iOS upgrade at 6pm (to 4.2)

[Luke.]

va1o said:

Still waiting for the download, been sat at '17 minutes remaining' for the past hour. It is downloading... just very slowlyyyyy

Don't mean to sound smug, but mine's whizzing through. Try perhaps cancelling and starting again. Or perhaps not. Seems a bit slow though.

[iAlex]

Just clicked update, 10 mins remaining.

Will let you know my thoughts!

[Luke.]

I think I jinxed my mine. Was whizzing through. Now, not so much.

[iAlex]

Updated, restarted, I'm not seeing any difference, where do I go to see the AirPrint/find my iPhone stuff?

[Slinky]

Up and running nicely here, multitasking making life easy, many app folders being put together to reduce apps down from 7 pages..

Add Bookmark link now includes print in safari, send to in photos also includes print.. Not sure where the "find my iPad" is yet, but I haven't gone searching to be honest..

Overall I'm rather happy with it..

[Wing Commander]

Only having what is now known as a poverty spec 3GS, is there any way of me getting the Find my Phone for free? Apple's official line is that it is only on the 4, and iPad, despite me running the same 4.2 software.

Thoroughly gay

[andy-xr]

Down from 3 hours to 30 mins, and has been for about....oh...30 minutes :/

[va1o]

Download eventually finished

Now the fking thing wants to do a backup, and its taking forever to complete! Going to be here all night at this rate.....

[Podie]

You need a compatible printer for AirPrint. From what I've just read, there are about 10 on the Market....

[va1o]

Wing Commander said:

Only having what is now known as a poverty spec 3GS, is there any way of me getting the Find my Phone for free? Apple's official line is that it is only on the 4, and iPad, despite me running the same 4.2 software.

Thoroughly gay

I don't understand this, the iPhone 3GS is still a current device that they still sell and offer with the latest software, so why the hell isn't it getting the Find my iPhone? Absolute madness, they haven't thought this one through at all. The customers paying £189 for an iPod Touch 8GB get FMi free, but those paying £419 for a iPhone 3GS 8GB don't get it? Makes no sense at all. Someone needs to point this out to them.

[kevin63]

iAlex said:

Updated, restarted, I'm not seeing any difference, where do I go to see the AirPrint/find my iPhone stuff?

It's all on here http://www.apple.com/ios/ you have to register for Mobile Me for free then it will show on your phone.

[va1o]

Podie said:

You need a compatible printer for AirPrint. From what I've just read, there are about 10 on the Market....

Oh great. So I can use my trusty networkable HP printers with all my PCs and Macs in the house, but to use it with my iPhone 4 and iPad I need to buy a new printer? fk right off, no chance

This is just like the way you can use the tethering built into the iPhone with any PC or Mac via Bluetooth or USB to get internet... but to get internet on the iPad you cannot use tethering and have to pay a £100 premium for a 3G version and subscribe to another Data contract. I refuse to give Apple anymore money, ever.

Edited by va1o on Monday 22 November 22:19

[son of a vette]

Downloaded the update for my iphone4, all going well so far, find my phone is very cool, already had a play sending a message to my phone and locking it remotely.

Haven't been able to try the air-printing, but have linked my phone to my Airport express and streamed tunes directly from it, pretty cool stuff, cut can't see a use for it given my laptop is in the same room as my hifi, but if you had several airport express' in different rooms I could see it being pretty funky.

[Leithen]

va1o said:

Oh great. So I can use my trusty networkable HP printers with all my PCs and Macs in the house, but to use it with my iPhone 4 and iPad I need to buy a new printer? fk right off, no chance

In the 4.2 Betas, printing worked to network printers, but that functionality has been disabled for some unknown reason at the last minute for the official 4.2 release. it seems likely that some last minute hitch has simply temporarily delayed more widespread compatibility.

[Slinky]

How to configure "find my iPad"

http://www.apple.com/ipad/find-my-ipad-setup/

[FourWheelDrift]

kevin63 said:

iAlex said:

Updated, restarted, I'm not seeing any difference, where do I go to see the AirPrint/find my iPhone stuff?

It's all on here http://www.apple.com/ios/ you have to register for Mobile Me for free then it will show on your phone.

Also if you go to your photo library, choose an image and tap the icon bottom right, usually to email/MMS/assign as wallpaper you now get the option to print.

[RichyBoy]

Fack me no printer found

[RichyBoy]

AirPrint-enabled printers

HP Envy e-All-in-One series (D410a)
HP Photosmart Plus e-AiO (B210a)
HP Photosmart Premium e-AiO (C310a)
HP Photosmart Premium Fax e-AiO (C410a)
HP Photosmart e-AiO (D110)
HP Photosmart eStation (C510)
HP LaserJet Pro M1536dnf Multifunction Printer
HP LaserJet Pro CM1415fn Color Multifunction Printer
HP LaserJet Pro CM1415fnw Color Multifunction Printer
HP LaserJet Pro CP1525n Color Printer
HP LaserJet Pro CP1525nw Color Printer

[Luke.]

The updates fubared my iPad. Nice one. Can't even restore at the mo.

[va1o]

RichyBoy said:

AirPrint-enabled printers

HP Envy e-All-in-One series (D410a)
HP Photosmart Plus e-AiO (B210a)
HP Photosmart Premium e-AiO (C310a)
HP Photosmart Premium Fax e-AiO (C410a)
HP Photosmart e-AiO (D110)
HP Photosmart eStation (C510)
HP LaserJet Pro M1536dnf Multifunction Printer
HP LaserJet Pro CM1415fn Color Multifunction Printer
HP LaserJet Pro CM1415fnw Color Multifunction Printer
HP LaserJet Pro CP1525n Color Printer
HP LaserJet Pro CP1525nw Color Printer

I don't get why Apple have done this, unless there's some deal and HP are giving them a cut of the money from the printer sales? Seems totally pointless and its just the sort of thing they deliberately do to be annoying. Next year we will presumably get the iPhone 5 and iPad 2 which will remove the limitation and work with any printer by any manufacturer, but users of older devices won't get that

Edited by va1o on Monday 22 November 22:49