have seen it on other iPhone 5s as well
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have seen it on other iPhone 5s as well
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
I'm on a 4 now and I think I might just wait to be honest.
I've been running iOS6 for a while now and it's a nice upgrade indeed, but just didn't push the boat out enough for my usage
Maps is poor for me in my area
AppStore updateis nice, but new app discovery is weak
Passbook is pretty much useless in the UK
4G is useless in the UK (for now)
So theres not much more that interests me about the iPhone 5 and iOS6. I have an iPad and I love it, so think I might just chill with my current setup.
I've been running iOS6 for a while now and it's a nice upgrade indeed, but just didn't push the boat out enough for my usage
Maps is poor for me in my area
AppStore updateis nice, but new app discovery is weak
Passbook is pretty much useless in the UK
4G is useless in the UK (for now)
So theres not much more that interests me about the iPhone 5 and iOS6. I have an iPad and I love it, so think I might just chill with my current setup.
WordAssassin
Member
You can make your lock screen and background image whatever you want. That's purely there for the demo video that runs on the iPhone 5. If you've seen people with that background on their personal phones it's because they put it there themselves.
RukusProvider
Banned
I had a 4. The speed difference in normal usage is alone worth it to me. The rest are just nice benefits.
First time i've seen it. That doesn't exist with the retail phones.
Revengeance
Member
Been using my 5 for the past day and a half. I really love the device and the screen, but coming from android, I have a few noobish questions.
1. I hate the keyboard - why are all the letters all caps? Why do I have to go to a separate screen to enter numbers? I'm coming from Android, where I used Swiftkey, which was great.
2. How do I set my own mp3 as a text alert noise? Want to use the Crackdown Agility Orb get noise, can't figure it out.
Really do absolutely HATE the map, but I was expecting that, so I'll live. I'm a sucker for well-designed shiny things, so for the most part I'm really happy with the phone.
1. I hate the keyboard - why are all the letters all caps? Why do I have to go to a separate screen to enter numbers? I'm coming from Android, where I used Swiftkey, which was great.
2. How do I set my own mp3 as a text alert noise? Want to use the Crackdown Agility Orb get noise, can't figure it out.
Really do absolutely HATE the map, but I was expecting that, so I'll live. I'm a sucker for well-designed shiny things, so for the most part I'm really happy with the phone.
You can hold the numbers key and slide over to a number/character to enter it faster without having to go to the separate screen and then back.
For MP3's as tones, I do that from the iTunes side of things by using garage band, but there are specific apps for that kind of thing I think.
WordAssassin
Member
1) More aesthetically pleasing? Easier to tell what letter is what? Normal, physical keyboards are like this too. As for the numbers, they did that to keep screen space used by the keyboard down. Apple is all about user interface.
2) You can do this two ways - if you have Garage Band (either on your Mac computer or the mobile version) you can really really easily make ringtones and send them right to iTunes. The other way to do it is to use whatever 3rd party app you can find that will turn an mp3 into a... what is it... m4a? m4r? Whatever the proprietary format for sounds on an iPhone is.
I just use iRinger to make tones http://www.iringer.net/ You select a track, it converts it and moves it straight into the iTunes library.
:lol It's a common misconception that camera quality is tied solely to megapixels. Here;
Mr. Wonderful
Member
Had this issue last night! A nice iOS 6 bug.
Also have had an issue where the App Store icon says there are updates, but then when I check, it won't check for new updates until I force close the application.
WordAssassin
Member
I thought that the clicking thing was a new feature? Instead of clicking for every single key you hit it only clicks for some of them, due to people typing really fast and all the clicks overloading? I was sure I read that somewhere - that they'd changed it to not click for every key.
Ken Masters
Banned
I've got a weird graphics glitch with the keyboard when it pops up in the app store. Am I the only one? It only happens when being told to enter password in the app store area.
It's happened to me before
I've got a weird graphics glitch with the keyboard when it pops up in the app store. Am I the only one? It only happens when being told to enter password in the app store area.
I got the same thing.
Willkiller
Banned
I've got a weird graphics glitch with the keyboard when it pops up in the app store. Am I the only one? It only happens when being told to enter password in the app store area.
Yep, I got it last night when downloading an app. Weird.
WordAssassin
Member
I can't seem to reproduce those lines but it's an error that has been reported before yeah.
I think I know why it's more troublesome for me to write on the iPhone 5 keyboard, probably because the screen has been lowered a bit.
Yep and it's driving me fucking nuts. I'm missing keys and hitting the spacebar and misspelling shit all the time now, goddammit.
I know the feeling. =(
Nicktendo86
Member
I also have this problem with the app store. My girlfriend also does on her ipod, she is not interested in tech at all and it suprised me yesterday when, out of the blue, she just said "ios6 is shit".
Ken Masters
Banned
:lol It's a common misconception that camera quality is tied solely to megapixels. Here;
Camera is bawse
It's probably too long and too thin to hold it's own well enough. Or Apple just being lazy.. teir docks kind of suck anyway, are there any 3rd party ones out there yet?
The official statement is that people prefer the clock radio docks and stuff like that to a simple standalone dock.
They probably weren't selling enough to make it worth their while anymore.
FlashFlooder
Member
I've gotten the lines on the keyboard too (only in the App Store). Happens randomly. Spooked me because it looks like dying GPU artifacts.
BruiserBear
Banned
Isn't is strange that Apple isn't making bumpers for this new phone?
It's almost like someone at Apple said "We're making bumpers for the new phone, right?".
Tim Cook was like "Nah, we don't need the money".
I mean seriously, it's like free money. You make bumpers, and people buy them. Why would you not make bumpers for the new phone? Or if not bumpers, why not any case at all? I always wondered why Apple never made their own cases prior to the 4, and now the 5 shows up and they're back to not wanting that revenue.
It's almost like someone at Apple said "We're making bumpers for the new phone, right?".
Tim Cook was like "Nah, we don't need the money".
I mean seriously, it's like free money. You make bumpers, and people buy them. Why would you not make bumpers for the new phone? Or if not bumpers, why not any case at all? I always wondered why Apple never made their own cases prior to the 4, and now the 5 shows up and they're back to not wanting that revenue.
I especially like trying to type on apps that haven't been updated for the new resolution yet, where your keyboard is higher than you've started to grow accustomed to.
TheGreatDivide
Banned
Maybe their pride associates it too closely with the antenna shit.
Revengeance
Member
Yeah, they might want to get away from the idea that you need a bumper, either to avoid antenna attenuation or to protect it.
What? I own one and I've never seen that.
I had some of the same issues coming from Android and using Swiftkey. I think Swiftkey is a better keyboard than iOS's, but you'll adapt pretty quickly. One easy thing that helps a lot is that if you double space at the end of a sentence it automatically inserts a period. Saves some time and keystrokes.
heh, thought I finally had a chance to try out Passbook since I'm flying to Germany tonight but of course United has decided not to offer me a mobile boarding pass. I guess it has something to do with international flights? My airport definitely supports mobile boarding passes and has for many years
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Question, in the settings for cellular what does the "Use cellular data for:" "iTunes" contain?
It's set to off, if it's on will iTunes match work better on the road?
It's set to off, if it's on will iTunes match work better on the road?
Interfectum
Member
PSA: Gmail app just got updated for iPhone 5
just experienced this too. very annoying
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Yep. Same here.
Hari Seldon
Member
So are these phones available in stores yet in the US? I still have a 2 week wait for mine, preordered Sept 17th.
Yeah, if it's set to On the App Store, iTunes Store and Music app (Match inclusive) will use cell data when WiFi isn't available.
Still can't change the notification sound :/
is that an iOS thing or a Gmail thing? When I looked it up Google said it would be added in an update but that post was months ago so now I'm not sure. Do any third-party apps have custom notification sounds?
I need to use this stupid app because the 'Exchange' sync in Mail doesn't work with my company's Google Apps (probably blocked by admin) and the 'Gmail' option works but doesn't push
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Hmm, Match worked somewhat on 3G earlier this week with it set to "off" though. It had to buffer a lot though and some tracks were grayed out.
I don't know enough about how match works to know how it worked when set to "off" but maybe turning it on will help.
Gary Whitta
Member
Made a Genius Bar appointment about my dead pixel. Decided I'm not a man after all. I just hope they have brown box replacements!