The_Inquisitor
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Yep. I had to increase my cap because instacast blew mine up last week.
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Yep. I had to increase my cap because instacast blew mine up last week.
So how is Scuff gate going?
I kinda held back on getting day 1 iPhones because usually there is something wrong with it, but I'm pretty sure I'll be getting it this week with my gf. Has apple acknowledged it or what? Also, how long would it take to back up my iPhone 4 data? And to put it inot my 5?
I kinda held back on getting day 1 iPhones because usually there is something wrong with it, but I'm pretty sure I'll be getting it this week with my gf. Has apple acknowledged it or what? Also, how long would it take to back up my iPhone 4 data? And to put it inot my 5?
Oh, you bastards. Does ATT force you to purchase the phone unsubsidized like Verizon if you want to keep the unlimited?
Nope.
LyleLanley
Banned
Nope, we just get locked into a 2 year contract like everyone else. Although we don't get FaceTime over LTE and mobile hotspot.
You sure it's not 16GB? lol
Ah interesting. And apparently u get throttled the fuck out lol
everthustodeadbeats
Member
Anyone notice that the whenever you wake your iphone via sliding unlock, it always does a location check. I don't think my iphone 4 did that. Is there a way to turn this off?
Turn off location services?
LyleLanley
Banned
Yeah but to be fair this was after 5 GB.
everthustodeadbeats
Member
That would do it, but I want to use them, I just don't get why the thing needs to know the location each time I hit the home button and unlock the screen.
IHaveCandy
Banned
Do unlimited users get throttled down to 3G? AT&T's 3G speed is pretty good, so I could live with that. Dropping from LTE to EDGE would be too far though.
IHaveCandy
Banned
Anybody testing that with the iPhone 5? I thought they might change things since LTE's inception.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Look above. There's a screenshot.
It's sick. Has this been brought to court yet? It's like they advertise all u can eat but after 2 plates they say u can only eat one grain of rice at a time until you get tired of wasting your time and get up to leave.
Hah! I guess that makes sense in a way... But it should've prompted you, heh. Glad you got it sorted.
BruiserBear
Banned
It shouldn't be legal to do that. Of course it might be mentioned in the legal text fine print, but they should have to say that clearly in their advertising as well.
Feel cheated? Small claims court brings big wins - WSJ.com
A tort case or government legislation would the ideal though
Meus Renaissance
Member
Not necessarily. 'Unlimited data usage' doesn't by no mean imply 'no throttling'. He could technically still be surfing the net 24/7 at the throttled speed because the 'unlimited' usage refers to how much data you're using on their network. Once a upon time, if you went over e.g. 1GB, you'd be charged for every xxMB you went over
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Unlimited is unlimited for 95+% of users, really.
It doesn't make the advertising any better, but it's pretty much true.
It doesn't make the advertising any better, but it's pretty much true.
A class action case would have been ideal, but the Supreme Court removed that option (in a suit re AT&T, actually)
Dude, you just ordered the 2 year old iPhone 4 if you ordered a phone with 8 gb....
Right, which is actually quite an upgrade. I was being throttled at 3 GB on my last iPhone, now I get 5 GBs (on LTE) before throttling. I've only hit 3GBs once as far as I know (got a text message). I'm usually around WiFi.
I don't see that happening on mine and I have location services enabled. Do you actually see the little arrow indicator in the title bar appear for a second each time you slide to unlock? If so, do you have some app that uses that feature like a weather alert app that alerts you to storms based on your current location?
.5 Mbps per second? Holy crap......is that worse than Edge/2G? I didn't realize how harsh the throttle was. Can you still stream music at that speed?
It only streams to your PC/Mac or Apple TV.
iPhone and iPad have to download the songs atm. And no it doesn't delete them. So if you run out of space you have to manually delete the songs to make space.
This is actually the only thing that bothers me with Match. I am sure that this will be changed next year though.
I thought it auto-deleted them when space was low?!
LyleLanley
Banned
Spotify seems to work fine and browsing the web hasn't been too bad so far, but beyond that I haven't tried doing anything too network dependent. I don't think I'll be trying to stream Netflix/SlingBox too often while I'm throttled.
It does. When you stream the songs, it leaves a cache behind. The cache is removed as needed.
If you choose to download, it stays.
IHaveCandy
Banned
Just got my black 64 GB iPhone 5. Really liking it. This "too thin and too light" stuff is crazy talk to me. I love the way it feels. No scuffs. No case yet. I'll get one soon.
Verizon says they won't charge anyone for overages caused by the now patched wifi bug.
http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/10/...oncerns-on-iphone-5-while-connected-to-wi-fi/
http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/10/...oncerns-on-iphone-5-while-connected-to-wi-fi/
Doesn't it play the song right away tho? I think that would constitute as streaming.
SJRB
Gold Member
You gentlemen are of course right. I was mistaken, it was the 16gb version. I'm not even sure why I typed 8gb.
everthustodeadbeats
Member
Thanks. I think I found it. I had location services set to on for Passbook. I turned that off and it's stopped doing it.
Actually it does imply no throttling. My Data plan is called "Data Unlimited for iphone on 4G LTE":
This implies unlimited data on LTE.
Spiderjericho
Member
So I've been having wifi issues. I tried wifi on and off. I tried setting proxy to auto.
I read up on the issue. No one is sure if it's hardware or software; however, numerous users have had issues connecting to WPA2 networks, which is how my wifi network is.
So, I go to the Apple store. The first Genius says to try to connect to their network. The phone connects. But of course I know one of the issues is in connecting to a secure network.
So then I go to Genius Bar and the next Genius tells me there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the phone if I'm connecting to their network. And I said, it might be the WPA2 issue, since we're connecting to an open wifi network. I asked her to try connecting to the secured network.
Next thing you know, she's like she can't. Apple puts restrictions on connecting to the secured network. I'm like wtf? I'm telling you the problem might be either my wireless network or just connecting to a secure network using WPA2.
She then resets the phone using iTunes. I'm like what now, and she says to try it again at home. I'm like that's not really going to fix my problem, but okay.
Come home still the same issue. I can't connect.
Also, for whoever asked about Scuff Gate. It's there. I looked at 20 phones at the store. It's pretty much blatant on the black/slate phones. You can see it on the white's but it is definitely more subdued.
I read up on the issue. No one is sure if it's hardware or software; however, numerous users have had issues connecting to WPA2 networks, which is how my wifi network is.
So, I go to the Apple store. The first Genius says to try to connect to their network. The phone connects. But of course I know one of the issues is in connecting to a secure network.
So then I go to Genius Bar and the next Genius tells me there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the phone if I'm connecting to their network. And I said, it might be the WPA2 issue, since we're connecting to an open wifi network. I asked her to try connecting to the secured network.
Next thing you know, she's like she can't. Apple puts restrictions on connecting to the secured network. I'm like wtf? I'm telling you the problem might be either my wireless network or just connecting to a secure network using WPA2.
She then resets the phone using iTunes. I'm like what now, and she says to try it again at home. I'm like that's not really going to fix my problem, but okay.
Come home still the same issue. I can't connect.
Also, for whoever asked about Scuff Gate. It's there. I looked at 20 phones at the store. It's pretty much blatant on the black/slate phones. You can see it on the white's but it is definitely more subdued.
Ken Masters
Banned
It would take apple 1 year to fix this stupid shit, saving it for iOS 7
Circle T
Member
The "Unlimited" plans from AT&T that people are grandfathered in on, have no limits to the amount of data allowed, they just throttle after a certain limit, depending on network...
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB410284#fbid=ypxweL7V0UKAT&T said:
All you're seeing there with the "iPhone on 4G LTE" bit is your SOC code. They have to provision your account correctly, to allow it to run on the LTE network. It's just an internal thing, basically, with no bearing on your plan costs or its usage abilities.
Anyone on an "Unlimited" plan at AT&T, be it on HSPA with an iPhone 3GS, or LTE with iPhone 5, will be throttled if their usage goes past a certain point.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Why did you do that? That seems like one of those things where you could have just used Wi-Fi, and/or not downloaded them at all.
Oh I understand how it works I just think it's disingenuous how it's presented to customers. And with that guy winning $850 it appears I'm not the only one.
IHaveCandy
Banned
First speed test on LTE. It triple laps my cable Internet speeds.
LyleLanley
Banned
It wasn't entirely intentional.