and I think being almost completely app-focused is the way to go, this would be an awesome feature.
Think about it: There are lots of times when you turn on your phone, unlock it, and open an app just to view some information passively. What if instead of doing that, you could set it (per-app basis) to display on the lock screen where it shows new notifications?
Stuff like weather, reminders, calendar is easy, but if you open it to 3rd party apps, the ESPN app could let you set a specific game so you can check the score in a second, or see flight info, or some kind of news ticker, anything really
I was thinking what they could do to iOS and since I don't want widgets and I think being almost completely app-focused is the way to go, this would be an awesome feature.
Think about it: There are lots of times when you turn on your phone, unlock it, and open an app just to view some information passively. What if instead of doing that, you could set it (per-app basis) to display on the lock screen where it shows new notifications?
Stuff like weather, reminders, calendar is easy, but if you open it to 3rd party apps, the ESPN app could let you set a specific game so you can check the score in a second, or see flight info, or some kind of news ticker, anything really
Unless you vehemently oppose torrents, that's all there is right now, I believe.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
Loaded iOS6 onto my 4. No turn-by-turn sucks, but my phone is definitely a lot faster overall now. Hopefully my battery life doesn't go into the toilet.
Yes, hoping we don't have to wait too long for a Google app post-iOS6-launch
The turn-by-turn will be useful for me down the road (lol), and the 3D is a fun little time waster, but I do agree that I prefer Google Maps in the end.
What are the chances that Google adds turn-by-turn to their maps app?
NekoFever
Member
Apparently some airlines have started popping up prompts to add boarding passes to Passbook when you visit them in Safari on iOS 6.
Evidence of airline support for Apple's Passbook surfaces ahead of iPhone debut
Valkyr Junkie
Member
I launched Passbook and it took me to a Starbucks app on the store, but the app installs separately from Passbook itself. I hope that's not the case come next week.
There's PassSource if you wanna try it out. Open the link on your iPhone and just follow the on-screen instructions.
Kung Fu Jedi
Member
The times that I've used geo-fencing it has been a big hit on the battery. The GPS needs to poll for location on a regular basis.
The_Inquisitor
Member
So no OTA update yet?
Kung Fu Jedi
Member
Comes out on Wednesday.
The new Maps App is awful. Not only because it lacks features (Street View; transportation directions, etc) compared to the old app, but it's also butt-ugly. And that font! It's almost unbelievable this is a first-party, Apple designed App. 3D maps is nothing but a gimmick that only works in a handful of cities. It's the new Cover Flow.
The only thing it has going for it is that it's vector based, but it's still crap. Google's app can't come soon enough. (I do pray they are indeed working on their own app. I miss Street View already).
iOS 6 does feel snappier on my 4, but that could be my imagination. Battery life seems worse. The improvements to Safari are subtle but decent, I guess.
Overall, I'd say it's the most underwhelming iOS release to date. iOS 2 introduced the App Store. iOS 3 introduced push notifications and copy / paste and Exchange support. iOS 4 introduced wallpapers, multitasking and folders. iOS 5 introduced notification center, iMessage and iCloud. Each of these improved the functionality of devices considerably.
iOS 6, on the other hand, offers worse maps and inverted color scheme in the Music App.
The only thing it has going for it is that it's vector based, but it's still crap. Google's app can't come soon enough. (I do pray they are indeed working on their own app. I miss Street View already).
iOS 6 does feel snappier on my 4, but that could be my imagination. Battery life seems worse. The improvements to Safari are subtle but decent, I guess.
Overall, I'd say it's the most underwhelming iOS release to date. iOS 2 introduced the App Store. iOS 3 introduced push notifications and copy / paste and Exchange support. iOS 4 introduced wallpapers, multitasking and folders. iOS 5 introduced notification center, iMessage and iCloud. Each of these improved the functionality of devices considerably.
iOS 6, on the other hand, offers worse maps and inverted color scheme in the Music App.
The_Inquisitor
Member
Well I thought GM would OTA, but I guess golden release just is initial public offering.
Switch it off, then back on?