I just tried it, and... wow. Totally worked.
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iOS 7 | Flatness Is a Good Thing
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I just tried it, and... wow. Totally worked.
I think you guys are accidentally using touch ID. Disable it and I bet this "hack" doesn't work
Yeah, probably so.
I cannot replicate this 'hack' on an iPhone 5.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Yeah. Nothing on an iPhone 4S either. Always asks for my passcode.
Well, not "accidentally", but yup, that's it. It's weird, because I didn't think it was getting enough time reading my thumbprint when doing the double click, but it must be.
Icedburden
Member
Awful. The keyboard is laggy as hell and its just sluggish everywhere. Really hoping they address this.
Opus Angelorum
Member
Poor, not much better than the iPad 2.
Seems hit and miss. A colleague and I have both upgraded without any major issues (as have others), others will swear the update killed their dog.
Don't even bother.
The Real Abed
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So much better than the iPad 3. The iPad 2 and 4 and mini run it fine and dandy. The 3 is the only one you want to avoid. Poor black sheep. Was born a little earlier than it should have been. Apple should have let it cook for a while longer. Thankfully the 4 is perfect and the mini is as good as its iPad 2 brother.
travisbickle
Member
I don't like it when people use the term "inconsistent" for UI. In this case there is a difference between days, hours and minutes. The designers have allowed you to tap above and below days and hours to move but have replaced it on minutes for a double tap to change the increments (1min/5min) . They've decided this is a more appropriate way to navigate the tool, a user is likely to change the day or hour by 1 or 2 but the minutes?
And who doesn't use 24hr clock?
The Real Abed
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I don't.
It's fine. I compared my 3 to a friend's Mini and my father's iPad 4 with iOS 7 and the difference in performance between the models is the same as the one from iOS 6. Many in the thread reported getting normal performance on an iPad 3 after the update, no keyboard issues, no chugging. I honestly don't know what's up with people getting trouble on their third gen iPads but I guess you better not update if you're worried.
Some things I thought wouldn't be on an iPad 4 are present on it too. Changing wallpapers lags and freezes the iPad for a few seconds on all models. The slightly jerky animation when you use gestures to go back to the home screen is also on all models (if you press the home button it's a smoother one but not as speedy).
For the record, I've also been using the update on a 4S. Performance-wise iOS 7 feels less polished than 6 at spots and, even though I'm enjoying the update and it doesn't give me any problems on my daily usage, I'm looking forward to them tweaking those bits in the future.
Diablohead
Member
iPad 3's keyboard has always been slightly laggy for me but only when you first bring it up and when you change the buttons to numbers there is a loading pause, otherwise I can type on it rather easily.
Compared to the keyboard speed on my iphone 5 the ipad 3 feels rather bad in comparison.
Compared to the keyboard speed on my iphone 5 the ipad 3 feels rather bad in comparison.
Shamrock7r
Member
Lol.. I think I found out what I was doing. Apparently the thumb print reader can read your thumb rather quick...
I'm a little confused as to what Background App Refresh actually does. I had it on since iOS7 came out and it never seemed to change the way my apps behaved, even ones that had received explicit updates to work with Background App Refresh (Downcast, Mailbox). What I mean is that I open them and they still have to reload and download new information (emails, podcasts). I use these apps all the time so I'm not sure why iOS7 wouldn't prioritize them for background refresh. Anyone having any luck with this feature?
Downcast has a bug with its background refresh feature. Mine downloads in the background fine, though, but it checks super frequently. Downcast peeps have said that the way it will work is by checking on a schedule - think Fetch - based on the app settings.
Mailbox never downloaded your emails properly. It was always an alert. Presumably they're work this into the app in the future.
Alright, thanks. Is there an example of an app that works really well with the background app refresh (mail or podcast)? It is honestly the most compelling feature of iOS 7 and I would like to see it actually work. Not having my emails download in an app that is not the hot garbage Mail.app is that thing that makes me want to switch android the most.
chickdigger802
Banned
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/03/google-music-ios-app-launching-october/?ncid=rss_truncated
google music app for ios this month.
yeees.
google music app for ios this month.
yeees.
exmachina64
Banned
And my last qualm of switching from Android is answered.
Shamrock7r
Member
Thought I would share my wallpapers. Really enjoying the new phone
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
Might as well just turn off that Mail badge.
walking fiend
Member
For showing lyrics in the music, is the only way adding the lyrics using itunes on PC?
LOL. What's really funny is I need to do this on our family iPad since my wife added her mail account to it and her unread count is also in the 1000s
This is the worst.
??? Is keeping a "read" inbox really a thing now? I've seen others say "select all -> mark read" and just don't understand it. You're not actually reading them, so what does it really do to clear their status?
Yeah, keeping a clean inbox is a thing.
I have three email accounts I maintain: a main personal one, a work one, and a garbage one.
1. I always read every email in the personal one because I've made sure to avoid signing up for garbage email or whateverwebsite updates (had to start fresh in 2009).
2. I read ever piece of work email that comes in, even the annoying box.net updates.
3. I even keep the garbage one clean. Generally by making sure that I elect to not receive junk mail from the services I use.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Yeah iMessage went down for me today though it was working last night. Lame.
The unread is like a notification of things you have yet to donor deal with. Since some of it is junk, that you don't have to deal with its good to have a way of getting the status clear for the way for real emails.
Like some times 3 things come in at once and you can see from the subject line they are not something to deal with -> clear all.
Meus Renaissance
Member
Question. I want to share an .ICS (calendar file). Problem is, it's an updated version of a previous one I shared with a group of people who dont know how to delete/remove the original one.
What would happen if they tried to subscribe to a similar calendar that had duplicate dates/times? Would it prompt them to save one over the other or something?
What would happen if they tried to subscribe to a similar calendar that had duplicate dates/times? Would it prompt them to save one over the other or something?
Well fuck Google. Cancelled my trial so I lost the £7.99/month deal, and now they announce their plans.
? Is it blocked on your domain? The link works for me just fine.
Twitter, Facebook and Pulse (RSS) in my experience. I use them daily in the morning and my phone knows this now so feeds are always freshly pulled when I open them around 7 am, it's great.
It worked when I searched it on Google but not when I clicked on the link.
chickdigger802
Banned
dont know if reeder uses background refresh, but it doesn't matter because it takes like a second to refresh everything. voodoo magic shit they got.
Macho Madness
Member
Circa just got its iOS 7 update with backgrounding. Worth checking out if you're looking for a nice, clean news reader.
RedNalgene
Member
Hell yeah. Finally! I've been waiting for this for a while.
soul creator
Member
is it correct that Google is the only major service that autosyncs/autouploads local music files? I get a lot of music from random bandcamp artists, so most "matching" services would be missing a lot of what I listen to.
itunes match will upload anything that it doesnt find the match for in itunes. I have lots of uploaded music tracks that do not exist in itunes.
Twitter and FB still don't show up in my list of apps for Background App Refresh. Am I missing something?
HAve you enabled them for locations services? IT might be related, since background location is part of the BAR. I noticed that that is what it took to get soem of my apps to even appear in the BAR list.